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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 58, 1 December 1917, Page 8

In a cricket match played' on the Mesopotamia desert (says the "Katipo") Hants Battery versus Anz'aC Wircjess .and Details, the Anzacs upheld their -good :name • by -.beating-, -the -battery, by' an. innings and 13runs, j: They . were •represented - -by ,-iK- Farey, -(Australia), E. ■ Bceby (R.K.C.), F. Hunt (Telegraphs), R. I-larridenc6 (India), liookor Bines (Wit.), J. Millei OVn.), 1'- Kitts (Wn-.), I: W. Ross i (Dn.), L. A. Woods (Tinn.), W. T. IT. Owens. (H1;.),, and Ben Davi.es ,(Hn.). Sergeant A. L. Marshall acted .lis urii"piro! The' pitch' wasn't lip. to the Australian standard, but still the scdijug was good, ".nm" MiUor excelled himself as a bowler,, taking 14 wickets, and Peter Kitts put the wind iip Hie .l>atterv with Ids wicket-keeping. Sergeant A. Marshall's umpiring was nf the international style, but he foinin it necessary at times to enforce bis decisions with a spare bat. After I lit match refreshments were served n lfj Tigris water, 'the "pukka", chlorinated stuff. '

. .'The continued departure .of: our most competent men has now reached.such ii. serious stage that it is'up to. the Department to view . the • matter, vol.. mail staff requirements from an entirely now viewpoint (saysnhe Auckland correspondent of tlie "Katipo"). Thcso men 'have been replaced- m some instances by ladies and in others by mon entirely new to mail.-.rcronrwork.- With all 'due'respect' to the ladies, and leco'g'nisiiig their desire :.to: do then' bib, ■it cannot bo said that--in any: respect: do they fill tho gap of the men they replace. In short, they arc entirely out of place in the. mail room, and tho writer is not expressing -bis- personal opinion only, but also that ol executive officers. The question;arises, could .they not be. ■instructed in and employer! at that more or loss routine work now being performed m man) instances-by'men who were good man room men, and were removed from n for that reason? Wc think 50.... Tbe Tramways Military Band will play at Lyall Bay to-morrow afternoon. 'Die result of the Easy Monday Laundry Help Competition.is announced in our advertising columns in this issue! The first prize was won by an Auckland lady, Mrs. Louisa Dawes, Forest Lodge, Mount Eden Hoad, Auckland.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'H.L."—Tho now regulation with regard (o separation allowances makes provision for tho payment of 3s. a day to tho wifo of n. lieutenant, or sec.intl . lieutenant,", but (locs not; provide I'm tho payment of (separation allowance for children of lieutenant*. Tho win. of an officer may- apply for aid from the Financial Assistance Board. You could got all information by writing .to tho.board in Wellington and (>tnting particulars of. your. case.