FAMOUS ENGLISH PIANOS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 13 September 1915, Page 3

FAMOUS ENGLISH PIANOS.

AT "THE BRISTOL." | "No pianofortes," observed Liszt, ! the eminent virtuoso, "last anything I like so well as those of Broad wood." j Even after eighty-six years' service n , Broadwood has been known to play j sweetly and clearly. This speaks volj umes for the British thoroughness with ; which this British piano is built. The | instruments of John Broad wood ano Sens, Ltd., represent man's highvst achievement in piano construction They are the product of a firm who date from J72S, and who have beer makers to Royalty since George 11. The Bristol Piano Co., Ltd., hold extensive stocks of the Broadwood and other English piano s of world-wide prestige, including the noted Sanies—un ideal piano, and always a wise choice —and tho wonderful Collard and Collard. In. Organs, New Zealand's premier Music Warehouse specialises in the two leading Canadian makes— The Bell and The Imperial. All who desire an instrument that will ensur« lifelong satisfaction can confidently purchase at "The Bristol." Particularly easy terms of payment may bp arranged. Th e Bristol Piano Co., Ltd Wellington. North Island Manager M. J. Brookes. Local Representative, H. J. Dashwood.

Tietinng' line): "Now, boys, we must get past those infernal machine guns. ■ They've become a perfect nuisance the last few da,ys. We must show those Bosch.es what we are made ofd" They charge, A day later: A scout aeroplane spying over the machine gun emplacements. The aeronaut looks down and' addresses his companion. "What's that pulp stuff lying all around those machine gun covers?" His companion with til 5 binoculars: ] "That pulp stuff is all that remains J of the 77th. They tried to get througi'b. yesterday." | The 77th ha\'a shown the enemy what they are made of. Pulp. Militarism proves that lhailf the world isn't fit to be at large. SECRET AND SILENT WARFARE. A visit to the French artillery ]hw. gives 0n,3 the creeps. Tlv'are are no guns to be seen anywhere. Without the aid of a military guide one could never sea them. To-day the big gun is "dug in," and the man who wanted to spot a "75" anywhere between Flanders and the Swiss frontier would have to use a diamond drill or a Rontgen ray. The modern battlefield is a place where sefdiers are heard but not seen. There are battlefields in northern France where the silence is a s great a 3 tlhat of the (Never Never. And yet. thousand? tof nveu are living and breathing within a few yards of each other. More terrible than the silence are the nightly "'whispering patrols," who creep-creep up to the enemy's trenches in the hope of hearing something good. Sometimes they hear things but more often thr-yy get a "plum."