At the moment of his enlistment Mr Gallaher had just received news that his youngest brother was killed in the fighting line in France, and it was his intention to take his place.
Mr Gallaher has had previous military experience, having served in the Boer war and having returned with the rank of sergeant-major.
News of his enlistment will be of interest to Rugby footballers throughout New Zealand.
At one time it was suggested that a Rugby Battalion should be sent to the front, and it is interesting to remark that at the present moment nearly every Rugby footballer of note is already on active service.
• The report of the resident engineer on the filling-in of Lake Logan proposed that, so far as the lake proper was concerned, filling from Palmer's quarry should be put in adjacent to the buildings and residences bordering on the lake.
This, it was explained, would remove the cause of complaint of the residents as to having stagnant or unwholesome water close to their doors.
Mr Loudon, in moving its adoption, said he hoped the recommendations would minimise the cause of complaint made by the residents in the vicinity.
Mr Walker seconded the motion. Mr Russell expressed the opinion that the neighbourhood of Pelichet Bay was a disgrace to the city and to the Harbour Board.
The motion was adopted.
• Thirty-five persons, representing relatives of American victims of the German submarine attack on the Lusitania, agreed, at a meeting held at New York to co-operate in a demand upon the German Government for damages.
Agreement articles prepared by Hunt, Hill, and Betts, lawyers, whereby that firm is to be engaged as counsel for the claimants, were presented to the meeting, and it was stated by Mr Francis Kinnicutt, a member of that firm, that all persons aboard the Lusitania or heirs of those who lost their lives in that disaster are entitled, under the rules of international law, to recover damages from Germany.
Mr Kinnicutt added that his firm is seeking out every person who suffered by the loss of the Lusitania, and it was voted that co-operative action should be taken in presenting claims.
One of those present at the meeting declared he had been approached by a man representing himself to be an agent of the German Government, who urged that action should be begun against the Cunard Company, on the ground that responsibility for the disaster lay with them. - ODT, 1.7.1916.
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