THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16506, 5 October 1915, Page 8

THE WAR

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledged ... £23,531 22 T. G. Scoular, monthly contribution 20 0 0 St. Hilda's College, September contribution 5 16 0 Employees at Ross and Glendining's clothing factory, sixth contribution 3 3 0 "M. 8.," monthly contribution 10 0 Total ~ £23,561- 1 2 LEATHER WAISTCOATS FOR THE TROOPS. We have received the following subscriptions to a fund for supplying leather waistcoats to the New Zealand troops in accordance with Lady Liverpool's appeal:— Previously acknowledged ... ... £190 10" 5 F. Taylor ... ... ... 10 0 "E. 8.," Clydevale ... 011 0 Total ... £192 1 5 ' THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS' FUND. The Rev. Canon Curzon-Siggers and Mr A. H. Fisher report the following receipts for the fund which has been administered in Egypt by the Rev. C. J. Bush-King :— Previously acknowledged ... ... £779 5 9 Local subscriptions ... 0 10 0 Total ... *... ._ „ £779 15 9 A Dunedin parent of one of the wounded in hospital at Alexandria writes that he has received a letter from his son saying that he and other boys have received articles from Archdeacon Ward sent by the above fund, and that they are very grateful. < PASSED AS FIT. The folVovinpr men were passed as fit for

service last week: — ■ James Higginson, carter, Dunedin. Frederick Dnrry, donkeyman, Dunedin. John Fox, farmer, Pine Hill. Albert F. Beadle, clerk, North-East Valley. Stanley M'William, motor mechanic, Dunedin. Thomas S. Ansell, seaman, Dunediti. William J. Low, clerk, St. Kilda. Thomas G. Denniston,' bank cleTk, Dunedin. • John E. Macmanus, labourer, Dunedin. James Smolensk!, labourer, Dunedin. Robert Jftuart, slaughterman, Dunedin. Robert M. French, labourer, Roslyn. Evan D. M'Quarrie,. painter, Burnside. Morton F. Samson, slaughterman, Burnside. , Benjamin Watson, iron worker, Caversham. •'' • v . • James F. Mitchell, farmer. Mornington. Leonard J. Mew, telegraphist, Caversham. Ernest J. King, plumber. Dunedin, Ernest Bovin,' labourer, Roslyn. Hugh Thompson, labourer, "Caversham. . James C. Fraser, carpenter, Mornington. Albert Wilson, butcher, Burnside. Jack Hedges, labourer, Mornineton. Andrew D. M'Lennan, clerk, Maori Hill. James Keyes, plumber, South Dunedin. THE TUNNELLING COMPANY The local Defence office wants a dozen unskilled men to complete, the tunnelling company for the Ninth Reinforcements. Any men offering their services will be required to leave by the second express on Friday. COMFORTS FOR THE TROOPS The Milton District Ladies' .Patriotic Committee forwarded to Miss Dnwnio Stewart, secretary of the Otago Ladies' Executive,' yesterday morning the Bum of £127 lis 7d, collected in resporse to its appeal for the Leather Waistcoat Fund. The Milton Committee forwarded at the same.time four Waistcoats already prepared, and"'for ' the Lady Liverpool Fund ' a case of comforts for our soldiers, comprising 185 pairs socks, 64 balaclava caps, 38 pairs cuffs, 8 ambulance nightshirts, 37 button bags. 1 sponge bag. 15,' mufflers, 19 face "cloths, and 3 singlets. Of. this consignment the following articles had been prepared by the pupils attending Tok* High School: —26 pairs cuffs, 3 balaclava caps, 11 pairs socles, 15 mufflers, 9 face cloths, and 3 singlets. GOING TO THE FR.ONT. ' A most-enioyable evening was spent at Allanton on Thursday on the occasion of a social and presentation to Trooper B. Cullen, who is leaving- with the Seventh • Reinforcements. The chairman (Mr Allan), in making the. presentation of a shaving, outfit, sooke in high terms of the men going to the front. - Prior to his departure with the Seventh Reinforcements, Trooper Douirlas Reid was entertained at a social at Woodside, and was presented with, a silver wristlet watch, suitably inscribed. Trooper Reid is the first from the district to enlist, andhe car-- 1 ries with him the heartiest good wishes of all who khow him. On Thursday evening a social was held at Brighton to bid farewell to Trooper A. M'lntosh, who is leaving with the Seventh reinforcements. On behalf of. the people of Brighton, Mr G. C. Hunter presented him with a wristlet watch arid fountain nen as a mark of their appreciation. Mr Hunter referred to the fine spirit and the sense of duty which actuated the recipient, '. and wished him a safe return. Trooper M'lntosh suitably responded.

WOUNDED SOLDIERS' FUND

Last week's sale of pincushions, organised by Miss J. Reid, was so successful, it is satisfactory to learn, that the sum of £20 was cleared for the benefit of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.Every available article found a ready purchaser, and many more could have been disposed of, so excellent was the demand.

SOLDIEES' WILLS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 4.

