THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16642, 14 March 1916, Page 8

THE WAR

THE BOLL OF HONOUR .NEW ZEALANDCABUALTIEB. '.(Pes UitrnsD Press Associeeedn.) 1 WM&INGTON, March 13. Tbe following- casualties to members of the .Expeditionary Pocoes.-ar© announced, the names of the xtextokkin being given in parenftjeaca-:— Killed in Action. S " ; WELLINGTON MOUNTED, i* (August 27.) Trooper EKJO NORTON THOMPSON (Mr E. W. Thompson, Christchurch, father). Previously reported Wounded; - now Believed to have Died ; from Wounds. i AUCKLAND MOUNTED, i (No date given.) TSooper GASCOYNE CECIL G-REEN- ' WOOD (Mr Erio Greenwood, Opotiki, jjtrother). ' Hte following hospital and progress report was issued by the Government yester- ■ days— Dangerously 111. " WELLINGTON MOUNTED, jj (March 2.) ■ Trooper H. G. JORDAN (appendicitis; in N-Z. General Hospital, Alexandria). • Trooper L. N .Jb.ui—--- (appendicitis; in •*" N.2. General Hospital, Alexandria). In' N.Z. General Hospital, Pont , 4 de Kcubbeh. I OTAGO BATTALION.—CorporaI E. S. ©ngleton (amputated toes, the result of a railway accident). WELLINGTON MOUNTED —Sergeantmajor S. H. Carter (concussion). FIRST N.Z. RIFLE BRlGADE—Rifleman J. G. Christopher (appendicitis). N-Z. MEDICAL CORPS* —Corporal W. C. ' Prrisser (appendkaiasU j AiRMY SERVICE CORPS.—Driver C. P. j. fl»rle' (enterio). * i L BELGIAN EELIEF FUND , THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES LIST. )■ Previously acknowledged ... £25,106 18 5 •, *J. H." _ - - - 0 5 0 j Total* _ ~ ... - -£25,107 3 5 f , THE SAMOAN GARRISON. | HEALTH BULLETIN. . (Pkb Usited Pkess Association.) ' • WELLINGTON, March 13. ; r lis Administrator in Samoa reports that the following are -under treatment: —Private - E. .Sflverlock, injured neck; Private W. Bowles, • fistula; Private R. J. Knox, diarrhoea; Private J. Baker, debility.

: FILLING THE GAPS. I MANY MEN WANTED. ' / ' Tie District Headquarters of the Defence • Department have been notified that 10 - ' mounted riflemen are required to go into " camp a£ Trentham this week, in addition to the 60 infantryman and 10 engineers previ- } trasly called for.

NEW RECRUITING SCHEME. Ait ft meeting- of the St. Kilda Borough Council last night the question of assisting 'in recruiting was discussed, and it was decided to hold a public meeting in the Coronation Hall on Tuesday, 21st, and another in -the Presbyterian Church' Hall, St. Clair, on Wednesday, 22nd inst.

: CAPTAIN ADAMS. ; . « ■ Ifeiends and admirers of Alan Adams, the dd 'University captain and Otago threeqnscter, will bo interested to learn ifliatwheh the .last mail left he was back in England on leave after having seen some fighting in Gallipoli, where he was wounded. The old Royal Blue holds the rank of captain in the West' Yorkshires. A London Sportsman of a recent date says: —"Formerly he [Adams] played-a very good game at centre three-quarter for London Hospital and Rosslyn Park, having leamt to play in company with some of the great playere of New Zealand in Otago and elsewhere." .

RECRUITING IN AUCKLAND. \ [ (Pkb United Pbess Association.) 1 I AUCKLAND, March 13. , 3me Auckland Recruiting Committee is of ©pinion, that efforts similar to these adopted oecs to secure recruits should 1 be adopted in r ths& three southern cities. • Auckland has : beefa called upon to supply over 100 additional men for the 14th Reinforcements, and! tho task lias been rendered an easy one owing to the establishment of a City Recruiting Bureau and the energetic efforts ;,o£ ihe committee. I 1 1 ANZAC DAY. I PROPOSED CELEBRATAION. .(Peb United Pbess Association.) "'WELLINGTON, March 13. 'At a conference of city and suburban rjlayors to-day the question of eommemoratfag' Anzao Day was discussed. It was decided to interview the Prime Minister and' -suggest that a half-holiday be proclaimed from noon on April 25 with a view to holding, a united memorial service, with special ' military parades. ' ! HOSPITAL PATIENTS. |. , / , ? CONCENTRATION IN CAIRO. (Peb United Press Association.) j.' WELLINGTON, March 13. Colonel Rhodes reports' by cable from : .Cairo that nearly all the iNew Zealand • patients are now aggregated in the General ■ Hospital at Cairo. Less than 100 remain at Malta, and there are a few at Alexandria. ■ Arrangements are being made to transfer all j these to Cairo. The men leaving- for ♦thot voyage, and the sick, -wounded, and convalescents, are all. well' cared for. Colonel, Rhodes suggests that if the troops become wicfely distributed a director of postal ser- » vie® should be appointed and attached to ■' ihe„ general staff.

WET CANTEENS URGED. . (Peb United Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, March 13. At a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Association in the Taranaki electorate todaj it was resolved that the establishment of -w«t canteens, controlled by the Defence authorities, in_ the military_ camps of tho ■do&dnion is in the best interests of all -pajfties. I OFFICER'S LOYALTY , t -QUESTIONED. INQUIRY TO BE HELD. If'.'- '3 ' 1 (From Otjb Own . Cobbespondent.) " ; WELLINGTON, March 13.' Some days ago it was jmnoonced that an officer of the 10th Reinforcements had -staged in Nerw "Zealand to take steps to vindicate his character by taking legal : action against certain persons who had im--1 pufened'fhis loyalty by suggesting that he ■ was of German extraction, andi, therefore, -of .German sympathies. The name of that officer wasi Lieutenant Alexander Hugh ,'Grjersoh, of Auckland. , The Prime Minister stated to-day that . arrangements were being made for the holding of a full and proper inquiry into the charges against Lieutenant Grierson. It is Understood that the inquiry will probably 1 begby Royal Commission, and! that one of th® reasons for this form of inquiry is that anwivestigatian of this sort will permit of a more complete discovery of all the facts atxjui allegations and about Mr Grierson thofi could be readily achieved by court proceedings. The holding of this inquiry will not of course, divest Mr Grierson of any rights at law against hir, detractors which ho 'may now have. , -A jpATRIOTICjRACIffG CLUB. GIFTS TO WAR * FUNDS. j - (Peb U sited Pbess Association.) ') ( PALMERSTON N„ March 13. The committee of the Manawatu Racing ■6 Club, at a meeting to-night, passed tholfßlJow&g votes: —Y.M.C.A., £500; Lord Pltmket Sick and Wounded Fund, £500; Mrs A- E- Russell's Fund l , London, £500; .'French Red Cross, £250; New Zealand Red 'Crops, £250;— total, £2200. . This, makes ' $3100 voted hy the dab since the war .tataa. . *•' - ■' •