NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1602, 24 August 1916, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

A farmer in a district “somewhere” in Feilding, to qupte a war term, impressed by the great demand for wool, gathered up a bale of stuff from the bush, says the Star. lie was convinced that any old stuff would do for export, - but even he was puzzled in putting a price on it. So ho did not reserve it a I lid per lb. “I’ll leave the price to the discretion of the expert in Wellingtmi,” he decided. The city man was a wit who did not go woolgathering. Here was Ids reply: “This hale of ulawai seed is a fair sample, but if is a pity that it has got some wool mixed willi it.” (Treat reply lhal.

The wounded Tommy was relating some of his experiences to a circle of friends. “Yes,” he said,

“1 was in :i bit. of a bole iiucc. 'l’liovo were ( wo German snipers at mo mid I'd only one bullet loti. They were n bit apart, too, so I eoubln’t work round to jrtil (hem in line, mid if I shot :i( one (lie other would get, me, sure. Wind did J do? Well, my knowledge of nmllieniiities saved me. (lot; behind a stone, worked out a few ealeulations mid angles on a sera]) of paper, sluek up my bayonet in the sand, with (lie edge towards me, took mireful aim at it, and let her go; and, boys, the plan worked, for (he bullet struck the bayonet, and the bullet was split clean in halves, and one bit killed the German on the right, and the other bit blotted out the blighter on the left. Another time 1 was ” But his audience had fled.