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Matamata Record, Volume III, Issue 122, 6 March 1919, Page 4

On the 21st instant the New Zealand Dairy Association Limited distributed amongst its suppliers the sum of £126,"60 2s lid. This covered 1,760.777 f lbs of huttorfar supplied during the month of January. Writing to his father, Mr James Gilmour, of Winton, from Walton-on-Thnraos, Dr. John R. Gilmour says: “1 sppnt the afternoon (Octobor 22, 1918) with Dr. Acland, fitting artificial limbs on legless men. It is truly astonishing how these men got along, and what they can do. For instance, tbero was a danco in the hospital last night, and some of the men were footing it with the best. The wooden artificial log is undoubtedly a wonderful contrivance, and a man with leg right off at the hip joint, and with no stump at all, can got along quite well, even without a stick. The meu are all quite pleased with themselves, and are a very cheerful crowd, wonderfully so. It takes some timo to got a leg fitted and 1 worn in,’ and a man has to be perfectly satisfied with it before lie is allowod to sign off. Most of tho logs are American, but the one most in favor jiutnow is of British manufacture, and there is a great run on it. The chief trouble at present seems to be to get skilled men to turn them out.”