THE NEW ZEALANDER.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 December 1917, Page 5

THE NEW ZEALANDER.

A contributor to the London Daily

News of September 144, in describing his impressions of the crowds in the >g£reets of London, writes: "But there was one type that began to emerge more distinct, more definite than any other. It was the New Zealander. I was struck alike by the constancy of that type and by its attractiveness. It seemed to me the pick of the basket. The neat, trim figure, rather on the short side, the aquiline nose, firm mouth, small chin, wide-set eyes, full of intelligence, were such unvarying,

characteristics of the New Zealander that I began to get excited. Here, I thought, is the most thoroughly and unvaryingly English typo I have seen and it comes from the remotest habit-

able spot on the globe. If ever the war ends, and I have £2OO to spare (which is extremely unlikely) I will spend it, not on that pearl, wonderful tnough it is, but but on a visit to the land that is raising these civilised, gallant-featured young Englishmen on the other side of the world." GREECE'S PREPARATIONS. \ ATHENS, Nov 29. Four classes of the infantry reserve and eight classes of the artillery have been calld to The Ctjftiirs. It is officially stated that Greeks in JfMCkdonia, -held by the Bulgarians, have succumbed to hunger and other .J. ", ; •..;..:..•;......