A BRAVE GIRL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 January 1915, Page 3

A BRAVE GIRL

VENGEANCE AND VICTORY

"Private" Mario Louise Dubois, of the — Regiment of French Infantry, is likely to bo a recipient of the muchcoveted Medaille Militairo for bravery on the field of Battlo. Towards the close of tho second day of a fiercely-contested fight lin the mountains of the east, an; ambulance party arrived in a village some miles from the firing line, and into a cottage inhabited by a girl of eighteen and 1 her mother was carried a young soldier of the Regiment of Infantry, mortally wounded. He had only a few minutes to live, and as he was laid 1 upon the bed the girl dropped on her knees by his side weeping. He was her sweetheart.

In tho night the ambulance party returned to the firing lino, and when the mother awoke she found herself alone with dead soldier. The iatter's uniform had disappeared and her daughter was missing. At dawn the French commander, as a forlorn hope, had to send a regiment tired and worn out by two days' fighting, against a strong position hold by the enemy. A terrific fire met them as they charged up the hill, and when their standard-bearer fell they lost heart. The whole line wavered. The officers thought that all was lost when out in front of them all dashed a young soldier who lield the flfig aloft jyid shouted to the men to follow. ith a cheer they obeyed and the hill was taken. Wlien the regiment had re-formeo the soldier with the flag was found sobbing'in its folds upon the ground. I o was Marie Louise Dubois, who in hoi dead sweetheart's uniform had led h's regiment to victory and vengeance.

Tho troopship Athenic arrived in Auckland on Friday morning. Site left Alexandria on 17th December and came direct. She brings fifty-eight noncommissioned' officers and men from all parts of the force. Some of the men have been invalided, some are faulters and some refused to be innoeulated against typhoid. A six-year-old pony, to be exhibited in tho pony class at the Hoiwvhenua A. and P. Show on Wednesday, after the judging, will be put up for auction by its owner, Mr N. Kirkcaldie. The proceeds of the sale will be handed over to the Free Library Fund for the Trentbam Training Camp. A Gorman unofficial statistician estimates that the Kaiser is worth £19,700,000, and the Duke oi' Mecklenburg £17,750,000. Fraulein Krupp, the proprietress of the big gun factory, is worth £16,000,000. The ithree together pay £2,000,000 in war taxes. Britain will have in commission by the end of 1915 nine battleships mounting amongst them 80 15-inch gnns. The Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Valiant, Barham and Malaya will have eight each; wliilo the Resolution, llamilies, Roveng© and Royal Sovereign will each have ten. Then tho Canada, which is now tho Chilian Alniirante Latorre, will have ten 14-inch guns.

The Oainaru correspondent of the Otago Daily Times advises that l'at lambs aro coming forward at a irate beyond the capacity of the refrigerators at the Pukerui Freezing Works. With a full staff of butchers, something in the nature of a block is occurring, notwithstanding that about 300 lunibs are being handled daily.

A record price for lambs is reported from Carnarvon Air H. G. Low having obtained 17s 2d per head for a iine of 900 sold for freezing purposes.

The catalogues for the Hoiowhenua A. and P. Association's Show will be on sale 10-morrow, and tho secretary" (Mr R. D. Wallace) desires the services of boys to sell the same. Applicants are to call at his office (next Mr W. S. Park's) after 12 o'clock to-morrow.

Tho settlers who contributed so generously witii vegetables lor the camp at Treuthani will be pleased to know that the consignment (forwarded 1 by Mrs M. Gorringe, ol' Te Maranga, Levin) arrived safely and was appreciated at the camp. Seven sacks and six case* of vegetables were consigned from Levin and we believe that there were a lew sacks from Koputaroa. Lieut. Petty, of the Army Service Corps, officer in charge of supplies, at Trentham, writes to Mrs Gorringe "Dear Madam. —1 am directed by the Camp Commandant (Lieut.-Colonel Potter) to thank you and all concerned for tlio quantity of vegetables forwarded by you; also for tho cases of fruit. The consignment will be distributed among the troops whom, I am quale sure, will highly appreciate the same."

A lino of 1900 fat lambs, including first and second quality and togs, just sold by Messrs Mellsop, Elliott and Co., on account of a well-known farmer m the Mauawatu liavo realised 18s net per head.

At Ohakune S. M. Court James Hannaii, who did not put in an appearance, was fined £40 for keeping liquor lor sale, and Margaret Gascoigno, who pleaded not guilty to a similar chargc Mas fined £20, in default, ono month's imprisonment.