NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1329, 26 November 1914, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Stories of Kitchener’s bluntness are legion. “ Sorry to report the loss ot five men through explosion of dynamite,” was the gist of a telegram he received one day during the Boer war from a captain at the front. “Do you want any mots dynamite ?” was the immediate answer. His grim laconic humour was well illustrated by his reply on one occasion to the War Office authorities who were pressing a certain weapon upon him. ‘‘Keep the gun,” he wired, “ I can throw stones myself.”

In his latest book, “From Tasman to Marsdeu,” Dr McNab disposed oi New Zealand’s cherished traditions. For ex ample, he points out that Captain Cook was not the first to introduce the pig into New Zealand. It was to King, first as LieutenantGovernor of Norfolk Islands, and then as Governor of New South Wales, that New Zealand was indebted for the pig and goat, and it was Marsdeu who introduced horses and cattle in 18x4.

The following new books have just been added to the local public library “The Fire of Spring (E, Boileau), “The Auction Block” (Rex Beach), “Wild Justice” (F. Clare), “David Harum” (E. N. Westcott), “Her Royal Highness” (W. Le Queux), “Phillip Steele” (J. 0. Curwood)’ "The Boomers” (R. Norton), “The Human Desire” (V. Irwin), "The Full of the Moon” (C, Lockhart). “Herself and Her Boy” (A. Le Feuvre), "Holton of the Navy” (L. Perry), “Molly’s Husband” tR. Marsh), “The Swindler” (E. M. Dell), “The Parasite” (H R. Martin), “The Lost Despatch” (IST. S. Lincoln), "The Island ol the Stairs” (C. T. Brady), “When the Forests are Ablaze”' (K. B. Judson), “The Mercy of the Lord” (F. A. Steele), “Quick Action” (R. Chambers), “The Gate of England” (M. Gerard), "The Fugitive” (R. Bridges), "Early Rangitikei” (J. G. Wilson). "The Laughing Cavalier” (Baroness Orczy), "The Judgment of Eve” (M. Sinclair), “The Trail of the Axe” (R. Cullum), "In Search of a Husband” (C. Harris), "The Pride of Eve” (W. Deeping).