THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16539, 12 November 1915, Page 3

THE WAR

OTAGO PATRIOTIC AND GENERAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION. The bon. treasurers of theOtago Patriotic »nd General Welfare Association acknowledge the receipt of the following donations, to the fond:— Previously acknowledged ... £50,632 11 9 October collection, per Miss Wootton B 26 13 0 South Dunedin, October collection, per Mrs J. Morrison b 2 9 3 Employees Wright, Stephenson, and Co., October donation i. ... D 911 6 Ravensbourne residents ... b 10 0 0 Colonel Stoneham b 10 0 Otago railway maintenance office and permanent-way staff, October contribution 820 0 0 Foreman of works, N.Z. Railways B, w 35 0 0 Dunedin City Corporation, water department employees b, W 19 0 St. Clair contributions, per Mrs Aufrere Fenwick ... b 24 7 0 **D. C," November contribution B 2 0 0 • W R. A. 8.," monthly eontnbution B 10 0 0 November donation from Mount Benger Patriotio Committee B 10 0 0 Broad Bay, fornightly donation per Miss Winifred Green w 22 0 Employees J. Peterson and Co., eighth monthly contribution B 016 0 Women's section Otago Patriotic and Welfare Association, seventh monthly contribution b 20 0 0 Employees A. and T. Inglis, _ weekly contribution B 319 2 "J. R.," November donation b 25 0■ 0 Tapanui Empire Defence Fund, per Tapanui Patriotic Committee .- i w 110 0 Huddart, Parker, Co. (Ltd.) w 100 0 0 Amount collected from sale of sweets at the Kelso A. and P. Association show, No- ;' vember 3, 1915 B 5 3 1 Portobello branch Otago Patriotio Association B, w 12 2 6 £50,955 14 3 Otago Daily Thnee Belgian Fund (previously acknow- ' ledged) ... 23,939 17 1 Otago Daily Times general list (previously acknowledged) ... 19,286 11 5 Total ...£94,182 2 9 BDenotes Belgian Relief Fund; w denotes Wounded- Soldiers' Fund; lw denotes Leather Waistcoat Fund. The October collections by Miss Denniston for the Belgian Relief Fund, acknowledged in the list published on Saturday, embraced the following amounts: " Citizen and Wife," £5 ss; H. E. Shaddock (Ltd.), £5; employees at Globe shirt factory, £3 17s; sundry collections, £44 12s. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. Previously acknowledges ... £21,444 311 "X. Y. Z." 2 0 0 "R. P.-& B." ... -. ... a 0 10 0 Total ... -. ...£21,446 13 11 A To be devoted b> the Wounded Soldiers and Dependents' Fund. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. 1 Previously acknowledged _ ... £23,962 17 1 Employees of Milburn Lime and Cement Co., office and works, sixth contribution, ... 2 14 0 "E. G." ... ... , 14 0 "X. Y. Z. M ... '._ 10 0 " MacGregOT," monthly contribution ... 010 0 Staff of N.Z. Clothing Factory, Octagon, 28th weekly contribution ... 0 10 0 Total £23,968 15 1 SERBIAN RELIEF FUND. THB OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. previously acknowledged £740 0 2 "X..Y. Z.» 10 0 Total _ £741 0 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 £309 16 4 Kuri Bush School 10 0 "X. Y. Z." - 0 10 0 Total _ ... £311 6 4 THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS' FUND/ The Rev. Canon Qunon-Siggera 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 £811 5 3 Local subscription ... 0 10 0 Total , : ... £811 15 3 PROGRESS OF RECRUITING. (Pbb Umted Pbzss Association.) WELLINGTON, November 1L The Defence Department issued a statement to-day showing the position of recruiting in the four dominion military districts as at November 6. The percentages are: — Auckland ;• 23.17 Wellington _ 47.16 Canterbury 19.44Otago 10 " 23 PASSED AS FIT. The following have been passed as fit for active service:— John Lunn, builder, Dunedin. Ronald Henderson (9th South African Contingent), labourer, Dunedin. Fen<wick Robert Darling, store hand, North-East Valley. ' James William Duncan (4th Regiment), plumber, Dunedin. William Graham Smith (A.S.C.), porter, Kaikorai. Peter Connore, mechanic. South Dunedin. George Bailey (P. and T. Corps), lettercarrier, Dunedin. John Strachan Henderson, carpenter, Kensington. William Fraser, labourer, South Dunedin. Leslie Boyes Dawson (Coast Defence), draper, St. Kilda. Stanley Thomas, carpenter. South Dunedin. William Thomas Banchop, labourer, Dunedin. James Matthew Tourell (4th Regiment), grocer, Dunedin. Ed-ward Nohelty, labourer, Dunedin. AMBULANCE MEN. The following ambulance men will leave for Trentham on Monday:— James Brenton (operating room attendant), i Albert Eden Russell. William James Stephens. James Fuller. Thomas Ness (expert cutler). Robert Georgo Cook (cook). RECRUITS' TEETH. ARRANGEMENTS FOR DENTAL WORK. (Psm Ujhtkd Pbess Association.) OHRISTCHURCH, November 11. Regarding the recruits' teeth, Dr Pickerill (professor of dentistry at the Otago University) and Mr T. A. Hunter (chairman of the New Zealand Dental Association) stated to-day that for a considerable time they have been urging a scheme on the Defence Department which has at length been adopted. Under it a representative of the Dental Association in each centre will make a dental examination of recruits at the same time that the medical examination is made, and take impressions of defects. The recruits will then be passed on to members of the Dental Association, taking their turn, and the latter will then do the work required, charging only hospital rates—i.e., cost of material. This the recruit will bo expected to pay if he can; if not the Government will pay it.

