TANKS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 231, 1 December 1916, Page 8 (Supplement)

TANKS.

Yes, back at home 1 used to drive a tram; And Sammy, there, lie was a drivn too — He used to ride his racer—did Sir Sam : While pokey London streets was all I knew.

But now, His Nibs and I, of equal rank, Are chummy as the piper and the wall, Each tooling of a caterpillar tank. Each waiting on the blest old bugle call.

Say! Tanks are sport—when you used to them, They're like a blooming railroad, self-contained; They lay their traek9, as you might say—pro tem., And pick 'em up. and there's good distance gained.

They roar across rough country like « gale; They lean against a house and push it down; They're J ike a baby fortress under sail, And "antic as a three-ring circus clown!

Sain says they're slow. They may seem so to him — They can't show fancy miTe-a-minuto stuff; But when they charge, m armoured trim, You bet the Germans find 'em fast enough 1

Xow Sam and 1 are waiting, side by side, To steam across yon farm-land in the night; We'll take their blamed barbed wiro ill our stride, And stamp a German trench lino out of sight! —O.C.A. CHILI), in the New York " Times.''

LEPER CURES HIMSELF. HEALTH DIRECTOR TAKES UP DISCOVERY MADE BY SUFFERER. I)r. Lopez Delvalle, Director of Sanitation at Havana, lias announced his intention of submitting to the National Board of Health a now cure for leprosy discovered by Angel Garcia, a countryman without scientific education any kind. He is alleged to have succeeded in curing himself of leprosy, and his treatment is said to have resulted in great improvement in several cases in the leper hospital. Garcia told the New York "Times" corespondent that his method consisted of combining certain herbs with n treatment commonly used for leprosy. Cuban physicians were sceptical at first regarding Garcia's cure, because of his ignorance and his refusal to divulge his secret. He explained to the "Times" corespondent that his reticence was due to the fear of the Cuban laws, which are dra.stic with regard ti the practice of medicine without a college diploma, but he has now offerel the Director of Sanitation the full secret 011 a guarantee of protection. PREVIOUSLY BORROWED. Mist ress: "Would you care to havfl this last season's hat of mine, Sarah?" Sarah: "Ob, thank you so much, m.a'am; it's the one my young man likes me in best."