New Zealand

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 7 December 1914, Page 8

New Zealand

I THE SUNNY SIDE OF SOLDIERING. * AN EARLY CHRISTMAS DINNER AT TiIENTIIAM. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. , Wellington, Last Night. u Tile Treiitliam camp, wlutfe th« ex- •" f peditionary reinforcements are in traini iny, was the scene of festivity yesterday, when the men were entertained at Christmas dinner by the residents hf the city a::d surrounding districts. Large quantities 'of featabk'S lr.'.d bsen donated ttr.d forwarded to the camp for preparation, and at noon the camp cooks had i /rot thrcvjjli the':- important tp.-;k, and , } the sc!dic-,o sat down (o .1 very tempting '' 1 repast. A large number of' ladies assisted in attending to the hungry men when the assault on the eatables began, 5 " and, as the weatirr v:as fine and sunny. ' ( ('verything conspired to make the meal ' one to be remembered with pleasurable y feelings by all who had participated in " it. The CJovernor and Lady Liverpool Colonel Robin, and the Mayor and Mrs K [.uke were among those present. " After the dinner the troops adjourned l " to the racecourse, where an extensive sports programme was carried through. 0 No "records" were put up, ho\wver, the i' knife and |prk training so laMly pre- -- ceding the sports 110 doubt being r responsible. 1 Yesterday afternoon His Excellency > the (iovernor, as chief of the New Zealand Bov Scout organisation, entertaini( ed the boys of seven local troops < to the number of 270, at (Jo l ,•eminent'House. The leading district officers were present, and the boys spent an enjoyable _ .afternoon.

PRISONERS FROM SAMOA. GERMANS GO TO GAOL. Auckland, Midnight, h.ight German and one military prisoner, seven New Zealand officers of tile expeditonary force and twenty-two men, returned to Auckland to-night from Samoa by the Navua. The returning officers included Major Pimvill and Captain hastwood. The military prisoner was a member of the artillery field service corps, who had been tried by the field court-martial and sentenced to !><■ days' imprisonment with hard labour on charges of theft and drunkenness. One German, for proceeding to the American port of Pago I'ago without permission was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with hard labour at Mount hden goal. Another German, for assaulting a provost-sergeant, was sentenced to two years' hard labour. The others, for changing their places of residence without permission were sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The last German is undergoing 120 davs' hard labour for being out of doors'between 10 p.m. and (i a.m., contrary to regulations. The leader of the German party, when deprived of his personal possessions at the police station to-night, voiced the, feelings of himself and his compatriots with an emphatic, "Gott in Tlimmol!" A XAf'TKT! CONTRIBUTION. Napier, December 5. The secretary of the A. and P. Society yesterday forwarded to tin; Premier i!14.')0 tor transmission to London for the Belgian fund, An organised collection is being made to-day on behalf of the Christmas gift fund.' .CSOO I'KOM HAWEKA. December f) B At a ball held on behalf of the Belgian Relief fund on Fridav night C4(M) was raised. By the sale'of a Belgian flag the Mai amount, was raised tu .£■>oo. This will be sent away at once.