BITS BY THE WAY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 156, 17 March 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

BITS BY THE WAY.

The British Empire jKxsse.ssefl over 11,<KK1 merchant ships. Wounded soldiers are nearly alwav» saluted when met in France. Our Navv is the on'y Navy that had practised firing at submarines before the war. Motor cars fitted with X-ray apparatus are used extensively by tho French Red Cross Society. At the beginning of the nineteenth century more than 2(X) ofFencew were punishab'e with death in England. Tibet is not allowed to sell, lease, or mortgage any Tibetan territory to any foreign Power without tho consent of Great Britain. An ordinary army division of about 18,000 men requires some 100 torus of supplies every day, including hay and oats for the horses. In time of peace Switzerland is the country best supplied with hospitals, having nearly 18,000 beds, or about six to every 1000 of the population. Laughter does not always prove happiness....St. Evreniond. Tliis is the true nature of home —it i fi the place of peace: the shelter not only from all injury, but from all terror. doubt, and division. —Ruskin. Think more of the living and less of the dead; for the dead have a world of their own. —Tyers. Beauty don; not consist merely ii> the shape or colouring of the face. Beauty is expression.—Jean Francois Millet.