JOTTINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16577, 28 December 1915, Page 5

JOTTINGS

Tho Minister of Defence (the Hon. J. Allen) has received advice that oatmeal for - the troops is unobtainable in Egypt, and > >;. that any gifts of this foodstuff during liio . next few months will be greatly appreciated 1 j-i by tho troops at the front. _ h The executive of the Wellington Wai League has unanimously approved of Gap- -si tain D. Simson's scheme of voluntary visibje registration and the use of badges to show that those who wear them cannot enlist. ;;?8 Mr E. G. Macpherson, the proprietor o". the Wyndham Farmer, received word ?'■ on Thursday from New South Wales that ; one of his brothers, Mr Alister Grevilla Macphereon, who is a native of New Zealand and 51 years of age, enlisted >last month for active service with the A ustralian Light- Horse, and is at present in camp at Liverpool, near Sydney. ""'(f Tne Prime Minister informed a New .v Zealand Times reporter that the first meeting of the new Recruiting Board would be hold in the near future. Tho membera '( of the board will select a secretary and . other officers and arrange details/of organisation before they extend their operations • & to the various districts. ■ At a meeting of the Springburn School Committee, held recently, the chairman , > stated that ill preparing a roll of honour it had been discovered that 90 per cent, of ' the available men of Springburn aad en- i "' listed. Practically, all the young men had , ; volunteered. These figures constituted a record which would bo hard to beat. Two prominent citizens of • Christcnurch, Mr W. H. Clark, and Mr R. E. M'Dougall, called on the Mayor of that city on \Ved- , • nesday and each handed a cheque for £1000 for the Patriotic Fund. According to local papers they informed Mr Holland they did not think those who could afford to make - 3 big contributions to the fund had so fac ' done what might be expected of theih, - * and they hoped that a better result would follow. ' ,