THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16348, 3 April 1915, Page 10

THE WAR

THE OTAGO PATRIOTIC FUND.

THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST.

Previously acknowledged ... £20,426 311 THE GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND RELIEF FUND.

THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LlSlf.

Previously acknowledged £973 7 0 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

REINFORCEMENTS. The following men enrolled at the recruiting meeting held at the Town Hall steps on Tuesday, March 30:—Robert Holt, Thomas Douglas, Edward Reeve, James Cunningham, William Fitzgerald, Theo. Barber, D. Driscoll, William In grey, Albert Cockroft, David Aitlcen, John Johnson, Harry E. Mowbray, Harold Hessey, Henry Cox, Alfred Hughes, Robert Chance, and George Dryden. It is almost certain that the last medical examination will be held on Tuesday, April 6. Any shortage from tho district will have to bo made up elsewhere, and in order that the other districts may have sufficient warning, to enable them to make arrangements, the amount of the shortage must be given to them.

GOING TO THE FRONT., Anouiur otuii oilicer Horn ine Oi/ugo military cuiunoo nas been selected ior service Witu me JNew JMCpeOHionary I'orce —M.ajor S. A. Or a nt, wtio nas receiver oruers to report iumseu at lrentnam 011 ivionauy to join tne D'ourth Rciniorcemeuui. major (ji'raut lias a uuo recoia ot service, fie Having- started his military career 111 iijUd aa a private in the i\o. 1 j\ew Zealojiu i\aUve .runes at AucKianu. Alter liaVmg passed tnrqugii tlie non-coinm>ssioned luiUis ho rtceivcu a commission 111 tlie ISeventh. New Zealand Contingent lor Soutli Airioa, wtiere lie saw plenty of active torvice—operations in the 'lruusvaal. May to July, ltlUl,...August-.-.toj iDectriibur,' 1901, ana May, iaOii; operations on ttio Z'uiulaiid ironuer ol Natal in .September and October, 1901; operations 111 Orange River Colony, July to August, 1901, December, IbOI, to April, 1902. Ho holds the Queen's Mfcdul, witli lour clasps, lie returned from South Afrioa as adjutant to his regiment, and immediately received a commission in ijeudon's ilorse iMJij, under.Captain Bloomfield, who afterwards became colonel, and was arowned in the tragic wreck ol the Empress of Ireland. Alter serving for four years with Captain Bloomlield's unit Major Giant was appointed adjutant to the Auckland Infantry Battalion (Countess ol Ranlurly's Own], and was promoted to tho rank of caiptam. In 1909 he, together with three other officers,- was selected for two years' training iu tlie Regular Army at Home, where he was attached to tho 20th Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers. He worked hard, and put iu a lot of time at the School of Musketry, taking a keen interest in musketry and machine grin work. On his return to New Zealand in 1911 he was appointed, on tlie inception of tho Territorial system of training, brig ado-major to the Otago Mounted Rifles Brigade, and was stationed for some timo at Oamaru, where he also carried out tho duties of group officer. On the outbreak of the present war Major Grant was placed on the District Headquarter Staff no A.Q.M.G. In addition to his ordinary military difciea Major Grant has always taken the keenest interest in shooting, and has for some years regularly attended the championship rifle meeting in the capacity of camp adjutant. The above is but a brief outline of a very active career, but it is sufficient to indioate that Major Grant has worthily won his promotion from timo to time, and it goes without saying that the best wishes for the future success of so deservedly popular an officer will go with him from all Otago troops, and, indeed. all tho men who have served under him in tho dominion.

Dr A. Monchieff Finlayson (son of the Rev. A. M. Finlayson, of Waitati), who has been geologist for the Indo-Bwrma Petroleum Company for five years, is proceeding to the front. His teem of engagement with the company has not quite terminated, but ho obtained leave on the condition that he did not go with the Burma contingent, which left in January. He proceeds direct from Rangoon to London, and hopes to qualify for an officer's commission ;he will join the raraks. He has had some useful work training in Rangoon with his own volunteer corps and with regular troops in recruit drill.

At the valedictory social tendered to the Rev. Mr Patchett at the Milton Methodist Ohurch on Wednesday evening, the services to the church by Mr D. Brown, who will leave shortly' to join the Sixth Reinforcements were recognised. He was presented with a wristlet watch and pocket Testament.

THE OTA GO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged ... £11,389 3 6 Proceeds of sport carnival at Wedderburn (per Mr W. Shea) 156 6 6 Proceods of dance organised by Mrs J. C. Holmes (per the Belgian Consul) 22 17 6 Proceods of concert at Aroherfiold Girls' School 16 0 0 James Begg, monthly contribution 10 0 0 Knox Church Sunday School 7 4 6 Gaelic Society (per the Belgian Consul) ' 5 6 0 Warepa Agricultural Society (per Mr 1'. Marshall) ... 5 5 0 Proceods of sale of wether won by Mr Henderson and put up by him for auction at Lowburn collie trials (per (i Mr A. M. Woods) 3 12 0 "J. E." (per the Belgian Consul) 3 3 0 Anonymous," monthly con- . tribution 2 13 7 Proceeds of sale of work, fruit, etc., by two or three . young girls of George Street School, _ assisted by three little girls from North-East Valley (per Mrs Geo. Dunn, jun.) 2 6 6 St. Hilda's Collegiate School 2 3 6 Pupils Maori Hill School, second contribution (per Mr J. A. Fitzgerald) ... .... 1 15 0 Bray Bros., seventh contribution ... 1 10 0 Pupils Caversham School, ■ fourth weekly contribution (per Mr Hardy) 116 "M.S." ... ... 100 Dressmakers in Miss Smith's work-room (at \V. Penrose and Co.'s) 1 0 0 Waikouaiti School children's pennies (per Mr W. • E. Bastings) ... 0 5 0 " W. D. 0.," Caversham, f secor ontribution ... ... 0 5 0 " An Old St. Hilda's Girl " 0 5 0 Alan Crombie ... 0 3 0 Total £11,633 6 1