Mr A. S. Wallace, of Inveroargill, who his displayed much enthusiasm and interest in the" patriotic movement since the outbreak of the war, especially in tho Belgian Relief and Wounded Soldiore' Fund, completed last week a tour of the Southland districts. The period extended over 6£ months, and £10.000 was raised by means of concerts and produce end flag sales.

WAR RELIEF FUND. PROPOSED DONATIONS BY DAIRY COMPANIES. (Fib Uarrro Pbisb Association.) AUCKLAND, November 11. The representatives of the National Dairy Association cordially entertained a suggestion by tho War Relief Association that the dairy companies should contribute 1 per cent, of butter-fat values for 12 months to the war fund. This, it is estimated, will amount to about £15,000. Tho ropresentafcivee will make their recommendations accordingly to tho respective companies. RECRUITING. RALLY AT BEAUMONT. On Wednesday night the Lawrence Recruiting Committee, accompanied by Dr Marshall (of Dunedin), visited Beaumont for the purpose of holding a recruitingrally. Despite very wet weather, the Coronation Hall was well filled, and the proceedings throughout -were of an enthusiastic nature. Mr Crocket presided, and on the platform with him were, the Mayor of Lawrence, Dr Marshall, and Meesrs Darton and Winn. Three returned soldiers —M'Leod (Tuapeka

Moath), Gedden (Beaumont), and Leech (Kelso)—-were also given seats of honour on the platform, and received a very welcome reception, being cheered again and again. Excellent speeches were made by the Rev. Mr Button, Dr Marshall, and Messrs Robertson and Winn. Musical and elocutionary items were interspersed with the speeches, songs being given, by Meesrs R. Anderson (Lawrence) and R. Stevenson, A. Donaldson, and F. Stevenson, and recitations by Mr Robertson. These were more or of a patriotic nature, and wero greatly appreciated. Mr R. C. Moore acted as accompanist, and also played several pianoforte selections at tho opening nnd towards the conclusion of the meeting. As the result of the appeal threo men stepped forward, and it was mentioned that four others, who were unavoidably absent owing to mustering operations being in full swing, intended handing in their names immediately. KAIKORAI SCHOOL ROLL OF , HONOUR. It is believed that the following old pupils have served, or are serving, at the front; but, before a permanent record is established in the school, the head master would be pleased to receive further information from those concerned:—Marcus Anderson, Edward Anderson, Georgo Armstrong, Sutcliffo Allan, Gordon Allan, Eric Burnard,

