LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The famous Battle of Messines was recalled by Captain Evatt at the annual reunion of members of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent held on Tuesday evening. This week, he said, would be the anniversary of the Battle of Messines. That battle had commenced at ten minutes past 3 o'clock in the morning, and at 2 o'clock the same afternoon the first of the New Zealand wounded, had been landed in England, which was truly a wonderful instance of the organisation of the New Zealand Medical Service and rapid transportation.. : New-laid eggs are retailing in Wellington to-day at 2s 6d to 3s per dozen. Recess privilege holders of the General Assembly Library are notified that the privileges will cease on Saturday, 13th June. All tooks must be returned on or before that date. ' "Bakers would be astonished (states the "New Zealand Bakers and Grocers' Review" if they saw numbers of New •Zealand papers regularly to find how great is the agitation for wholemeal bread. It goes on steadily, and it has now reached a stage of tremendous' strength. It is no use trying to sweep back the tide; a number of scientific men and doctors in different parts of the world are urging that white flour is improved beyond its usefulness, and they are securing large support from the public." Interesting reference was made at the animal reunion of surviving members-of the bixth New Zealand Contingent that fought in South Africa to the different conditions which prevailed in Gallipoli and France during the Great War, us compared with those which obtained when the South African conflict was fought.. There were hard times and good times in both wars, said Mr. R. Urwin, in proposing the toast of "Boys of the Great War." It behoved them, however, to forget the hard times, and to always maintain pleasant recollections of the good ones. Captain Evatt., in replying to the toast, said it was true of the Great War, as well as the South African War, that there were "good" times and "bad" times. The "bad" times were hard to describe, but he would always remember the "good" ones. • The publication of the "History of the Contingent-era in the South African War ' was urged by Mr. J. T. Martin at the annual reunion of surviving members of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent. | Mr. Martin, was of the opinion that the matter be again brought before the Government, Some three years ago ho had been deputed to wait on the Minister of Internal Affairs to ascertain the possibility of the Government talcing in baud the publication of the work. As members _ know, the manuscript was ready, and Jt would be in the interests of coiitinenters S to got it published. Mr. ,T MnkUiter, M.P., who was in the chair, agreed that the publication was very desirable, and said ho would "be pleased to hriug the. matter before the notice of the Govenimonl, and thought it quite probable (hiit the Government would be able •to carry out the. publication of the work. "The committee, cannot too stronMv emphasise that it is absolutely uufaiAo those licensees who endeavour to ob-sci-ve the provisions of the Act for other licensees to carry on after-hours trading," said Mr. Widdowson, S.M.. chairman of the Christchurch Licensing Committee, at the animal meeting *bf thecommittee yesterday, states a Press Association message. 'Mr. Widdowson said that_ without making reference to any I particular hotel, he wished to say that the cimimitteo viewed seriously and with regret the fact that several licensees' in Iho district had been convicted of afterhour trading during the past twelvo months. The comimt-tee was careful in granting new licenses to applicants, but apparently when they got, into the hotels some of them were not above committing broaches of the Licensing Act. This «>rt of thing was absolutely unfair to j licensors who rniloavoured to'nbserve the provisions of the Act, Ho. thought that, the polu-o w>ro to bo commended for tlirii-'eiideavDufs to'itbp after-hours trad- «£, _ " ■ ■ ~ i

_ South African War veterans are becom- ' mg fewer in number every year. The roll number of members of the Sixth JNow Zealand Contingent who have crossed the Great Divide is getting larger and larger,, and during the last twelve months four names have been added to the hst, which has now passed the hundred mark. A meeting of those interested in the establishment of a branch of Toe H. the organisation which arose in' the British I'" 63 V l,, 41" Great War, and »h4 to been fully dealt with by the Rev. p! ?• P ?"™S the past week, will be held 111 Wellington on Thursday next particulars in regard to memberahip of the proposed branch will be found elsl Nviiere. l w*V Vl1 t iss,ued b-v depositors it, the Wellington Farmers' Meat Bt ,d Msau!' factunng Company, Limited (in liquid-,-ual deposits, has been accepted by a soli states a Press Association message from Mister on It vs expected that tfe clahn will be heard ,n Wellington shortly., ihe amount involved is £31,000.