LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 August 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The areas now being planted in orcuurds in the Dominion show an increase of 3,U01) acres during the past yenr.

On Friday evening next at 8 o'clock t'io Tlorowhenua Fruitgrowers Association will hold its usual monthly meeting in .Mr 1). .Smart'* rooms. important business will be taken and all fruitgrowers arc invited to attend.

A \ew Zealand officers describes die Maori contingent at the Dardanelles welcoming i-he pakeha general by dancing a liaka. The perplexed Turks in the trenches a hundred yards away listened to the bloodfliirsty serenade and the Turkish newspaper Tanit pnb lished a pai'agra.pli saying that for tin iirst time in history the Straits had to endure an attack by cannibals. — Cable message. The Minister of Defence (the Hon. .J. Allen) hiiti received a message to the ell'eet that tne transport lalnLj lei't the Suez on Saturday morning with 11 ollicers, 2 warrant ollicens, and Afrl other ranks on board lor New laud. They are in charge of two medico, olliceib, lour nurses and nineteen orderlies.

A Russian victim of German savagery, Yassill Vodianoy, described his experiences in Milan Hospital. As he was uuabiv to speak owing to his tun gue being mutilated, paper and peu were given him, and he wrote the 10l ■ lowing.— "The torture wat> practised (/1 me by the Germans iu the lorest near Shavli. 1 was scouting. Suddenly 1 mot three Germans. One of them was a senior nou-commis&ioued oiiicer. ami tlie other two were common soldiers. The non-commissioned officer aoked me in Kussian where our chief jeaders were. 1 answered with absolute silence, lie shouted to me, 'We will i-uon make you speak, you ltuwsiau pijj-' Then he drew a dagger and cut ok, lirst my right and then my lei t ear. 1 stood, and was silent. The question was repeated with the same result Then iu a fury of hat-red lie seized mo by the throat and cut oil' my tongue. While he was doing this 1 lost uonseinusness, and 1 did not come to my senses till the morning, -\\heu 1 lound byself lying in a pool of blood.

A -New Zealand nurse who opent a lew days at Malta on her way to .ii-ng-land writes:—'"We met several doctors in Malta, and some who told us of liow we had misjudged tlio Turks in

many ways. l''or instance, on tlie ground between the liriiig lines ".vliere

they go out to attend the wounded at night, many a boy is lound with Jus wounds beau tilully drestsed, set aside for his own men to lind and take in. and always they have been given a drink and a biscuit or .something to eat, and in many cases those dressings remain on lor a day or two till they can be changed, so well are they done. The K.A..U.0. men get great praiae iur the work they have done. And o'H -New Zealand boys are woiuleriu ly keen on learning all they can aI" o«»i 1 ■ eir work. Our boys seem to have a luige admiratiivii lor +n<' Au O c and lor their daring under lire, Out speak very little about what they tlieiuselves had done. One boy came smiling up to tell us he was a Now Zealamlcr, though he had joined an Australian troop."

Aα home of the recruits wore luav ing the Sydney barracks, on their way lo Liverpool, there was the usual crowd oi loafers outside the gates, who never- by any moans get inside them, says a iSydney paper. A young suldior in uniform came along, canning his baby. a Tew weeks old in hits arms. Beside him walked his wife, a girl oi' may bo 20 summers. As they passed one ul the "spots" made a remark about a soldier's arms and what they should be used for. The young wile turned to them in a fury. ".My husband's going to the front." she said, "to light, for me and my child and to fight ior a lot of lazy good-for-nothings like you, who ought to be.ashamed to be standing there in civilian clotfies. Ves, you, and you, and you!" slTe cried, pointing a fiinger of scorn at man niter man. ".Mα , husband's a man; but you —!" and she flung another scornlul linger at the bunch—"you aren't fit to Lo dressed up as a woman!"

NO COLD IS N'AZOL PROOF. To remove a .bad cold take "Nuzol ,, o.'i eugar which should be dissolved in the mouth. Or use the ftazol inhaler. Either treatment never fails. Advt "Nazol" is a -wonderful reliever for colds, ami no mistake 1 Easy to take, swirt in action, efficacious and economical; 60 doses for Is 6d. * Advc. Eigbteenpence for M doses'! That's all ite costs to buy the best of,all cough and cold relievers—"Naswl." Shift* » cold like magic. Soothes and eiwe sore throats- Test it. vour-

Levin Defence Rifle Club will hold its annual general meeting on Thursday of this week in Levin drillshed at 8 p.m. Particulars are set out' by advertisement to-day.

A meeting of the citizens of bovm wiil bo held in tho Borough Council Chambers to-morrow evening (Wednesday) to consider several matters of local interest. An advertisement on tho subject appears to-tlay on page- 3.

In recording the death of Mr J amen Bishop, of Stuckey-street, Levin, l'iio Chronicle spoke of liini as having been poultry-farming at \\eraroa. This was incorrect; the ■poultry-fanner referred to was his brother.

An interesting display of vapour gas such as the Germans iuse in warfare was made by Dv Davies last night when lecturing before the Levin branch nit. ■ t. John's Ambulance. The gas uiinit with its characteristic green ..tinge, but when ammonia was liberated with i'. the vapour was turned to white and made innocuous. The amu'iiTance class showed keen interest in the doctor's demonstration.

Other people's troubles are usually apt to cause some slight satisfaction n Llie breast of tin , ordinary human person, and the'droadful plight of a small child certainly l caused titters, more ■■ r less subdued, amongst the passengers on a Christchurcl. tram a ,(;oupl« ol days ago. The diHd.. was evidently cut out for an explorer or experimentalist, for in its investigations into the interior economy of a certain humble utensil it had got the said article wedged over its head/ and the blushing and embarrassed mother was taking her offspring off to the doctor's to got the article removed.—Christchurch News.

Striking ligures just published, by tlie Swiss Government show the extent Switzerland is acting as postal authorities sent on 101..'315 letters addressed to prisoners ti war; 51,755 went to France. -15,(305 to Germany, and the rest to Britain and other belligerent nations. During October ( J,237 money orders representing a sum of £10,000 received from Germany, were sent in to German prisoners of war in France and Britain, and 11,100 money orders, representing a sum of received from France, wei'e transmitted to prisoners in Germany.

When the appointment ol u war correspondent for JN'ow Zealand was in contemplation (says Ihe "Wairarapa Age), we hazarded the opinion that it would involve a needless expenditure ol public money, and when the selection was announced we stated emphatically that it would not give satisfaction. The results have more that justilied our convulsions in the matter. The second-hand, disjointed screed that is being (sent u.s by Mr Malcolm Ross does no I approach anywhere near the- standard that everyday journalism demands. The contributions of Mr Astimead Uartlett are of inliniteJy greater value than those of Mr Malcolm Lloss and they cost the country nothing. Jt Llie correspondent is not going to the neighbourhood of the linng line, and cannot give us something bettor than hearsay stories of doubtful authenticity, he should at once be recalled.