Frederick Bartlctt, George Burns, Samuel Burns, Ernest Beaumont, Sydney Boardman, Dr A. C. Begg, Peter Biggar, Theodore Brent, Haddin Barr, Win. Bamberry, Wm. Beaaley, Frank Beeby, Percy Brent, Wm. Brandon, Christopher Bayley, Ernest Carter, Harry Carter, Charles Crockett, John Crockett, Joseph Crockett, Christopher Calveriey, Alex. CasseJs, Jas. Cunningham, Jas. Calder, Allan Calder, Ernest Calder, Fredlc Cubitt, John C. Crawford, Ewan Cameron, Stanley Crawford, Keith Cameron, George Duncan, Adam Dobson, Stephen Dawson, Geoffrey Dunsford, Alfred Ellis, John H. Forreet, Albert Fountain, Ernest Fea, John H. Fea, David Farquharson, Wm. Farquharson, William A. Ferry, Fea Falder, Cyril Goocsh, David M. Gilray, Clarence Green, Hugh Goodlett, Stanley Gregory, Alex. Glen, Andrew Gibb, Andrew Gardiner, Chas. Grant, Jack Gilehrist, George Hadleo, James Hunter, Walter Hadlee, Russell Hosie, Lance R. Haines, Joseph Hollows, Dr Charles Hes, Nelson Johnson, Robert Jeffrey, Joshua Jones, Forrester Kent, Walter Kennedy, Christopher Keenan, Jas. E. Lewis, Leslie Latimer, Cyril P. Latimer, Joseph Lamb, Thos. Lamb, Sydney M'Dwigall, George Millar, Georgo T. Millar, Peter M'lntyre, Peter Macdonald, Geo. Myers, Alex. Malcolm, Ralph MTrines, Donald M'Kay, Robert M. Munn, George Matheson, Thos. Macdonald, Peter Newman, Thomas Nicol, John Ovens, Martin O'Brien, John Oliver, Ernest Pledger, Ernest Perry, Ainsworth Perry, Harry Prain, Thos. Park, Edward Roberts, Thos. Reynolds, John Donald Ross, Walter Rae, George Randle, James Reynolds, Robert Ross, Geo. A. Roach, Hector Robert-son, George Reynolds, John Scott, Lindsay Scott, Allan Scott, Lindsay H. Scott, Alex. Sinclair, Robert Sinclair, Ernest Sinclair, Frederick Smith, David Stewart, Robert A. Stewart,

Edwin Stewart, Archibald Stables. Stanley Smith, Cecil Smith. Frederick Scrivener, Donald iStronach. Wm. Thomson. Lamont Thomson, "John Thomson, John C. Thomson, Thomas Thomson, Arthur Turner, Bruoc Todd, Colin Taylor, John Hpnry Ufish<av Leonard Wraight, George Webb, Colin Wardrop, Albert Wright, Wm. Watson, Leslie Will, Wm. Wilson, David Winder, John Watson, John Wilson. Stanley Williamson, Albert Wilson, Frederick Wright, Charles Wilson, Albert Wilson. Frederick Wright, Charles Wilson, Major Rogers Wilkinson. INTERCESSORY SERVICE. Yesterday the Rev. W. Greenslade conducted the weekly intercessory service for the war, which is heJd at midday in First Church. He based his address on the words of Luke ii, 1: "And it came to pass that as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased one of His disciples eaith unto Him, Lord, teach ois to pray as John also taught his disciples." The' men who were privileged to hear Christ's prayers, he said, were eo taken uip and charmed with

