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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2930, 16 November 1916, Page 7

•SMOKE ''INVICTA""—THE NEW. ALLBRITISH SMOKE. . Invicta is a careful and choice blending of natural Rhodesian-grown. tobaccos. Decidedly different both in flavour and 'fragrance, it at one© stampsi the smoker 'f\6 a mu.a of good taste and refinement. There is nothing "rank" about Invicta :Mixture— nothing that can.be taken ex'ception to —does not hang abou,t the i.breath or clothing. Invicta Mixture contains no foreign adulterant substances, but is all tobacco, and therein lies the reason for its goodness and dhaxm. Every ils. tin contains full 2oz. Buy it—buy it • because it is British; buy it because'tis cood! The man' who likes a "solid ■smoke will like Rhodesian Dreadnought iNavy Cut—medium or full—every tin !guaranteed in good .condition—ls. full ! 2oz.—Advt.

IN THE TRENCHES^ « , IN FRANCE r. How are Our Lads faring, and how far can we HELP Them ? Mr. VARNEY, Field Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., cables: "Discourage sehding gift goods. Cable money. Can buy advantageously all needed and save months in transit Developing work trenches. Have organisation reaching every man forward lines* Push Trench Comforts Fund." WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF TRENCH LIFE? Here are some extracts from letters from a highly esteemed in proper quantities, thllt ill the Small rough trencll you , officer, recently killed at the front: fiat anyhow in a small cavern in the earth, lying flat when shells arrive, that the men are 60 tired sometimes " We're in for four days and can't have our boots, that y OU have to pull them up when they fall asleep at putties or equipment off all that time. We've had rain, 'stand-to.' Do we earn 7/6 a day ? Later (time not so I'm slopping about in gum boots, fairly covered in stated): The worst has happened, I've broken both j mud, owing to crawling operations this morning. . . . available pipes. . . . " I've come to the conclusion that.l never lived till I " It's raining, and my roof leaks. Everyone else is breakfasted this mornirig (after 48 hours of almost con- out with ration-parties; it's my turn at home. They'll Itinous work in a crazy dugout), on a hard-boiled egg, have a jolly time—roads, trenches and paths swimming some bread and neat whisky. in mud; men falling down, everyone at his profanest, " The awful part of the work is the ghastly weari- " I have now had my clothes on without change for 1 f ness. Imagine five "whole days—each lasting 24 hours 8 days, bub one gets used to dirt in time. My word, to a minute —when you are on the stretch the whole this will be some life in winter ! It s chilly and damp j time. Add to that that you are very dirty—probably enough on a wet day in summer. I tremble to think S wet, that the supply of water doesn't get up perhaps what winter will be like." I 1..-..—n—»I ..-..—n—» n FUNDS ALREADY SUBSCRIBED. J THE Y.M.C.A. NATIONAL COMMITTEE |j„ Now invite contributions to the It is only right that those who have TRENCH COMFORTS FUND. previously .minted ehoulj know that ; Wc loel [M. too much amnot b« done to their money has been spent principally make the (conditions a little more endurin hutments, equipment and salaries of a blo for those men who are so freely giving secretaries working in the field. Pro- I j their lives for us and for • their country. vision has been made for Egypt, Meso- jj | We propose to cable funds right away as potamia and Salonika, where many of | | they come in. our men are, as well as for France and 1 9 , . England. The balance in hand is only H. W. KERSLEY, Act,ng-Prmdent. sufficient to meet obligations entered K w - B RO ™ LL ' into for the next Six months. Y.M.C.A. National Committer. B I Headquahtber, "Wellington I | \ltm mi Mil " «c