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North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13937, 21 July 1917, Page 4

A Press Association message from Auckland slates that the body of a man found in the Mamikau Harbour to-day has been identified as that of William Olliver, donkeymnn on the steamer Eosmowl, who disappeared while the vessel was at Onehunga on July 10th.

When the Ifouse met at 2..10 p.m.' yesterday the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill was introduced by Mr A, H, ITiiidmnvcli, and vend a firs! time, Mr Hindmarsli explained that the measure was praetk'alh- a copy of the Bill'introdneed by the Premier six years ago. The Rill was then endorsed by the Labour Bills Committee, but was never brought before the House, being postponed from time to time,

The St. Paul's Ladies' Guild acknowledge with thanks the following donntioiis: Mrs Melntyrc, £1; Mrs MeComb, ss; Mrs Miller (Tweed street), ss; Mrs Malcolm, baby's singlet and a pair bootees; Mrs Lindsay; 2 pairs mits; Mrs MeGinipscy, six yards tunnel; Miss Ttirnbull, flannel bnrri; Miss Moldrum, Mrs Kivkness, Mrs Battershy, Mrs Davidson (Torridge street) Mrs Deal (Hull street), ami Airs J, Sutherland ■(Tnmar street), clothing; Mrs denies Grant, 3 pairs sox'(returned work).

The management committee cf the North Otngo Sub-Union met last even•h'.K, the G. A. Travis, in the-chair, and there were present: Messrs.T. McQuin, G. Atkinson, J'. Ironside, G. Shenvm, V, E. Doran,' C, P. Herbert, G, Herron,' W. Turvey, and W. D. Burns. Mr A. J, Keen (Waimate), wrote saying'they were agreeable to come to Oanrnru and play 'the North Otago representatives on August 9th. Jt was decided to invite the Waimate team to play on date mentioned. Mr A, Ball, secretary of Waitaki High School Club, wrote .regretting that the school A and' B teams would be unable to keep thtir engagements on Thursday. Considera'-' tion of letter left over until president interviews the school captain, and reports at next meeting, It was rerolved to jrlay Athletic against Old Boys on the park at 3.15 p.m. on Thursday. Ground Committee appointed for next Thursday: Messrs Burns, Travis, McQuin, aiifi Atkinson.

On Thursday evening, al the 0,1 iliVHo'ws* Hall, Hi,. frU-nils of Mr.F, Molloy, met, to tender him a farewell on ihc eve of hi? departure fof v Trentham with the next reinforcements. Sir •lyEndie occupied the chair. In making the presentation to Air Molloy, on Whnlf of the.'assembly, of ,a wristlet watch, 'Captain' Redmond referred in ;u!ogistie terms to the character and ■rt'cvtli of their departing friend, and wished him God-snood and a. safe and .speedy return. Remarks in a similar vein of praise were made by many of those present. -The, recipient suitably replied, and thanked thorn for their present, The following toasts were hon-oured:/;''The-K%" "Army';.and Navy" (Mr W. Couper and Captain Redmond); "Our Nurses" (Messrs C. Herbert and: C. W. Kent); ;.'pur; ,Sports" (Messrs Thos. Herron hnd''&£ Ihmion), "Agucultnial Interests" (Me'sis G, LiMiigstone, J. Mitchell, and 6 Hanojjj "Chaijman" (Captain Redmond). Inteispersod between the toasts enjoj able'vocal musical items weie gi\en bj the following: Songs, .Wateil,' Roxbuigh, McLean, Thontns, Nightingale) Molloj, T. and J, Bieen, Dalgleish, and McLood; rending; fti'd recitations by Mcssis- Henderson, Ralfe, and Kent. .The singing of <' Anty 'Lang 1 Syne "'and the National Anthem concluded an enjoyable I a veni»g,\ <^

Jn the H&tisc of Representatives yesterday afternoon the 'Maori War Medal.' fill]'was introduced hv Mr R. A. Wright ami road iiJrst.limiy . j ; V '

,The weekly Red.Gross Market will.be open to-day, when large supplies of edibles of every description from the Papak'aio district will be on sale, The public are asked to give their usual liberal support to the mart..'

