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Notwithstanding intimations published that no fur Over applications for

inclusion in the contingent of New Zealand nurses can be considered, they still pour in. The matron in charge announces that the list is completed, and. it is useless for any more to apply. The secretary of the Marlborough War Fund acknowledges the receipt of a parcel of comforts tor the Expeditionary Force from Kaikoura ladies. Captain N. P. Adams, New Zealand Field Artillery, has been appointed camp adjutant at the Trentham camp ; vice Major W. R. Pinwill, Imperial General Staff, who accompanies the third reinforcements. Including the sum of £14 2s 8d received from the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. Blenheim, as the proceeds of the sale by auction of a fleece donated by the trustees of the Bankhouse evstate, the Belgian Relief Fund in Christchurch now stands at £4313 IBs 4d.

A letter dated January 13th, received from Samoa to-day, gives the information that on Christmas Eve some of the force from Auckland broke into one of the hotels, which had been closed by orders, and consumed a considerable quantity or liquor, the value of which is estimated, at £1-50. There was an investigation, and each man was asked to contribute 3s. The Wellington men refused, but the other lot paid. Three men stayed out on that evening, and two were given 28 days' detention, while the third ,(a second offence) was awarded 60 days. This means that they lose their pay and liberty for the periods mentioned. It has been raining continuously for a fortnight, and owing to a rumor that a German cruiser and a transport were about the Pacific the men have had <a rather bad. ti-"e patrolling. Even the military prisoners were let out to be In readiness. The writer remarks: *'I wish the boats would either come or get wrecked. It is no fun staving out in the rain." It was thought that there would be 500 men leaving for New Zealand in about three weeks from the time of writing.' These are to go to the front.