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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 103, 24 September 1914, Page 4

I By the death of General N. D. Finally the British forc«6 lose one of tue best artillerists in the Army, which is saying a great deal. The man i a the street eomietimes credits the Army with a general invincibility against att cornens, but the Army does not mate bo big a elaami for itself. The inside feeling in the Army is that its first litre ig 'wonderfully good for its sire, but that there is not enough of it. No arm in [the Army da (better for its size than the field artillery, and this remark applies particularly to the artillery in 6ome of the Indian commands. It is to Ibo hoped that eom e of the latter are now "up" at the front, for a wac with Germans is always first and foremost an Gfenleral Kndlay. General Findlay twos the commander of the Aldersho't artillery attached to the First Division. lt_ comprises the 25th, 20th and 39th brigades of field guns, and one brigade 01. howrtecra, say 72 guns. The other AMer&hot artillery chief is Colonel Perceval, who wall now probably * replace General Findlay. Gcsivral Findlaya TOcme to lave met his death on Friday or Saturday, just when the British and the lufty French Annry were bursting fxross the Matrne near Chateau-Thierry. 1 here would natamlly be a mawing of German suns to oppose the aMied advance at this point, and General Findlay no doubt hurried forward personally with his mm ifn lu.ln +„ „.™_ -„. 1 101 ine in anwy, and so keep the Ger-' mans on the run. For children's hacking coughs at night, Woods' Great Peppermint. Cure. Ig 64

ewiag to the reduced volume of ilhi ation compared with naked lights The company offered an increase of one penny, but this the men refused. Thiy shift-men also demanded a rise from 11a fl to 12s «d per day, and the truckers from 9s 8d to 10s fld. A deadlock « ' ho exists. The Winers' Union he] leetmg this mornin » and decided that a deputation Bhould approach the directors on the matter. The meeting also decided not to recommence work, until »U tha, Bodies were recovered.