LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Captain William Pitt was adjutant on the Tahiti on her run from Suez to Port Chalmers. Mrs Pitt went to Egypt to be near her husband, and whilst there a child was born—the first Maori birth in the.land of the Pharoahs.
A steeplejack named George Armstrong has had a remarkable escape from death at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. He was climbing a chimney stack at Messrs. MacConnachie Brothers' preserving works, Kinnaird Head, and when over 100 ft. from the ground he overbalanced and fell. In his headlong descent his feet _<-aught in the ropes and he hung by his toes. The wind at last blew him towards a ladder, which he grasped i» time to save himself.
The Berliner Tageblatt of November 13 published an Order of the Day, according to .which the Austrian Emperor struck a certain regiment off the lists of the Austro-Hungarian Army and destroyed their colours. It seems that in the battle of Dukla Pass two companies surrendered voluntarily to a Russian battalion to the »shame of their nation. Swift and severe punishment followed. On the following day all the officers were shot, as well a s one man in ten. The regiment involved is said to have been the 29th Infantry, a Czech garrison regiment belonging to Prague.
Mr F. W- Hirst, ►editor of the Economist, speaking at Leeds the other day, estimated the present daily cost of the war to the principal belligerents at: Great Britain £5,000,000, Germany £4,000,000,' France £2,500,000, Russia £2,500,000, Austria £2,500,000, Italy £1,500,000. Total: £18,000,000 a day; £120,000,000 a week; £540,000,000 a month; £6,570,080,000 a year. He urged the need of wise and courageous, financial leadership if Britain's superior financial strength was to win the war, and said that the want of business ability in public offices was appalling.
"I must have been in bed an hour when I wa s awakened by an awful crash," wrote the wife of a "Tommy" at the front, the letter being .quoted in the Daily Dispatch. "T knew it was them Zepps. There was another terrible bang. I took my clothes off the chair, shoved them on a hook, gripped baby, and run down stairs to the cellar. Dear , you must not blame me. It was horrible. I wondered why baby didn't cry. I looked at the dear. Dear ,it was a good job he had a strong nightie on. I know you'll forgive me. If you only knew yth&t 1 went through. I had hung baby upside down on the wall by the hem of his nightie, and was nursing the big pTAlow with lace The porf'r kid " ,
The following is the text of General Botha's letter to Sir Percy Fitzpatriek on the occasion of the "Anzafs'' being entertained at the Opera House, (.apetown, on their way .out from England: "Having heard that you will to-night address the gallant Xew Zealanders who are now on their way home from the Dardanelles, 1 want to ask you a favor. I should he obliged if you would convey to the men an expression of my sincere rggret at being unable to be present this evening. It would have afforded me real pleasure to have visited them myself to do honor to men who have served and suffered for their country as they have done.. Please tell them that their brave and noble Conduct has won our lasting admiration and affection and that we are proud to have them in our midst. Their presence will. 1 am sure, inspire our manhood with ambition to follow their magnificent example. Our best wishes go with them. May God bless them." (Cheers).
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 32, 13 January 1916, Page 6
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605LOCAL AND GENERAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 32, 13 January 1916, Page 6
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