' In reply to Mr Witty, in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister of Finance said he would confer with the Public Trustee with a view to seeing whether (special facilities could be given to the soldiers leaving with the next reinforcements to make their wills. LIETTT.-COLONEL MOIR. Mrs Moir has received a cablegram from her husband (Lieutenant-colonel Moir), from London, stating that he is in excellent health.. LIEUTENANTS CYRIL AND CHILTON HAYTER. Lieutenant Cyril Hayter (previously reported, killed, now reported missing) and Lieutenant Chilton Hayter (previously reported killed, further reported missing, and now reported safe), are sons of Mrs Hayter, Rolle6by Station, Burke's Pass, who has also a son-in-law at the Dardanelles and a son -at the front in France. SERGT.-MAJOR TUSTAIN. Mrs Tustain, Mosgiel, hae received advico from her husband (Sergeant-major Tustain) that ha is returning to New Zealand. . CORPORAL WILSON, D.C.M. REGIMENT'S CONGRATULATIONS. Corporal CM. Wilson, D.C.M., son of Mr and Mrs W. Y. Wilson, li-well street. Gore, has received the following letter (says the Matanra Ensign) from Mr C J. Jennings (Mayor of Rangiora):—"Dear Corporal Wilson, —In a letter recently to hand from Major B. Jordan, of the 13th North Canterbury Regiment, he made reference to the honour you had brought to the regiment in winning the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He pointed out that while Stretcherbearer Stockdale was actually the first to reoeive a D.C.M. you were the first of the. fighting men of the regiment to win the honour. . Major Jordan had seemingly no opportunity to see you after you had been awarded tho medal, and, learning that you had been invalided homo to New Zealand and knowing that you enlisted from jhe West Coast, he asked me to write to the Mayor of the town from which you came to ask him to convey congratulations from the officers and men of the regiment on your arrival home. - It took me some little time to locate you, but eventually I was able to do so through the Defence and Records Office. Seeing that you did not return to the Coast, rhe pleasure devolves upon me to convey from' Major Jordan the very warm congratulations cvgrthmhuk( tho officers, non-commis-sioned officers, and men of the 13th Regiment at the honour you won in being the first of tho active combatants in the regiment to receive the D.C.M., and. further, to express tho hope that you will completely recover from your wounds and live long to j wear the medal so deservedly awarded you. !

Tho headquarters of the 13th being at Rangiora and the regiment being regarded as 'Our Own' in North Canterbury, I am swro tho people of the borough and district would deeiro me to add, as I do most cordially, an equally warm expression of congratulation and admiration of the bravo maimer in which you have served your King and country, together with good wishes for your recovery and future welfare. It would have been a great source of pleasrae to all of us if the opportunity to. welcome you back at the of tho regiment had occurred. With heartiest personal congratulations and good wishes. — Yours very sincerely, C. L Jennings, .Mayor." COEPOEIL A. W. DON. Cable advice has been received to the effect that Corporal A. W. Don (Field Artillery), who has been in hospital in England suffering from enteric and dysentery, is now recovering. Corporal Don is the third son of the Rev. A. Don, of Roslyn. JOTTINGS. The Rev. Clement Houchen, vicar of Te Kuiti, 1 has been appointed chaplain to the Expeditionary Force, and leaves shortly for • Trentham. Mr Houchen has been a Territorial chaplain since 1908, and holds the rank of captain. Lieutenant N. M. Weir, N.Z.5.0., who took part in the landing at Gallipoli, and. after thuec weeks' fighting was invalided home by the Willochra, has recovered, and left Ohristchurch yesterday to take up duties as commander of Group 10, 'Timaru. Mr G. O. Paterson, of the Postal De-

partment, Wellington, has just received news of the death of his youngest brother, aged 18 years, who was killed in Flanders. Deceased left for the front in May last, and was serving .with his regiment, tho Gordon Highlanders, at the time of his death. Corporal W. A'. Beeche, of the Australian. Medical Corps, writing to his brother in Waihi, mentions the heavy losses suffered by , his battalion. Out of 1100 men lees than 200 remain. Corporal Beeche was invalided to Egypt about two months ago, and at the time of writing was on duty at the Mena Convalescent Home, Cairo, but expected to return to the front at any moment.

Letters received ,nr Wellington from the nursing sisters who left in the Hospital Ship Maheno, show that the sisters-had a busy timo on the voyage to Egypt. _ The letters, written off the coast of Arabia just before the steamer reached her destination, show that the nurses thoroughly enjoyed their short stay at Colombo, and have spent their spare moments aboard the ship in instructing the orderlies jn first-aid. padding splints, and preparing dressings for tho operatingtheatre. ■

Lieutenant Phillip Uren, son of Mr P. Uren, of PamelL who left New Zealand as a trooper, with the. 11th North Auckland Mounted Rifles, and was later promoted, is now lieutenant in the Ist Lancashire Fusiliers, 85th Brigade", of the famous 29th Division, which was recently badly cut. up in the Dardanelles fighting. Writing to his father on August 9, Lieutenant Uren said he wa3 Well, though he had loet 16 of his men by the'explosion of one shell. The Times reports that there was no formal speech day at Blundell's School, Tiverton, this year, and memorial certificates were presented instead of prizes. Over 70 members of the school, have left _ for Woolwioh, Sandhurst, and the Army, since August last. There are more than 600 old boys serving. Military distinctions have .been awarded to 14. Twenty-four lost their lives, and there are 82 in the casualty lists.