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Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 63, 18 August 1919, Page 4

The l coal •miners' conference with the ■Miners' Federation is ended, no settlement 'being arrived at, with little prospect of one. France estimates that; the total physical damage done to buildings during . the war will reach the round figure of 500,000 structures j and that of these, at least half (250,000) have been completely destroyed. Anxiety'is felt in Invctcargill as to the safety of a party of five men who left lJalfmoon Bay in an ordinary fishing iboat on the*7th inst. The party! consisted of James Cossgrove (store-j keeper), Graham (owner of the 'boat, | late of Auckland), William, MacOibbon, and two .'brothers Sievwright (of the j Bluff). Rough, weather was ■experienced after the boat left, and they may have sought shelter. Three boats are now out searching. „, . * tSays "Skirmisher" in the Dunedin Evening Star :—"As there still apears to be some misapprehension with regard to the obligations of Territorials for service, I think it well to quote tract from a letter from Headquarters, Wellington, in answer to a query ; "The purport of the regulations in this connection is that men of territorial age having./served overseas-.-with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, are to >e transferred to the reserve of their re-. 'spective Territorial unit.. This regulation has no application to Territorials -other than those who have seen service abroad. Please eusuro that this is -made clear to all, and that those men of Territorial age who' have not performed overseas" sorrice are made to i comply with , their Territorial -obliga- j