them that one, on behalf of the others, made the request, "Lord, teach us to pray." If the first followers of the Son of Man felt like that, we too, in this sad, stern time, should make it, above every hour, an hour of prayer. The lack of prayer could never be, made up by anything else, however good and legitimate it might be>in its own way. Our Empire to-dp_y was in danger, and the great business of the Christian Church was just this —prayer. Prayer was not based upon any pleasing , theory that the Church might have created; it was not the outcome of creeds or dogmas or doctrines. It had its imperishable foundation in our own spirit. We could not help praying at some time or other, because we were men and women made in the likeness of Almighty God. The .disciples believed in prayer because they had practised it. We believed' in" prayer because we knew that it worked, and could say with ono of tho older writers, "Whenever I have sought aid of Heaven in moments of distress and sorrow, I havo never failed to find Telief." Were our prayers icily cold or did they leave us spent arid tired as they left Christ our Mitster? If we failed in prayer we would fail to cast out the war spirit and_ all the other ✓β-vil spirits that beset mankind, just as the,disciples failed to cast out the evil spirit irom the boy. LETTER FROM THE FRONT. A letter from Anzac, Dardanelles, Hated .September 6, has just come to hand from Sergeant H. E. Standring, of the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles. The following passages therefrom will be of interest to his many friends:—"l havo been over here for the last month, and have been under fire nearly all the time. lam well, and in good spirite. The day a very hot, and I am squatting in my house, which ie 6imply a hole* in the ground with a bit of a sheet over tho top; but here I live and sleep when off duty. The locality is pretty safe. We get some shrapnel in the early morning and evening, but during the day it is quiet. You would not think so; but we do not notice machine guns and rifle firing after the first week or so. I was in a charge tho other day, and was one of the very few who came out alive. About a dozen of us got into a trench ahead of the one we should have got into, and three of us came out alive. My luck was absolutely in, as I got my haversack cut away by a piece of shell, a bullet graze through my left forearm, a piece of a bomb just an inch below my eye. and a cut in the jaw from a spKnter—none of .them serious enough to be sent away with—but they are all sore. I could tell you things which I am just afraid you would scarcely believe if I did, and which, sometimes, I don't seem to believe myself. The getting into tho wrong trench, and seeing the chaps with me blown to pieces ono after the other, seems like* a deadly nightmare. Wo were all yellow with lyddite from iho warships, as they wore shelling very close to us. The charging over tho open ground is tho best part of it, although you can't hear for the rattle of the fire and the bullets kicking up every foot of the ground. You can foolthoir hot'breath as they whizz past. You feel absolutely no fear when you get going; but yon do feel a bit " jcrried " lying down, with our own shells roaring overhead and bullets screaming along, waiting for the word to charge. The Turks are awfully bravo and good fighters, and splendid shots: but they don't wait for tho bayonet. The tucker is pretty good, but very monotonous. I have not had a chance of a wash for 10 days, so am very pretty. The wounded are well looked after, so our relatives and friends need not worry if they hear of any of us getting wounded. The splendid hospital shin Maheno is lying within sight of where I am writing." Within the last fortnight word has been received that Sergeant Standring has been suffering from septic poisoning in one of his knors. tho result of a wound, and on October 23 he embarked at Malta on the hospital ship Oxfordshire for England.

The T?ev. Father Chaplain-captain M'Monamin, of Petone, who returned from tho front recently, is ill, and the state of his health is causing anxiety.

OTAGO WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION. Quantities of made-up goods are coming in Yesterday morning u neat parcel of socks arrived from the Taieri, all beautifully made.

Occasionally oiio hears a remark to the effect that socks and towels and other

articles made for the sroing-away soldiers are thrown about and wasted. Many of our ladies havo thoughtlessly handed out articles of this sort to anyone they hear of ae enlisting, and before the man has gone the things arc worn out or havo got into disrepair; not fit to be packed for travelling, so they are thrown away. Or it may be that one man gets half a dozen balaclavas thrust upon him. Tho remedy is all workers to send their goods to the Early Settlers' Hall. Nothing is now given to the men by the association until they aro actually away. On landing in Egypt each soldier is handed a parcel with its contents <]uite new. Besides, tho men, after training, know how to keep their things and value them. No one who sends goods through the association need fear waete. The wool is too valuable to be wasted.