Troopers AValdie and McGillivray returned to Waimate, invalided, oil Tuesday. They arrived at Port .Chalmers from Egypt the day previous. Probably tho .reason, of their not receiving a welcome home Was due to the fact that their names did not appear in the list of the ship's arrivals. However the Soldiers-.Entertainment Qomnyttee, honoured them with a social evening in the Brass 'Band Hall on Thursday.

About a week ago the Mayor of Christehureh (Mrllolland) wrote to the Rt. Hon. the Prime Minister (Mr W. P. Massey) asking what arrangements were proposed in connection with the celebration of the declaration'-of 'war, on ust 4th. Mr Massey has replied that it is intended to.hold demonstrations.similar to those held Tast year. A circularletter is to be sent out shortly giving the text of the motion to be submitted to those attending the demonstrations.

A football maren, ihe result of which will be awaited by local residents witll interest, will be played at Tininrn today between the Waitaki High School B team and the Ashburton High School A team. s The following players will represent the Waitaki team: Full-back, J. Jenlcin; three-quarters, S. Jenkin, Kibblcwhite (captain), and Hubbard; five-eighths, Malfroy and Sutton; half, McGhie; forwards. Wood, Kennedy, Rainey, Darragh, Stott, -Morrah, Jennings, and Allan. Emergencies—Mathoson and A. 0. Smith.

In Tniilicrenilidii Camp Ihrre are about 2000 men living under canvas. The institutes for the social and religious welfare of the men arc playing an important part. That of the Salvation Army does good service.' The United Institute, which is beingserected by the Presbyterians, Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Church of Christ, will be a very roomy building accommodating 500 men; In this institute the Rev. J. K, Archer (Baptist) is doing excellent work. In the Church of England Institute there will be accommodation for a similar number of

In connection with the alterations to the Chief Post Office in view of the installation of the new automatic tele-, phone system-a system, that will be welcomed by townspeople generally and business men in particular, as it obviates the necessity of ring twice for a call —the Telegraph Gallery School has now received notice to remove their quarters to the Druids' Hall, hi' Bibblo street, the department' Having obtained n lease of this building as the future home of the school. Alterations preparatory to the school' 3 occupation of the building are now being carried out in the hall, ' '

■The prohibition of the importation of Asiatic egg yolk is (says our Wellington correspondent) to be 'recommended by Hie Minister of Agriculture, to take effect from September. The president of the New Zealand Poultry Association' (Mr E. M, Allichant) states that there need be no fear of a shortage of eggs in consequence of (his steji. The executive of the association has taken tire matter in hand, and is in a position to guarantee that Hie local supply will be equal to the demand. Every member of the association is being urged to 'make provision for increased supplies.

A meeting of representatives from the Otago cheese factories is to be held at Dunedin on Monday for the purpose of considering r telegram from the Prime Minister, sent at the instance of the Imperial Government, asking the price which producers will accept for the next season's output of cheese. If.the price submitted'is accepted', payment will be made when the-cheese is shipped, but if the shipment is delayed beyond twenty-four days, the Imperial Government will pay the cost of storage, lire insurance, and interest. Representatives will be appointed from the meeting on Monday to proceed to Wellington to consult with the Prime Minister. A meeting of delegates from the Southland factories has already been) held, and Messrs T. W. Foster (chairman of the South Island Association), I}. J. Middleton, and J. Fisher have been appointed their rcpreentntives to the Wellington conference. The meeting of representatives from the Canterbury cheese factories will he held on Wednesday; and the whole of'tho southern delegates will arrive in Wellington on Thursday.

