SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ASSISTANCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 August 1914, Page 5

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ASSISTANCE.

HOKITIKA, Aug. 10. A meeting, of the Territorial forces of this district was held to-night. Fiftysix responded to the call for volunteers, including the captain and the whole of the A Company, 13th Regiment, besides privates * and ex-eontingenters. Substantial amounts have already been handed to the local defence authorities, and a ladies' committee has been most successful in securing material and other articles for the general comfort of the volunteers. NAPIER, Aug. 10. The sum of £3662 has been subscribed in Napier towards the expense of equipping the expeditionary force. WELLINGTON, Aug. 10. A Gazette extraordinary was issued to-night prohibiting the export of flour, oatmeal, wheat, oats, and other cereals. I The defence headquarters are still busy enrolling and equipping volunteers for the expeditionary force. The Premier's announcement regarding the probable destination of the force is causing a good deal of comment, but apparently has no effect on the ardor of the volunteers, unless it be to fan the patriotic flame. Offers of assistance are coming freely from all sides, and the fund for providing horses and equipment is mounting rapidly.

The German Consulate was formally taken charge of by the police to-day, and the papers seized and sealed up. . Lieut. Arthur Meyers, officer com- . mandmg the motor reserve of officers 1 I who is m charge of that part of the . | equipment of the expeditionary force, . announces that 11 motor cars, 19 motor cycles, and 179 bicycle* are required 3 JUeven volunteers from tke members of ; the New Zealand Motor Reserve are now being called on to accompany the expeditionary force. AUCKLAND, Aug. 10. l*reat enthusiasm was displayed at a meetmf i?^ of members of the 1 rained Nurses' Association. Thirty nurses volunteered for duty with the expeditionary force if their services should be required. M^n 11- 1"^" 1* °f, a meetin S of citizens, £3000 is being despatched to the MThm«Z f + f efr c?, as the first Raiment of the Auckland patriotic fund. Subscriptions promised, and offers of Wanganm section of the Public Service" Association, £100; Herald £100 Col legiate school staff. £50 ' TIMARU, Aug. 10. Ihe war fund now exceeds £5000 Forty cars have been offered for tR use of the Defence Department ° GREYMOUTH, Aug. 10 funds a fnPXS IC rnec^ n.g held to raise tunds for the expeditionary force, Mr Fehx Campbell, chairman of the Harbor Board, gave £500. HAMILTON, Aug. 10 The citizens of the Hamilton district fund Tn J lbUted £- 1 1 200. t,° the P« fund, and a considerable quantity of sSr d t3r^ and a AUCKLAND, Aug. 10. tion of + Fh P°rtl«».of Auckland's section of the expeditionary force left hv Ton 131 Th"^ W^n^'thisl6^ "rTand'l^'meT C°mpriSed ds °ffi" WELLINGTON, Aug. 10 Amateur Wireless Association's central executive, it was decided: "That this meeting of the central executive of the New Zealand Amateur Wireless JU<*n ciation deeply regrets that a state of r? iias^ bee. n f°«ed on the Empire and hereby instruct, the secretary to notify all kcal branches that all men? the 8 To 9 eXpeCtf t<y Strictl- V to SJrtfe""?"* instructions to dismantle all wireless apparatus owned by them, and that any person found to be and the Defence Department."