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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13694, 9 October 1916, Page 4

The liou.-. ti;oiis«rcr. of the Belgian Relict Fund. (Mr C. W. Kent) acknowledges tlie receipt of 15 15s. Id. frow thirty employees of the Oamaru Woollen Factory.

A Press Association message . from Auckland state? that Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co., of Duiicditi, have acquired the large grain and produce business of W. Gmison and Co., of Auckland, and taken over the entire staff. Mr, J, : 0. Gutison, Mayor of Auckland, lias accepted the position of advisory tlirec-. tor (o the company in Auckland,

!A Press Association message from Wellington says the University of New Zealand has received a cable from the secretary of the Rhodes Trust, authorising the Selection Committee to select an additional' Rhodes Scholar at the next election in December. This is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lieuteuant A, Hudson, who was killed iH action.

St. Paul's Ladies' Guild acknowledge with thanks the following contributions: Mrs T. Russell,, £1; Mrs McComb, 4s work done); Mrs Miller (Tweed street,: remnant. of flannelette and children's pinafores; Miss Grant, suit of pyjamas (returned work); Mrs Ferris, 4 knitted singlets; Miss Spalding and Miss-Alex-ander, parcels of clothing; Mrs McPhereoii, 2 children's frocks (returned work).

Arrangements, are being made for completing the appeal launched by Lord Lansdowno ou behalf of the British Red Cross, All lists will close : definitely oil Thursday, 19th inst, " On Friday next a unique entertainment. will be given in the Opera House, by the Waitaki High School boys' and the Pierrot Party, and some novel items are promised. During the evening an auction will be held of a great variety-of gifl goods that-have been donated to the l'uud.

The secretary of the North Olago. Red Cross Society has received, word from the defence authorities .that arrangements have been made for <!esl>!itehiiiji the Christinas gifts to the troops in Fgypt. These parcels,'provision for which was made in the gen-, oral appeal for- Christmas . gifts,; arc rea'dy in Duncdin, where they have been held pending notification of arrangements being made for their transport. Tliev will now be forwarded through the channel indicated by the authorities.

The National Service League of Now Zealand has instituted au essay competition. open to boys and' girls attending any school in Xew Zealand, Tlio essay must not exceed MO words* and is to be written oil tlic subject "How You Mean (o Help tiie Knipire." Tlic competition will' close on the loth December, and will be judged, by ollieers ot' the National Service League. Valuable prizes are offered, including a gold medal i'or the best essay from a boy and a similar trophy for the best girl writer. Lssavs must be addressed "Essay, National Service League itasterton."

i'flic .New Zealand Census will be taken on Sunday night next, loth October, ltHti. Schedules are now be'n- distributed mid every householder in New Zealand should receive one before the cud of the week. Should anyone be missed application must be made to tlic Chief Postmaster'who will supply the necessary schedule, The census is amongst the most important of the Government returns and the Act places .the responsibility of filling up thVioi'iii on the householder or person in eliaVge of each dwelling, house, boarding house, etc. The sub-enumerator are all carefully selected men and they will be glad to give all information ami assistance in their power.

In an official statement, issued by the Red Cross Society, of work done and. articles required a Btrong appeal is made for a supply of outdoor games, for the use of wounded anil sick men who ■afe convalescing in the English hospitals, The demand for these useful things is greatly in excess of .the supply and the\rceciit heavy lighting, with its lengthening casualty lists will mako the need moro imperative than ever. The | games suggested in the society's [statement are bowls, skittles, croquet sets, cricket bats, balls and wickets, Aunt Sallys, and such-like amusements. Bi-cycle-wheeled .Blretch'crs' and feather pillows arc also amongst the urgent re,The local Red Gross Goeicty will gladly accept on behalf of tlio British- Society any : of 'the above games aiid forward them to the proper quarters. . „

A Loudon "cable message states that Loiigworth, the Australian, won the> 220 yards Empire, Services Swimming Championship, Everton being second.

