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Taihape Daily Times, 17 August 1918, Page 6

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SUCCESSFUL ftftpQv LONDON, August 14. Palestine official.—On the night of the 12th August, we raided successfully at various points on a ten-mil© front astride the. Jerusalem-Nablus road, killing two hundred and prisottering seventeen Turkish officers and 230 other ranks. Fifteen machineguns were taken on the morning of the Bth August. The Royal Air Force and the Australian units bombed enemy camps in the vicinity of Amman railway station. Many effective hits on ground targets were made and machine-gun-ned. The Imperial Camel Corps, co-op-erating with Arabs, seized the Mudawara railway station, killing 35 and capturing 120. Two guns were captured. "Facts alone wanted in life, Dickens. It is facts alone that prove the worth of Baxter's Lung Preserver. For 53 years it has been ministering aid whenever needed. Thousands testify to its efficacy. A sore throat or chronic cough cannot long with stand Baxter's curative qualities. It relieves with first dose. A short source of Baxter's and all trouble is gone. Equally effective for colds, influenza and bronchial affections. Large bottle 2s. All chemists and stores. *

SOCIAL HYGIENE* WORK IN FOUR CENTRES. The Minister for Public Health, speaking in Wcllinton in regard to the Social Hygiene Act, stated that for th« ! present only women patrols would be appointed. The Minister added that it is intended to convene public meetings soon for the purpose of establishing social hygiene associations in tbe four centres, where the Act is to be brought into operation. The 6bj jeet of calling these meetings is to en- ! able all classes of the public to .be represented in the formation of each association, from which an executive will be appointed. The executive will act in a general way in collecting information that may be of service to district health officers and to health patrols. The patrols will be permitted to attend meetings of the executives, but will not be allowed to give any information to anyone except district health officers, who will have I the administration of the Act in their | hands.