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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 166, 19 August 1914, Page 8

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At the aiseting of the Committee of the Canterbury , A. and P. Society to-day |»lr J. D. Kajl referred to the shortage of horses for the- Expeditionary Force. He said that some 70 horses were stilf required, as well as military saddles. After discussion it was decided to request farmers who may have suitable horses to communicate with the military authorities who are willing to purchase them. COLLE&E FOOTBALL. Half-time score:— Wellington College .. .. .. 3 Wangahui College 0 AT THE CAMP. "As far as possible," said Colonel Chaff?y today, "married men are being cut out and uinglc mcu given the preference." Tfcc infantry places in the Canterbury Contingent have b9cn filled up, the final batch of 30 men being selected to-day. Lieutenant Cody, of the Defence Stores, Wellington, has arrived at the camp to assume the position of Captain and Quartermaster to the Canterbury Mounted Kifles. A CARPENTER'S LUCK. A. iv. Dobson, a carpenter living in Salisbury Street, was working on a building in Glaudovey Street, Fondalton, to-day, when he fell from the second storey. With extraordinary luck he sustained nothing mors serious than a slight scalp wound and general bruises, but was admitted to the Hospital for attention. '