LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7917, 11 August 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Second Military Appeal Board is fixed to sit at Napier on Tuesday next. So far there are sixteen cases set down for hearing. 1 ‘ There will be no more Territorial camps until next year. When next year comes I will give the matter further consideration. ’ ’ —Statement in the House of Representatives by the Minister of Defence (Sir James Allen), who added that out of the Territorial camps between thirteen ’nd fourteen thousand men had gone on active service.

An ordnance workshop has been established at Trentham Camp, where the whole of the musketry equipment for the Dominion is standardised, thus reducing the cost of production. This workshop will shortly be able to manufacture the whole of the Defence Department’s wood requirements for the Dominion. The armament Workshop at Mount Cook Barracks is also utilised as an ordnance workshop.

■ /iAnos*er 250 tons of coal have beer Hjder&Dby the Borough Council at i £ur£tfer increase of 4s 6d a ttfn.

Mr G. Hunter, M.P., has been requested by the Waipawa Borougl Council to support the Harbor Boarc Bill, now before Parliament.

The Plunket Nurse will visit Waipawa on Tuesday and may be consulted as usual. In the evening, at 7.30, she jvill give a lecture in St '"•’s Schoolroom, and the ’

Peter’s Schoolroom, and the evening will' take the form of a social gather ing. : ■ a

■ Soldiers ’ tfllqtment warrants sent out by the Pay Branch of the New Zea land Department during March las totalled no less than 53,013, an in crease of 22,107 during the year. Uj to 31st March, 1917, the Departmen had also remitted £100,461 by cable

to New Zealand soldiers abroad, the number of remittances on some occa sions reaching as many as 60 and 10( a day. The Waipawa Hospital Board, a‘ its meeting at Dannevirke on Thurs day, passed the following resolutioi unanimously:—‘ ‘ That in considera tion of the attitude of the Govern ment and the allegations made by Dr. Dawson in a letter to the pape; and in fairness to the Board, Private C. Hill, his relations, and the rate payers to the Hospital District, the Government be asked to appoint : Royal Commission to thoroughly in vestigate the Hill case.” Forty-eight Christmas parcels wen packed by the Ladies’ Patriotic Com mittee on Thursday afternoon an< despatched to local-boys serving ii the trenches. Gifts were receivec from the following:—Sugar: Mes dames Rennet, Coe, Miller, Booker. Blake, Miss Lee, Master Cyril Miller Shortbread: Mesdames J. Tod, W Tod, W'. I. Limbrick, Hogg, H. M Rathbone, McLeod, Blake, Mrs (Dr.) Raymond, Misses J. Rathbone, Jul: and Lee.

The Waipawa Brass Band Society under the baton of Mr B. J. Cosgrove, will render the following programme to-morrow afternoon (weather permitting):—Quick march “Aviator” (C. Trussell); grand religious fantasia, “The Golden Gate’ (R. De Lacy); > waltz, “Laughing Eyes” (D. Pecorini); overture, “Star of the North” fJ. A. Greenwood): waltz, “Melody” (S. Holden); march “Our Director” (A. Lithgow); National Anthem.

A general meeting of the Ladies’ Patriotic Committee was held on Thursday afternoon, Mrs W. I. Limbrick in the chair. It being the opinion of the majority of the members that the affairs of the committee should be run entirely by the ladies, it was decided to appoint Mrs H. M. Rathbone treasurer and Mesdames Limbrick and Bibby trustees. Votes of thanks were pasesd to the retiring officers. Authority was given for tlu Y.M.C.A. cheque for £l3O to be forwarded to the treasurer at Napier, Mr G. Mackay. Accounts amounting to £4O were passed for payment.

Mr V. Reid asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will (a) immediately take over the management of all licensed premises, breweries and wine and spirit licenses during the period of the war and six months after the next general election; (b) put the question of Statecontrol of the liquor trade to a referendum at next general election; and (c) if confirmed, continue the control of the liquor trade until financial conditions permit of national ownership. The Prime Minister replied that the Government cannot see its way to increase the financial liabilities of the Dominion during the war period. The members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union are making an appeal shortly on behalf of a very deserving section of our defenders. For the three years of the war it has been necessary to employ quite a small fleet of vessels sweeping the traderoutes of the North Sea to free them from floating mines. The task is arduous as well as dangerous. The men are confined to small craft, and exposed to . the fury of the gales so prevalent there. Much warm clothing is required, and the members of the W.C.T.U. throughout this Dominion are making an effort to send cases of the necessary woollen garments required. The Waipawa Union intend having a gift afternoon early in September in aid of this deserving cause, and ask for gifts of socks, flannel shirts, singlets, pants and mittens, or any article that will conduce to the comfort of these deserving but little known heroes. Gifts in cash as well as garments will be thankfully received. The exact date of the gift afternoon will be notified later.