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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 88, 12 October 1915, Page 6

Alongside the Estuary at Alameda, across the Bay of San Francisco, says a northern exchange, a number of daring aviators are completing training for service with the Allies in Europe. - These men include Smith Penty, a New Zealander, and a Canadian named Walker, who are busy preparing for war service. The proposals made by the Labour Department to meet the probable shortage of hands during the coming harvest were recently discussed by the Board of Agriculture, and it was _resolved to wriw to the Secretary of Labour expressing satisfaction with the arrangements made to organise the supply of farm labour available. "I do not think there 'is any ressci* to suppose that the National Government will come to an end before the termination of the war, and I don't suppose it will come to an end before the close of this Parliament," said Sir Francis Bell in the Legislative Council last night. In the Supplementary Estimates submitted to Parliament last night was an amount of " £3000, judgment and costs, Broad v. the King." This case comprised a claim for compensation by the widow of the late Mr. Broad, of Marton, who was killed at the Marton , railway crossing by aJ passing train. The State appealed to the Privy Council, but the case went in favour of the widow. Like its predecessors, Stone's Welling ton, Hawkes Bay, and TarHnaki Directory, September, 1915, to September, 1916 (a copy of ' which is to hand), has been added to and improved in various ways. It is a most comprehensive publication ; all the general information >t contains has been, according to the publishers, obtained from official and other reliable sources. The names and addresses to be found in the street directory have been, as in the past, compiled by means of a house-to-house canvass. While in hospital in Egypt, the Rev. J. R. Sullivan, of Timaru, who went to the front as a corporal, met M. Venizelos, ex-Prime Minister of Greece. Speaking to a Timaru Herald reporter, Mr Sullivan said M. Venizelos told them he was seeking rest. He visited the wounded in hospital and in broken English spoke words" of sympathy and encouragement to them, making it quite plain that his sympathies were with the Allies. A big man physically, he had an affable temperament and was evidently a man of outstanding capability. On leaving Egypt he went to Italy. In connection with the three actions which are being brought against the Wellington Gas Company consequent upon the death, by gas poisoning, in April last, of three Chinese, his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) yesterday granted a commission to the Supreme Court at Hong Kong to prove the marriage of deceased and the birth of children. The application was made ' by Mr. E. G Jellicoe Mr. T Neave represented the defendant company In each case a claim for £1000 is made, and the hearing before a common jury is set down for the next sittings of the Supreme Conrt. The Rev. J. R. Sullivan, assistant minister at the Bank-street Methodist Church in Timaru, who returned invalided from the Dardanelles, where he went as a corporal, has received word from the Defence Department of his promotion to the rank of chaplain-cap-tain. It is understood that he will be given an appointment by the Department at one of the training camps. Mr. Sullivan received a bullet wound in the jaw, injuring his vocal organs. For a time he lost his voice, but the treatment of a Wellington specialist has now restored the power of speech. While lying helpless on the battlefield Mr. Sullivan had an exciting experience, a Turk with a big knife coming up to him and cutting off his boots. Mr. Sullivan told a Timaru Herald representative that he intended going back to the firing line as coon as his medical adviser would permit him. It may be> some time before the Wanganui Harjio'ur Board's new dredge Kaione is seen in New Zealand waters (says the Wanganui ChronicleJ. The Harbour Board has been advised that it was probable that the dredge would be ready to sail from England in November, but thfe communication added that the submarine menace was a real one, particularly^ as a vessel of the Kaione's type was slow in Bpeed. The matter was considered by the board on Friday, when it was stated that the war risk would be £400. The chairman (Mr. JB. Murray) said if the dredge was sunk the board would get the insurances, but the real difficulty would be the replacing of the dredg© owing tr- the present demands on the ship-building yards at Home. The board has decided not to hasten the departure of the Kaione for the present, in the hope that during the next few months better sailing conditions will be possible. Writing from Cairo on 16th August, Pte. Clifton Lucas, of Blenheim, stated that he was recovering irom his illness, and was on the point of leaving for England. At the front he was engaged in signalling operations. Towards the last, he writes, the conditions became very trying on the health, as one could not keep very fit on bulty-beef and biscuits alone, and, to make matters worse, the water ran short. All the signal work was done by telephone. The Turks' trenches were only eight yards away in some places, so that it was necessary to keep pretty wide awake. "While we were on the 'phones," writes Pte. Lucas, "they would 'lob' bombs at one and the other all the day and night; but the 'phones are in bomb-proofs, so we were pretty safe. The nearest 'shave' I had was on the beach ( one day, when a shell landed about four feet behind us in the shingle, and knocked us flying. But it did not so much as knock any skin off, and we were more frightened than hurt." Out of a population of 250 at Stewart Island 35 have either gone to the front or are waiting to go. The Engineer's (Mr. W. J Roche) report presented at last night's meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council, stated that two connections had been made with the gas mains, making the total number to date 539; one sewerage permit had beer issued, making the total number to date 904. I There's good news in the paper tonight — good new 6of splendid economies. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., announce their weekly Bargain Day — to-morrow, Wednesday, is the day. Turn to their advertisement elsewhere in these columns. — Advt. Very good quality bow and wide-end ties, Is 9d to 2s 6d; Tussore handkerchiefs, at Is 3d; Tussore soft collars, Is, are a few of the popular fancies stocked ! at Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners-street. — Advt. Work good, charges reasonable, promptitude ! That's our service. We pass entries, forward parcels, move fux^ niture. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Customhouse-quay. — Advt. [ As a clear proof that the German su! marine blockade has been a huge failu everyone can see for themselves by i specting C. Smith's show windows Cuba-street, where everything of the vei,> latest fashion is being displayed at the present time. All those goods were shipI ped from some of England's many ports during the blockade, and there is not a department in the whole store that is anything like short of all tha latest novelties from the English and Continent*) nsmrkAt«.— Advt.