NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1755, 4 September 1917, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

A Christchurch soldier, now in France, writes as follows to his mother (says the Sim): “A few of us strolled into a French shop for a cup of coffee. The milk used was condensed, and the tin bore the following inscription, ‘Lady Liverpool Fund.’ How the tin of milk came to be there was, of course, the mystery. I have never seen milk in any parcels which have been distributed to the boys of my company. One is led to the belief that the milk never passed through the hands of anyone in the ranks. This is not the first time I have seen such things in this outfit!” A British official report slates: Since April 9th the British have captured 30,1.55 Germans, and the French have captured 43,722. The Italians have captured 40,081, chiefly Austrians; the Russians have captured 37,221, chiefly Austrians. The British have taken 102,218 German prisoners during the war period, while the Germans have taken approximately -13,000 prisoners, including Indians. The British have taken in all theatres during the war period 131,770 prisoners;, excluding African natives, while her enemies have taken during the war period approximately 50,500 prisoners, excluding African natives. A thrilling experience is reported from Ruakituui by a Gisborne paper. Sir David Sutherland and Miss D. Watt (his sister-in-law) were driving in a buggy, and when negotiating a bad portion of one of the cuttings the buggy went over the bank. Both' occupants succeeded in jumping clear, but the buggy and pair of horses fell about 100 feet. Mrs Sutherland, who was riding behind, observed the buggy going over; her screams attracted the attention of a man who was working down the bank, and he moved away just in time to escape being struck by the falling vehicle. One of the horses was killed instantaneously, whilst the buggy was smashed to matchwood. News has reached Hamilton, Ontario, of one of the most, remarkable performances of the entire war in the aerial clement. Destruction single-handed, first of a German submarine, and then of a Zeppelin, by Lieut. Basil D. Hobbs, of the Royal Flying Corps, was described in advices received by his relatives in the Canadian city. His exploits, which have won him a letter of congratulation from Admiral Jellicoo, and recommendation for the Victoria Cross, were accomplished from a seaplane. He swooped down over the U-boat and dropped bombs on it until it sank. A few days later he attacked the airship, and sent it crashing to earth in (lames, causing the death of its entire crew. '