ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16266, 27 June 1916, Page 8

ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

NEWS OF AUCKLANDERS, RECENT PROMOTIONS. MEN ON LEAVE FROM FRANCE. £feom oub owx correspondent.] London, May 23. Captain W. Henderson Gibblate of the 16th, Waikato, Regiment, N.Z. Infantry—is now out in India. Temp. Commander Bernard C. Freybefg, D.5.0., has been transferred from the R.N.V.R. to the Royal West Surrey Regiment, with the rank of captain. Mr. H. A. Moutray Read, of Auckland, who had a commission in King Edward's Horse at the beginning of 1915 and transferred rather more than a year ago to the Army Service Corps, is now gazetted Inspector of Fire Services (graded for pay as a staff captain) with the temporary rank of captain. Jklr. W. E. Barnard, solicitor, of Te Aroha, spent six weeks touring in England on arrival about Christmas, and in February he enlisted as a private in the R.A.M.C. He is now at Aldershot and says he has never regretted joining the ranks. The Tunnellers Major Duigan,. of Wanganui, who is in command of the N.Z. Tunnelling Company, is now in London on a few days' furlough. Captain Vickerman, of Wellington, also of the Tunnelling Company, has just concluded a week's leave, and returns to the front on Saturday. Mrs. Vickerman is remaining on this side for the time being. The special work of the Tunnellers has its dangers as well as excitements, and the men are thoroughly happyLieutenant J. Stewart, of Rotorua, Lieutenant W. P. Forde, of Otago, and Lieutenant H. D. Dansey have been over from France on eight days* leave. After a long spell in Egypt and Gallipoli the respite is very welcome. Dr. MakgiU's Return/ It is mentioned in the gazette-list that Temp. Captain Robert H. Makgill, M.D., of Auckland, relinquished his commission on May 6. It will be remembered that he came Homo on special leave for war service about a year ago, and that latterly he had been Chief Sanitary Officer, Alexandria District. Dr. Makgill is to leave tor New Zealand at an early date. Mr- Reginald Cheyne Berkeley, formerly of Auckland, but more recently of Suva, expects to leave for the front shortly. At the last Investiture at Buckingham Palace,- Captain Charles Nelson received the Distinguished Service Order. From 1907-09 Captain Nelson served on the New Zealand staff. Second-Lieutenant J. I. Chrystall, of Christchurch, is seconded for service with a brigade machine-gun company. Second - Lieutenant Jack Seabrook, R.F.C., of Auckland, began his training at the Curragh, in 'March last. Since then he has been posted to Farnborough to take courses of instruction prior to being instructed in aviation. Footballer with Commission. Lieutenant L. B. Todd, the well-known Northern Union footballer, who was a member of the British section of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, has been home on short leave from France- He is now a lieutenant in the N.Z. Army Service Corps. Mr. Otto Albert Friedlander is gazetted to a commission in the Royal Engineers. Enlisting as a private in the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, SergeantMajor Friedlander was recommended by General Sir A. J. Godley for a commission in the Imperial Army. Promotion for two New Zealanders in the North Irish Horse is inst gazetted.-Second-Lieutenants G. H. Grigg and J. H. Grigg are now full lieutenants. Admissions to Mount Felix. Late admissions to Mount Felix have included the following New Zealand soldiers :—Arthur Aislabie, Robert John Frost, William Baker, R. M. Barleyman, James Bamforth, William Henry Barber, Randall Borthwicke Browne, George Penman Burns, Thomas Draper, Henry Edge Halpin, William Alexander Haszard", Frank Haynes, John Percival Hoatson, J. H. Hudson, William John Lewis, William Livingstone, William George Mander, Duncan McDiarmid, George" Mourant, Robert Henry Basil Rodney, Frederick Leonard Smith, Felix Gaten Siegert, Archie Ivan Stafford, Arthur Creighton Steele, William Sutherland, Arthur Fran-' cis Wells, Frederick Wilson. Major-General Eussell. "*- Major-General Sir A. H. Russell, K.C.M.G., commanding the N.Z.E.F. in France, spent a brief leave in London recently. He stayed with his aunt, Lady Russell, at Chelsea, and motored down to Hornchurch to see the New Zealand base. Major C. E. Andrews, New Zealand staff corps, has been spending a few weeks' leave in London with Mrs. Andrews, who is nursing at the 4th London General Hospital. He has returned to France to rejoin his battalion. Second-Lieutenant C. G. Adams, Auckland, N.Z.F.A., enjoyed every minute of his eight days' furlough after 22 months in khaki; he spent it in London.

LONDON SAVES DAYLIGHT. WORK AN HOUR EARLIER. THE FIRST DAY'S CHANGE. «t£L **? conspicuous position above all other clocks in the City of London the great clock of St. Paul's Cathedral disdaurfully declined to conform to the Delight Saving Act, save a London paper ota recent date. But there was a /ertan cli EJIV* 6 I °^- tinac y i! while the belL chimed the old time the dock face showed toe new: firS o w^t i;Cial J London ' on the first working day under summer time gaily began business an hour earlier, in the cool morning sunlight. "We have had no S^^? 15 ' V**** nnanimons report of maray large city firms. Lloyd's and the P 2£« P^ J>anks had no changes to repert —the measure has made no different to their working conditions. In the West nd the extra delight has meant earlier shopping. "To day'' general manager of alarge Wtold a Kh«V- We n ° tioe <* .a marked increase m the business done in the early hours of the morning. This extra business was seen particularly in the perishable provision departments. We have alwaT3 P K n favour of th * measure, and «» certain iLdfaU 1161, £hOPPmS «"* more a ltS°?£- **! *£ 6 *»*&"» houses have Sf red^ Wv clOcki * *° conform to the new tune, there are a number of persons of leisure and of independent character who fim y of re S th 1 measU, l- Awell-Wn firm of clockmakers and winders staW yesterday that some of their weariest docW%w e n re / Used to . P« fc on their 2™ Ir y J***,** rise, lunch, and dine an hour later than the rest of the nation, and run the risk of losing all their <+ Whatever else the innovation has done it has given the suburban milkman a new excuse. Yesterday morning the mi c^Z an hour late. The maid complained tb^the milkman, whose reply was: " It's like this, miss. I pot up at three o'clock this mormne to milk the cows, but thf mSk wouldn't fall It n . t no Bse ! *££ on the lock n if the cows don't want to give their milk before it's time»"