LATE LOCALS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12081, 9 August 1917, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

Trooper J. Confirm, .con of .Mr J. Condon, of Kurnw. who unlisted at Hawora, was wounded in the face d'lrinjr the I'pconL hiji offensive, ;mr| has l>oen admitted to tin- base hospital in Krauee. At. the Ruohy Stropi Schoolroom last, evening an inloresting meeting was hold in furtherance of tlip Koreimi .Mission work of tho Methodist, Church'. In tlip unavoidable absence of .Mr J. H. Blaekwell. Mayor of "Kniajvoi, the I«pv A. (.' I.awrv. who presided, a stimulating address on the rise and progress of Foreign Mission elfort, making special rctpronC" to the lifo work of l)r Coke, wlio was ins'trumontfd mi fonniri'T i,h,. first Methodist; Missionary Society.

The patriotic hare drive in aid of the. Red Cross Fund, wbicli will take place at, Port Levy on .Mr A. J. Fleming's property on Saturday next, promises to bo a great .success. A number of applications to join the party had to be refused on account of there beinfj; insuflioient accommodation in the motor-boat provided to convey the party to Port. Levy, but jis a Lyttclton resident has kindly placed bis motorlaunch at tlic disposal of the organiser, -Mr Whiteside, it. is expected now that no applicant will be disappointed. The half-yearly meeting of the Sydenham and Suburban 00-operative Money Club was k'ld on Tuesday evening, Mi- .1. Brown (president) occupying the chair. The half-yearly repo'rl> stated that the number of loans granted was 98, .amounting t o £ m 2(M\ 17s od, making a grand total'since tb 0 foundation of the club of i\S(!(),Kf)u' 4s 6d. The, present number of borrowers oji the. books was tMO, and tit* total amount of interest I'llHO T_> s . The total receipts for the. hall-year were .LU'iLM 8s od, and the credit, balance was .Cl 2'2C> l*Js fid. The chairman, in moving" the adoption of tbe renort and balancesheet, congratulated shareholders on the lact that the committee, were still able to suggest tlmt th e dividend should bo at the same rate as for soma years past, and that although tho tunes were so abnormal tj, e position of the club was better than at the previous meeting. |-|,. trusted that by the tune, tin- next meeting «,mo round, tho Mi,r . Uo,lld l b <" ,'»v«.r. Tl.,e motion was unanimously adopted..

J. ('. Whitney. Private \V. t. \\hitney :m(! Lieutenant \ J Marshall arc being ,, rotJK}lt back - k> Now /ca and Iron, the front, |, v tlio -New Zealand Government, states the '•New Zealand Herald." Their serT O Lo r V' equi, ' od °" tho nnunifar-tnrfi ot ..503 .Mark \II. ammunition, which is a sharp-pointed instead of the roundpointed bullet, now in use here. The British Government would not allow ammunition experts or mechanics to leavp. England, and to meet the urg 1 - ency of the ease the three trained linnie.s above mentioned Avere recalled from, France bo Kngland, and sent to "Woolwieli for a. coiir.se of instruction in tlie manufacture of Mark VII. .Mo.'l ammunition, with pointed bullet. The. manufacture of this ammunition cannot be commenced in New Zealand until these exports arrive in Auckland. LiputxHinnt J. C and Private "W. C! 1 . "Whitney, for the- first six weeks of the war, worked as floor managers in an ammunition manufactory at Leeds They then enlisted in the British section of tho New Zealand Force, and have since been on active service. Lieutenant/ "Whitney in tho Boval Field Artillery and Private Whitney in the Armv Service. Corns,