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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 75, 25 September 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In acknowledging receipt of a letter from the Rev. Canon Garland 3 secretary of the Bible-in-State-Schools League, forwarding a cheque for £500 from that organisation towards the cost of equipping tho field ambulance accompanying the Expeditionary Force, bringing up its contribution to £2000, the Hon. J. Allen, Minister of Defence, says: — "Will you accept yourself, and convey to the members of the League, the warmest appreciation of the Government of this further proof of their patriotic spirit?" A case of overcharging by a taxidriver was ventilated in the Magistrate's Court to-day. The defendant was John Betteridge Topp, and the dffence was that he charged 4s to take a passenger from tho Public Trust stand to Ha-y-street, Oriental Bay, the legal charge for such a journey being 2s. Topp stated that he understood he' could charge for the vetmn journey. He criticised the by-law, stating that such a trip would cost him Is Bd, which left him a net return of 4d. A conviction was entered, and a fine of ss, with costs 7s, was imposed. General Sir Alexander Godley has sent a letter ,as follows to the President of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce : —"Dear Sir,— Before leaving the Dominion in command of the Expeditionary Force, I wish to let you know how very much the military authorities appreciate the assistance which we have received, during ' the past four years, from the business community of the Dominion, in starting the scheme of universal training. It is in great measure owing to the support and backing that we have received from the business community that the despatch of tho fine body of men which goes to represent the Dominion in the Expeditionary Force has been rendered possible." Funds for expenditure upon the Dominion's military operations are being obtained by means of a loan, regarding which the Minister for Finance announced a fortnight ago that "most satisfactory arrangements had been made with the British Government." The Prime Minister was asked by an Auckland Herald reporter whether he could give any further information about the loan. "All I can say is that the loan for war purposes has been practically arranged," was Mr. Massey's reply. The Prime Minister declined to make any statement regarding the amount to be borrowed, but an indication has been gathered from a reliable source that it will be about £2,000,000. Addressing the Auckland members of the -Expeditionary Force, the Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Dr. A. W. Averill, said : "Remember that you are going as New Zealand's representatives, and therefore you carry with you a responsibility greater even thao your own lives. You are trusted with the honour and fair name of New Zealand. Your conduct and actions will not only reflect upon yourselves, but also upon the country which sends you. Remember, too, that this war has been undertaken for a right-eons and just purpose, to succour and support the oppressed, to enforce the sacredness of international treaties, and also to defend the world from the tyranny and insane ambition of a man who is intoxicated and obsessed with his own self-importance, and from his halfcivilicsed Prussian military satellites. I believe that the Almighty 'intends that the nations which delight in aggressive war, and have no respect for their pledged word, shall perish by the sword, The German Empire, as an empire, must therefore perish, but remember that, as you are God's instruments in this crusade, you must always remember whose you are and why you serve, and endeavour to emulate the chivalry and piety of the knights of old. Don't let your heads be turned by flattery. It would have been an everlasting disgrace to your country had she not sent you out, and it would have been an everlasting disgrace to the men of New Zealand if they had not volunteered their services. You are merely doing_ your duty in going out. May God bring you safely back with thankful hearts and ripened experience, conscious that you have been allowed to play your little part in the greatest war which the world has ever known, and ready to take up your duties again in the country whose reputation you have helped to increase, and whose honour you have striven to uphold." We have opened some very natty stocks in shirts, underwear, socks, ties, collars, etc. Every man should inspect our windows. Geo. Fowld*, Ltd., Man-ners-utreet.-— Advt.