It may interest those who subscribed clothing and other gifts to the British and Belgian Fund to see a list of the institutions that received the 400 odd cases that were sent from Dunedin:—The Royal infirmary, tho Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables, the Red Cross Music Hall, Craigieleith Hospital, Craigieleith Convalescent Homo (Rod Cross), Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital, Church of Scotland Deaconess Hospital, the Hospice, Day Nurseries' Association, the Children's Shelter, Edinburgh Cripple and Invalid Children's Aid Society, tho Edinburgh City Mission, the Salvation Army, the Salvation Army Women's Hostel, Little Sisters of the Poor, Grove Street Mission, Livingstone Home, Stonhouse Mills Mission, the Samaritan Society, Providence House, Royal Naval Hospital, South Queensferry, Naval Men at Rosyth, Carlingnose Battery, Incholm, North Queonsferry, Soldiers and Sailors' Association, Leith, Governesses' Benevolent Society of Scotland, Indigent Gentlewomen, Indigent Old Men and Women, Belgian Relief, Ward Committee, Voluntary Health Visitors, and numerous individual cases. This charitable work is still continuing, parcels being regularly despatched. Half the gross proceeds from the Otago Art Society's exhibition and the Wednesday and Saturday teas there are to go .o the association. Gifts of flowers, in shilling bunches or buttonholes, will be thankfully received at the hall on Saturday morning. The following donations have been received:—

Waistcoat Fund.—Mrs Beatson, 10e; Waipori Sunday School, £1; Mrs Williams (Waipori), ss; J. R., £1. Patriotic Fund.—Sandymount (per Mr W. Robertson), £4 15s 6d: Women's Patriotic Association (Heriot), £2. Wounded Soldiers.—Gift for soldiers' comforts (per Mrs Oarr), £5.

GREEN ISLAND WOMEN'S

PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

The executive and helpers have done good work during the last fortnight, 66 flannel undershirts, 10. suits of pyjamas, 21 face cloths, 21 pairs bed socks, 25 pillow cases, 2 pairs of socks, 4 feeders, and a bundle of old linen having been got ready for the hospital ship. Wool may how be had at the hall on Wednesdays. Goods and balaclavas are urgently needed by the second vveek in December. The following donations were received: —

Lady Liverpool Fund. —Green Island Children (per Miss Robertson), 155 pairs cuffs; Mrs W T. Smellie. Waistcoat. Fund. —Miss Robertson, 10s; Mr H. Clarke. ss; Mrs W. M'Donald. ss; Mrs Z. M'Mullen, ss. Belgian Relief.—Mrs Kilpatrick, Mrs Kcrr, Mrs J. M'Mullen. Hospital Ship.—Mrs J. M'Mullen (face cloths); Mrs J. Lindsay (bed socks); Mrs H. Clarke (books); Mrs W. M'Donald, Mrs A. Smellie (books). Red Cross Fund.—Mr A. Bremner, £1; Mre J. B. Orr, 2s 6d A large parcel of clothing for Belgians was sent to the Karlv Settlers' Hall.

LIEUT.-COLONEL LOACH. Lieutenant-colonel A. E. Loach, of Christchurch, arrived in Wellington from Sydney by the Manuka on Monday afternoon. Lieut.-colonel Loach left New Zealand with the rank of major as second in command of the Canterbury Battalion of the Main