Messrs J. D. Familtou and Sons report having sold on account of Mr W. J,' Clark his freliold' farm of fifty acres at. Island Stream, with dwelling and improvement's,'to Mr dudgeon; on account''of Mr Budgeon five-roomed dwelling, Ousc. street; on nccoiuit Mi" P. Corcorair eighty acres trochoid, with dwelling'ami improvements, to Mr W. , Kiiigaii. \ '• ***■'

.Ilis Worsliip ( .tlic Mayor (Mr W. H. ( frith, has received the following tele-' gram, from the Minister of Defence: "Your.letter of 2nd inst. received cou-* veying copy of resolution ■passed at a .public'meeting of the residents of Oamaru: ami.'district' supporting the recent manifesto by the Right Hon. Mr Lloyd George regarding tlie war. I shall be glad to forward the resolution through I.the-usual channel."

' The local representative of- thf Discharged Soldiers'' Information' Department, his Worship the Mayor (Mr AY. 11, Frith) lias received the following weekly progress report, as at Odobci '!rd: .Number of cases of and nbt requiring further assistance 4542, .cases under review 095, cases not ready for action (comprised of men convalescing, not ready for employment, and not yet discharged by the military authorities) 458; making' 'the total number on the register 561)0. l'hc following schedule shows the location of unplaced men: Dargaville 1, Whangarei S, Auckland 48, Hamilton •!, Rotoruii 1, Thames 5, Paeroa 2, Tatiranga 3, Gisborne -1, Napier 5, Hastings 7, 'laranaki o, Wanganlii o, IVilding'-, Falnierstoi 1 North U, Wariara |ia o, Nelson 4, Bleu hiini 4, West-port I,' Greyniouth 3

ltokitika !>, Christchurch 20, limar 13, Ashburtpn 2, Oiiniaru J. 22, Southland- 8,. Wellington 4, miscel lajicous (chielly men desiring Govern incut employment iu different districts 40—total, 230.

Memorial sliootiug shields and scliolajsliips in connection with the Dominion schools were not a novelty in pre-war days, and it is expeeted that the great war will bring in its train the presentation of numerous such memorials by the grateful- parents of men who have made the supreme sacrifice, in the Empire's cause. Messrs G. and T. Young have at present displayed in their window a memorial shooting shield | to be presented to the Waitaki Boys' I High School in memory of a one-time pupil of the school, Private T. L. Burns, who lost his life at Gallipoli. As an example of the engraver's art, the shield, mounted on oak and finished in silver, is a model of executive skill. There are twelve miniature silver shields studding the whole, whilst iu the centre is a finely worked representation of a shooting range, surrounded by a border of gold" fern-leavesi The inscription, top and. bottom-i is as' follows: • " The Thomas Leslie''Burns Shooting Shield., Presented to )Yaitß.Ki Boys' High School, in memory of -Private T. L. Bums, killed iu fiction at Gallipoli, April 2ml, Mo." .

The B, Squadron sth (North Otago) Mounted Rifles went into camp at the Show Grounds on Saturday evening for instruction and practice i" musketry. Sixty nieii are under canvass, and considering'the fact that about fifty per

cent of the men arc recruits and attending their first camp, the otlicers state they settled down on .Saturday night in a relnarkably business-like tashion, The camp is under the command of Major* Swindley, wji'o ha.»' with him Lieutenants Meek (and Moore, beingassisted by Staff Strgeant-Majors Henderson, Ilayman, and Pryde of the local Defence Department. Yesterday niorning a church parade was held. The men were marched in and were met at Kibble street by the Tenth Regiment Band, who played them to the church and also along part of the march home, The Rev, .1), iamieson was the officiating chaplain. In the afternoon general leave was granted, mid the camp was then thrown open to the public, a large number of whom visited the grounds during the afternoon. The Tenth Regiment Band played the following programme during the afternoon : March. "Follow the Drum" (Schutler); overture, "Le Macon" (Auber); paraphrase "0 God Our Help" (arr. Rinimcrjl; cornet solo, "The Rosary" (Neviu), Baudmaster Fox; selection "Scenes of Beauty" (Le Due); march, "Myaka" (Hitchcu) ,"God Save the King." Today and to-morrow Uic men in camp will be given Hie initial lessons in ■musketry work and later in the week they will be taken to the range to go througli firing tests and iield exercises. The camp will be broken next Saturday.