TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13803, 1 October 1915, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

The Wellington-Suez mail of the. 19tli August, arrived m London, on the 29th ultimo. A scheme v; afoot m Wellington t« supply the- soldiers m camp with, pillows. The bookings for the Tarawera for Auckland to-morrow are : Mr and Airs 'IVmeyelitt'e. .Miss Andrew, Messrs Brodie, Powmvell, Murphy, and Bird. Chaplain-Captain W. Grigg, of Leeston, who has been appointed to "fill the place of Chaplain-Major .T. A. Luxford (now hi hospital, wounded), will go into camp on October 7th. Up to recently 170 members of the shore and floating staff of the Union Company have volunteered for service at the front. Out of the number five have been -killed and 25 wounded. Driver C. F. Bremner (Xew- Zealand Field Artillery) is reported to have recovered from .sickness, and has been discharged as convalescent at Alexandria. Driver Bronmer was employed by Mr E. H. Henderson, of Te Araroa, and ho wont to Wellington and unlisted' as a driver m Xo. 1 Battery. The following will represent No. 7 Coy. Cadets m thoir football match tomorrow against No. 63 Company : A. Moore, Kelly, Sugden, Sceats, Riley, M.orell, Williams, A. Smith. Burt, Burton, G. Robertson, Cudd, H. Dods, A. Dods, ' Sawyer, Amos, J. W. Little, Hacchc, Jackson. Tho Crisborno draft of tho tunnelling corps will leave next Wednesday night for Trentham. As many men as possible are wanted from 'Gisborne — men with mining and tunnelling experience. At ! i>resent> nine men aro available. Those who have enlisted for this corps, and have, not been examined are asked to get examined as soon as possible. The lambing season lias been good m the Auckland province this year, the good feed 'warm- -weather having contributed' largely to this state of things. In the Opotiki district, on an | area comprising one-half bush and onehalf cleared 1 land, 1480 ewes produced »- 1360 lambs, and in> the all-grass areas the percentage m many instances ex--1 ceeded 100 per cent. A patriotic lantern lecture m aid of 5 the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and con- , ducted under the patronage of the Gisborne Defence Committee, will be delivered at His Majesty's Theatre this evening by Mr John Clegg, of Dunedin. Mr Clegg arrives from Wairoa this afternoon by coach, and m his tour of the Dominion is devoting the whole of the proceeds to the above fund. A series of moving pictures will also be screened by ■ the Pathe proprietary during the entertainment. That the lecturer will have an interesting story to relate may be gleaned from the article appearing, m another column of this issue. Messrs A. M. Lewis and Son report the following car sales : A fine 1916 model Mitchell and Lewis 35 -h.p., with streamline body and full electric equipment, to Mr' Fred' Shanks, of Kanakanaia (To Karaka) ; a 1916 model Bris coe 30 h.p., with the latest electric light ing and starting system, to Mr Jas. B. Poynter (Te Karaka) ; another Jeffery quad truck to Messrs Fleming and Cauifield, carriers, of Waimata. This is the third Jeffery quad this firm has sold this season. The demand for these vehicles, driving on all four wheels, showing that it is a class of lorry suitable for this district. Other sales were : A 1916 70 h.p. latest model Cadillac', to a town client ; and another 3-seater MitchellLewis 35 h.i>. roadster car to a Hangati ''oa sheep farmer. An inspection parade of the National Reserve, Gisborne branch, is called for 5 Wednesday, the 6th inst. Th© Com- ■__ mandant of the N.R. Forces throughout — New Zealand. Colonel T. W. Porter, C.8.. will inspect. A route march with arms will be part of the programme, with march past and salute at a given base. Major Whiteley has issued orders calling two special parades of A Company with arms, and particulrly wishes to impress on every member the necessity of making a point to be present .at one or both parades. If this effort is made, although the reserves have had no opportunity to drill with rifles previously, Major Whiteley expresses confidence, that under the circumstances his men will perform creditably. The rifles will bo disposed of on returning to the Garrison hall, when an inspection without arms will be held by Colonel T. W. Porter, and the reserves put through company movements. No parade will be held on Thursday night. Private Lewis Redstone, writing tohia parents from "Anseae Cove/ Gallipoli, on July 14, says: "I expect you know lnore about the war than I do. At present we are at rest, which amounts to sapping and general fatigue, but not n great deal of broken sleep, which is the main and mostly appreciated item of all here. ' Just where w© are at present there are a good number of stray shells flying overhead, and at night any -.' quantity of stray bullets. It is just music to us as it is practically all wasted ammunition, and the more they waste • the better {or -us m the long run.- Our , trenches are attacked at times by the Turks or tho mixture (Turk and German.) At first the terrific rifle fire would not permit one to get' sleep, but now ono can go off without the slightest trouble. It is said one can get used to anything, and I believe it nmv. We heard good news last night with reference to the surrender of the German forces m SouthWest Africa. We are at it, hammer and tongs, now- with the. Turks, but if ever our boys have a chance at the Germans, they won't forget the Lusitania incident, I can assure you. I am m splendid health .along 1 with many others, some <>t whom are getting quite fat on it. We : are In good hands, and we know it. We have received the parcel of Bock» l etc., from the Lady Liverpool Fund Committee, and also the tobacco from tho Overseas Club, and greatly appreciate ail that the good people are doing for our men, wounded and otherwise."