THE WAR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16339, 23 March 1915, Page 8

THE WAR.

: THE OTAGO PATRIOTIC FUND. the' otago daily times list. ~ Previously acknowledged ...£20,424 14 11 ■ Additional subscriptions to Great Britain* and Ireland ,_ Sund (as per statement be- ' I low) __..._. 066 I Total _ u £20,425 1 5 THE GREAT BRITAIN AND . J I IRELAND RELIEF FUND. % THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST.' i Previously acknowledged L _. £972 .0 6 '. "Thistle" ... ......... 0 5 0 Wattie Wilson, Hawkdun (onefOurth winnings at St. Day sports) _. ... 0 16 I Total „ „ ... £972 7 0 1 Jbelgian relief fund. , JHE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. >• f Previously acknowledged I £10,833 15s 3d, less amount I 10s twice acknowledged ... £10,833 5 3 v \ Fund for purchase of ■ food \ for Belgian children, from O&ago regatfa at Port Cjhalmers on Christmas Day ■ ' (jter the Belgian Consul) 40 0 0 r Proceeds of boys' concert, I .Ataderson Bay '_■■'.„ ... 6 0 0 T Employees of Cossems' and Black, Ltd. (second contribution) ... _ ... ....' ... ' 210 0 Employees at Criterion Hotel 2 16 JaitfesVDow „. ... ... ... 1 0 0 - ' "K* M. D., C." 0 10 0 / " Zanne" ... .„ •_. 0 8 0 i " Thistle" ... ... 0 5 0 i "porker" \ ... _ 0 2 0 j Wajttie Wilson,; Hawkdun (one- ■\ •■ fourth winnings at St. 1 Patrick's Day sports) ... 0 16 y f; _i /} *- Total ;.. _ £10,886 3 3 £ Anxious to help the Belgian Relief Fund, ' " four schoolboys at Anderson Bay—Sidney ' k. HeHyer, Stanley Ross, Stanley Munro, and s Leslie Bennett—decided to . hold a chil- ! /dreh's concert in a shed at the back of one ' , of their homes. Tickets sold so well that they found it necessary;' to change the * venue to the SunJiy School Hall, where a , crowded house at 3$ for adults and Id for : children gather on Saturday afternoon to '• listen to an acceptable programme.' Mrs ■ i Mu*ro, proprietress of the Taihoa Tea i Rooms, kindly donated a specially-decorated v!- cake, which was disposed of for'£2 6s. Mr Jno> Reid sent along pears, 'and some lollies were provided. The total proceeds * - were £5 19s Oid. TROOPS FROM SAMOA. I ARRIVAL IN WELLINGTON. ( (Pes United Pbess Association.) k WELLINGTON, March 22. fe Portion of the Samoan • garrison arrived '■X in Wellington to-day, under Colonel Fulton, ( and} received a. hearty welcome. Tho men I were addressed by Mr Massevj Mr Allen, I and, the Mayor, each of whom referred to -[" ihe "service rendered to the Empire, p Is- is understood that the majority of V the*men have volunteered for service -with , I the New Zaland Expdifcionary Fortae, and ~will leave -with reinforcement drafts.in the aear future. . i-_ I The returned men will bo .taken to Tren- ,? tham this afternoon and granted leave to,j? Bight, probably until after Easter. v (Fbom Our Own Cobbbspondent.) V WELLINGTON,, March-22. < ( Looking somewhat ~ pale and thin—two r \ inevitable results of the Samoan climate— "f a number of officers and men from- the J fihnioßfi garrison returned here to-day, and I } were given a hearty welcome. The great majority of the men express-satisfaction with the treatment they hare received, though, of course, they say there are sure to be some grumblers. The conduct of the i men has been good. HOUSE <FLESH FOR THE J3i£UJriAJ>lS. CIiUTHA FARMERS WlN'-TCENbWN:" ,t&. a-■>.;, ,; . £ CFbom Ooe Own' Cobeespondent.) 'j*2 mVERG'ARtiILL, ilareh 22. KThe Re\. Wi iteauy, in the Jjeet bifuet tfeiiiiodist Cnurch last, niglit," sd.ys.tfle tvi#fs. "made o, vigorous protest ''against i tno!s ineannt&s ox tiie Cliitha. tanners. He fatated mat their patriotism . mkiinested itwhen, as : a deputation., they waited on MS*-A. & Malcoirh, M.-2., the mernoer for tn* liignly-prosperoua district, and. aiig«eSed tnat all the toil-worn horses in Mew: inland should be converted into food for Tiiey suggested tUat "" »ig;export tcide could, be-'doue with tne or Belgians in horsetteshy ' They ' poured ou± that the Belgians are not so particular as New Zealanders in the matter , oMood, and they seemed to eay tliat 'begmuot not- be .choosers.' ; iij summing worn-out borsefleali.should be sent heroes and and the starving innocent children and women'.bf'Belgium, farmers say that euch, patriotic chSrity /rouid serve a- -very economical piirin this land, because 'the horses that would -be sent would,not,be ot much." use for; work in the coming winter. If they were ' noci conveited .into., food for ■the starving Belgians they' would need , -to be fed on ' oatt and chatf.' The Clutha farmers were waiting with mterest the reply of air Mas(i J rime Minister), and the preacher nop%d that Mr Maasey. would tell them torsive their prime bullocks and sheep. Mr Ready said, "Chid is the meanest, exhibition of*patriotism I have come' across. Such eelfinterest, such a limit of , ' meanness, is enough to moke one's righteous indignation, nso; within. It creates within the heart a similar feeling towards these prosperous yarjners that one has towards the proud,' greedy, and ambitious Kas-er.'. Mr. Heady thinks that a remedy for such meanness" of the , [Clutha farmers, when they are getting, r ✓ some of them, 15d a lb for wool and 7s tcßs per bushel for wheat, would, be to seitd, them out of their homes for a week anfl let them get hungry, and then cook onig of their worn-out, tough, leatherlike and feed them on it Personally, he woyd not mind being the carver. Then Scgpture would bo. fulfilled, -. Svith what measure ye mete it. shall be measured to yoa: : again.'"