In the Magnate's Court at Timaru •recently a medical student 'was charged that, being a reservist, he had failed to enrol his name as a member of the New Zealand. Eeserve. Defendant pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Hastie said that defendant had sent in his name for registration,'but had described 'himself as married,-while -the fact was "that he was a single man, Dofendant, explained that he had inadvertontly described himself as married, and hail" ho intention of evading service. Ho.had enlisted in 1916, but, owing to llie directions of fhe Minister of Defence, he .was not allowed to gq to the front,' The embargo on the enlistment of medical' students had been removed, and he had-again enlisted and was waiting-.for '.orders to go into camp. * The magisJrate said that the ease was a \m\m one, and was iis the description '' married'' took defendant out of the First Division. The fact that.defendant had oiilisted.was a'.facy tor in his favour, bat a eonvlchon must ■followi-not"merely as 71 penalty,,butiis a warning. ; Jn view 'of the fact : thai a cbnvietidn would!haye'jthUc'ffee defendant'. cou)d ; ;tip; eani| at

.Tim present "Prime. Minister - ; Europe "A-as Mr Lloyd George has bo termed by .some of Ms admirers iii'-'t Allied'..coiuitrin^-i'S;-not credited'wi having been in'all respects a modePbb Professor' Maxwell Walker, in dclive iu<; a.;i appreciation of the great state man at'-the Leys Institute, Ponsonb; on a Thursday' evening, said that whe a young.lad David Lloyd' George indul) ed iii the habit-of-smoking., with h friend', William 'Williams. Willitfms. fill] plied the tobacco and Lloyd George tl pipe. The pipe, when not in use, w hidden in ,the woods, to prevent it 1 ing seen by David's uncle, Mr Rieha Lloyd. ' .

The unfortunate result which, m be occasioned to the relatives of m at the front .through failure to noti changes of address,' : were'; exemplili by a case that came under the noti of one of the oflicials of the Aucklai Defence Office recently (says the Ne Zealand Herald). A mother rcceiv< the first intimation that her son ha been killed in action through 'scein his name in a published casualty, list! The official made inquiries; and- founij that the reason why official advice'oil the casualty had-'iiot reached the near] est relative piior to its publication-.was' that a change of address had acijirred without any- notice being sent to Base Records.

"Complete audit and check of claims in connection with the war

pemlitnre is carefully carried out,'' says the Auditor-General in his report on (.lie public accounts. "The. individualaccounts, of all soldiers are examined, ,aud all credits and debits 1 checked. There are about 80,000 accounts, subinto 170 ledgers, to be dealt with. \Each soldier is paid, roughly, twice monthly, and sonic 50,000 allotments are'made to dependants, friends, relatives, savings bank accounts, etc. Tim* there are some 230.00Q entries to be nicked monthly in these accounts. As (lie I'Vi-os arc *-;iUcvtM over Knjrland, France, Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia, and are paid by the various command paymasters, and as in addition to such debits hospital stoppages, promotions, and; reductions in rank, and debits for small comforts supplied to men in hospital and charged against their pay, have all to be checked, .the immense amount of work involved"will be readilv understood." . .

The recent earthquake at Samoa cleared up a forgotten mystery. A I Scloman Islander, indentured over ten years ago to German employers, disap-i 'poarcd soon after the commencement of his term and was never heard of agaii until the day after the earthquake, havi ing spent the whole of the intervening years in the bush. He lived on the native tarn, yams, bananas, and fresh-, water shellfish, 'When the eart \ trembled fear drove him to Apia, wliev he was seen on the streets nt night b; a New Zealand soldier, who was o: police duly, Under the law of Samoa sliW ailtl Solomon islandevs-m.re : -hoi permitted to be out after 0 p.m., and the bearded "bhekboy" was questioned, He told of his ten years' sojourn, in the bush, and of the fright which' had driven him out the day before. He was taken into custody, and inquiries were made, leading to his identification as a labourer who had been pos'ed as missing for so long that he had been forgotten, Of in his. hermit existence he had not heard of ihe war, but when he learned that the Germans no longer ruled in Samoa the Scloman Islander declared himself ready and' willing to work for the British.