MISCELLANEOUS.

Evening Star, Issue 16198, 21 August 1916, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

I , LON I>OX. August 19. -'' n Grdor in Council empowers tho I [> ? ar f <>f Trade to obtain information y.ix'tacr goods of any description are being nek.to the prejudice of the national nnercst. Dus will prevent the cornorinot supplies. ° Captain Cecil . Humphries (with the Ihgiuand Light infantry), of Cliristcaurca, has been wound,.:/! in France. giixiv Tivo thousai,<] claims liavc been received for assistance under the Goveni- ',;';°!^.. scllelnc to relieve soldiers of civil ui! bin ties. The number is far Jess then ‘ l . nt,rl p ,,t< - <1 , by the Government. Hail the claims have been already met. ~l', avcr -' l 'A > of the crams is £l7 lbs I no J’nuce of Wahs's fund has rcoo h-yl neatly a,6 CCO.OCO, m.-ve than lialf 'of v.men hns been distributed re SwfSs"'" m " r:a! ' t “" <i to "»"■ A SAUXFA, August 20. Among the proiessional mou now in , V -e , R ,' J - M ‘ Ka -V. civil oug:moi (a hew /malandor), and ]>rivato J. t fainaki ormel 7 U ° Wrnment Lhe -tate Commandant inspected the enT’ Zt ' ;i ' aiK ,l -Vlounted Rifles, who were onr.aasia-suco-uv received, their fine an-pe-aranco impressing the onlookers. 1 MEDALS FOR SOLDIERS. AA HAT MAST P.K FAR N FT) BY WAP SFRA’K'E. , having been osnrr&oil for the issue of information to the medals which may k, canted by sobers for war service, the Secretary of ilm War Office recently announced that the medals in question are the lollowmg ;—. I lie. A u-loria. (Voss.— Ihe conditions under winch this is awarded me well Up to the present date 86 Victoria, Crosses have. Ivon awarded in the present war to warrant olluvrs, iron-com-missioned officers, and soldiers. The Mi lit nay Cress is awarded for “distingnifhcd rcavtces ,m time of war.” a.nd may no won by warrant officers, as wed ms by commissioned officers of rank not above that of captain. Tho Distinguished Conduct Medal is rw .rdod for individual acts of dbtin ,w..hod conduct, and for devotion to duty in. : -I-, '• o ''ffi;'. medal lias been oa.rnoci oy about 6.150 warrant oiikovp, nou-eom-missioißtl oUirers, a.cl soldiers during the present war up to date. Fho Military Modal, wlueli was instituted two months ago, is awarded to non- , commissioned officers and soldiers for individual or associated acts of bravery in the held. About 1.700 ot these, have been conferred up to date. Tho General War Medal, the issue of which is not decided until peace ha--, boon concluded. RECRUITiMC RALLY. Iho speakers at .Saturday nights rocniiting rally at tiro loini Flail steps were Cr R. S. Black (chairman), Mr J. luelis Wright, and tho Rev. R. Griffith. The National Reserve Band, under Signor Sqnanso, played appropriate music. Seven volunteer; came forward.

OTACO PATRIOTIC AND GENERAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION. The hon. treasurers of the Otago Patriotic and General Welfare Association acknowledge the Teceipt of tho iollowin» donations to the funds:— "

li denotes Belgian fund ; w denotes wounded iddiers' fund; so denotes sailors' dependents' fund. OVERSEAS GLUB. As there has lately been some difficulty experienced by the" school children in obtaining wool to knit into garments inr our soldiers at the front, the Overseas Club have decided to call upon the public of Dunediu to assist the children and support a street- collection, which will be held in the City on Friday. The executive of the club are confident, that their scheme will be generously supported, and arc working hard to make it a success. Stalls for the sale of goods have on this occasion been dispensed with, and a straight-out collection will be the order of the day. The school bands will assist the club by playing in the City on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. The club's motto for Friday's collection is: " Give to the fund and you will help the soldiers." FRENCH CLASS FOR SOLDIERS. The class for instructing our "boys" in French continues to be held in the Dominion Tea Rooms, in Brown, Ewing's buildings, every Monday and Thursday evening at" 7.30. The regular attenders are deriving some substantial benefits, and are now able to understand a fair amount of _ the language. No man who intends going to the front immediately or in the future should fail to attend this class, which is free. We have to acknowledge receipt from Sargood's boot factory employees of £3 14s 6d, representing their 74th contribution to the Belgian relief fund. [The cable news in this issue accredited to 'The Times' has-appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news tho editorial opinion of ' The Times.']

Previously acknowledged... £187,435 18 3 Employees H. -V. Haddock, ' Ltd. (35tli contribution) n 0 18 6 Staff Drainage Board (35th contribution) iw 1 0 0 Employees Re id and Gray (45th contribution) ... "... B 5 7 !) Staff Providc-nt Life Assurance Co. (July contribution) B 3 17 0 Roslvn. and Kaaknrai, July collection (per Mrs J. B. Gallan, jini.) B 69 6 3 Port Chalmers, Sawyers Bnv, Carey Bay, July collection ■(per Mrs A. Cunninghame) B 30 0 0 Employees A. and T. Inglis (weekly contribution) B 3 11 2 Owaka and District Patriotic Society B 15 15 6 Owaka and District Patriotic Society concert Purihirihiri, £12 ; ' Puriliin'hiri School children's garden, 10s Id 17 12 10 1 Owaka and 'District Patriotic Society SD 11 12 6 Otago Women's Patriotic Association (16th monthly contribution) B 20 0 C Ollioo and warehouse employees Glemlcrmid Tannery (15th and 16th monthly contributions) B 10 0 0 Employees Caxton Printing; Co. (18th monthly contribution) B 1 5 0 Dunedin City Corporation (water department) Ttw 0 8 0 Cromwell Patriotic Association K 10 6 6 C. F. Greensb.do, July donation (per Mrs Ban'iingham) B 25 0 0 J.A.J. (August donation) ... B 187. 25 681 0 15 0 g