Expeditionary Force." He took part in the landing of the New Zealanders at the Dardanelles on April 25, and -was promoted to lieut.-colonel on that date. With his battalion ho was in the thick of the heavy fighting on the peninsula up to May 1. On that day Lieut.-oolonel Loach was reconnoitring at noon with his scouts, in preparation for an attack that night by the whole force cast of Walker's Ridge. While engaged in this work the scouts were under the firo of th'e Turks, and he received a. severe bullet wound at the back of the- left knee. The bullet left a gaping wound, and severed parts of the sciatic nerve and paralysed the foot. Lieut.-oolonel Loach wae subsequently conveyed back to the beach, and then embarked for Egypt. The wound gave considerable trouble, and he was farced to remain in hospital for about a month, when, he- was sent to England, and entered King Edward YIFs Hospital for officers. He remained there for another month, and was thereafter sent to various convalescent homes, and then back to hospital. He suffered considerable pain from the. injured limb, which was practioallv useless, and at

ono time the doctors decided to operate, but later on changed their opinion. The doctors then informed Lieut.-.colonel Loaoh that if he rested for subout 12 months h« would be able to use the limb again. He is now compelled to move about on crutches, but ho informed a New Zealand Times reporter on Monday evening that he hopes to be fit and well again at the end of hw 12 months' leave. Lieut.-colonel Loach is very proud of the feat performed by the Canterbury Battalion, -who were the first of the colonial troops to occupy the Fisherman's Hut. LIEUTENANT FINDLAY. Much pride is justly taken by the friends of Lieutenant James Lloyd Fihdlay in the great distinction recently bestowed upon him hv the French Government, which awarded him tho Cross of the Legion of Honour for marked gallantry in the battle of Hulhioh, which was fought on October 13. He is the first young New Zealander who has been admitted to the Legion of Honour, which ranks very high among the great European orders of merit. When conferred for gallantry on the field of battle, it is regarded as the French equivalent of the British Victoria Cross. Lieutenant Findlay, who is the second son of Sir John Findlay, K.C., was born in Wellington on October 8, 1895. Ho was educated at Tho Terrace School, was at Wellington College for several years, and in 1912 ho proceeded, with hia younger brother lan (killed in action on August 10 in Flanders) to England, and was for over two years a student at the Imperial Service College at Windsor. He won last year tho chief prize, known as the blue ribbon of* the college. He was cajptain of tho college and its head prefect at the close of last term. Shortly after the war broke out he ioined Lord . Kftchener's army as a private. He wae soon promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, and later to that of first lieutenant and battalion intelligence officer. He has born fighting in for some months, and has been through several of the hottest engagements that have taken nhoe there. Some time ago he was reoorted by his major as having acted with fralJantrv in action. JOTTINGS. Dγ Pottinger, of _ Invercargill, has been appointed to a position on tho surgical staff of tho hospital ship Marama. Mr Varney, general secretary of the Wellington Y.M.C.A. (says .the -N.Z. Times), has received from a ladv interested in the association a gold keepsake scarf-pin, to bo disposed' of for tho purchase of eoldiere' comforts. Captain C. Mac Arthur, manager at Wellington of the Canterbury Steamship Company, has offered his services to tho Imperial Government as a captain of a transport, mine-sweeper, or in any other capacity that will serve the Empire at sea. He has two sons at the front.

PARCELS FOR THE ANZAC TROOPS. TO THE EDITOn.

Sir,—ls it not a reflection on the New Zealand Army Staff in Egypt that tho parcels we regularly sepd to our boys are seldom delivered to them at all? I have sent many, and duly paid 3s to 5s for the transmission of them by parcel post, and up to September 16 only one out of 20 that should Have reached their destination did so. That one -was only three pairs of socks out of a. securely-made-up parcel containing many other things, such as pipes, tobacco, chocolate, cigarettes, writing paper, etc. It is clear to me the other things were stolen. I have many friends who have had exactly the same experience. _ Our boys arc getting parcels of tobacso, chocolate, cigarettes, etc.. from our relatives in England and Scotland regularly, none of these going astray. If parcels can come from England and Scotland and be delivered regularly, v/hv not the many, many parcels sent weekly from TVpw Zealand?—! am, etc., James R. 'Scott. Dunedin, November 10.