General War News.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 November 1917, Page 4

General War News.

OUR WAR CARRIER PIGEONS,

Our earner pigeons arc doing their bit splendidly at the front, and have even been equipped with the latest thing in gas helmets. It is well-known, of course that both sides are using thes'c birds, and consequently the greatest care has to be observed with regard to shooting any that may appear on the seenc. It is not unusual for our own birds to return from the other side of the enemy lines. TUESDAY IN PARIS. Monday and Tuesday in Paris are meatless days; Tuesday and Wednesday are tealess days; all days except Saturday and Sunday arc bathless days; on all days except Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday, the trains in the metro —the Paris subway—stop at halfpast nine. Of all the days of all the Week, therefore, Tuesday is the worst. It is meatless, tealess, bathless and metro-less. RECRUITING PARROT. An American soldier tells of a parrot which is daily capturing recruits in the States. The bird, which is owned by a petty officer, has been trained to shriek "slacker!'' whenever its tail is pulled. The sailor generally takes a walk along Firth Avenue, New York, with the parrot perched on his shoulder, and whenever he meets a likely-looking recruit ho tugs at the bird's tail. Before the young man has time to recovcr from Iris confusion he is surrounded by a bevy of recruiting girls, and then, of course, he is done for. HOW TOMMY SPENDS HIS LEAVE. Some of our soldiers on leave give a new meaning to the '' busman's holiday idea. They go back to their old jobs 011 the vans of laundries, grocers, butchers, carriers, even singing songs of exultation high-placed upon chariots of coal. Thero was recently noticed a great improvement in a grocer's turnout, and the former driver was found 011 leave and in charge. "Nah, then,'' he said on the last day to his substitute, "You put a bit more elber-grease into his 'ide and a bit more shine on 'is arness, or you '11 git a thick ear when I 'avc my next leave."