New Zealand

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 177, 5 January 1915, Page 5

New Zealand

THE TROOPS IN SAMOA. By Telegraph—Per Press Association. Wellington, January 4. The following official message has veeß received from Sam6a: —"The health of the. troops is good. Those in hospital are:—Field Engineers: Sergt. G. M. Wilford, dengue; Sapper C. S. Martin, tonoiUtis. Auckland Regiment: Private H. N. Cowlin, tonsilitis; Private 11. Davidson, cellulitis of the right leg; Private T. E. Feek, fever; Private C. W. Gawn, knee injury; Private T. Hartley, dysentery; Private A. J. Milgren, eye trouble; Private T. Fraser, dengue; Private G. C. R. F. Lovell, injured back. Wellington Regiment: Privates H. Stubbs and L. Bridge, dengue; Private 11. Manuera, dislocated right shoulder. Railway Engineers : Sapper 11. Philips, hernia. Army Service Corps: Private H. Rickett, tonsilitis. All are doing well." ISgifZZ.".• ; PRISONERS FROM SAMOA. Auckland, January 4. The Navua, from Apia, brought Gaudin, who has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for acts of "war treason," and German residents named Claussen and Langen, sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for breach of parole, the former for not returning to his home at night, the latter for. visiting one of the islands of the group, without receiving written permission. Col. Turner, who broke his leg in Samoa, was also a passenger by the vessel. Major B. Head, Captain R. Nicll, Lieut. A. J. Tole, and 23 troopers, who acted as guard to the prisoners, but most had been invalided home, also returned.

THE TRENTHAM CAMP. Wellington, Last Night. . In view of the feat that the reinforcement camp at Trentham is to be continued throughout the war, the defence authorities are now considering the question of erecting permanent huts for the men in place of the present tents. Such, it is considered, will not only provide greatly improved comfort for the men, but will also prove more economical, as with the winds that blow at Trentham. the cost of repairs to the tents is rendered abnormal.