PUBLISHED IN A MOTOR-CAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 239, 5 January 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

PUBLISHED IN A MOTOR-CAR.

VAIN EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS IT. The newspaper Libre Beigique, which, in spite of all the vigilance of tho German authorities, continues to be published in Brussels, issued a special number on the occasion of the anniversary of '3elgia independence. Tho German authorities have offered a reward of 75,000 marks to anyone disclosing the identity of the editors and publishers. However, an editorial note in the Libre Belgique states that tho paper is written and printed in a motor-car, and its publication continues.

Not long ago the GermanJ searched the convent of St. Michael from the roof to tho cellar. They battered in the walls, and dug three feet down under the floors of the cellars, bu(t no printing machines could be found. An edition da luxe of fifty pages was pubrecently, printed on old Dutch paper, with ten drawings, including pictures of the Royal family, and some photographs of the fighting on the Yser. WHERE BABIES NEVER DIE.

There is a town in Southern Franc?, called Vil!iers-le-Duc, where no baby under a year old has died in ten years, and whore, in the same period, no mother has died in giving birth to a babv.

Villiers-le-Duc contains about 1,000 inhabitants, and the average birth-rate during the ten years works out at r fraction over 18 per thousand; so that over 180 babies liavo been born, all of whom have lived.

No other place in the world is able to show &uch a record, and it has only been mado possible in this case owing to a series of ordinances issued by the Mayor of the town, and iwhiuh are strictly enforced.

Theso provide, amongst other things, for proper food and rest for the prospective mother, who is obliged to notify the authorities at bast two months before the expected event. Free medical aid is also available for mother and child, both at birth and afterwards.

GROWTH OF ROYAL FLYING CORPS. At the outbreak of the war Britain's total fighting strength in the oir consisted of six squadrons of active aeroplanes—eighty in number —manned approximately by 250 officers and 1,000 men. To-day Britain counts her air squadrons by tens, her officers of tho Royal Flying Corps by hundreds, her machines by thousands, and her air mechanics by tons of thousands. Before the war the military .wing of tlif aerial fighting forces of Britain regarded itself fortunate if it obtained for its purpose an appropriation of €1.000,000. At the present the annual expenditure on the Flying Corp* mounts into many mililons of pounds. It is probable that the country's total investment in military aircraft is notshort of £40.000,000.