GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 274, 29 April 1915, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

About 10" farm horses, owned by Messrs. ''Wliitncy' and Jennings, farmers, Melbank (Victoria), broke into a barn and gorged themselves with wheat. Thirteen of them, valued at £325, died. The others are likely to recover. Bugler H. Moulton, London Rifle Bri- ] gade, writing to his relatives, says :—"I .should like to tell you of the bravery of one of our lieutenants. Our fellows are digging, .trenches. heliind, a, certain, regiment when a private was 1 \jpunded in the sidb. The lieutenant "in question immediately went tb his-assistance, When a buljlet struek' hini, cutting ft deep gash aiross his forehead. A lancc-corpor.il went to him, and received a bullet in his ' 'head, this instantly killing liimi. The Nontenant was seen making motions for pjipcr, and when-tliiii-was Supplied him we I found litiAVasiSiiiab'Jiiito write, aij)tlie bullet had severed tije nerves of tlie ringers of tlie right hahel, as well asilidse of itlio tongu'e.' 'Wb h"ii(l'two:!s'tr<>tcli'efH pj-ekent, but lie \V(Jiildiuisi , Bt'. ! u.]>ott'o'uK usingl these for'tlie j wdund'ed iptitvate ;:aii(l ,'Uie' dead. lance'-c'brpb'rAll;'whilst 'ha vyalk" (id.; Such are the fSlWSvs'w'* are serri?tg .'■, : uiidor, and we are very pi-dud.-of,'thorn:!' In the'May'issue, jiist to hand,' Lil'i, thej AiiHtralian mqigi|Z)igjp, igiypp tlie.injost ncloqnate and most.picturesque review of the War. bf.iiny either'lotal.'bl 1 ' iiii])oft.e(l. 'This is ! k%:ciii ; efly : to the 1 fatt 'T,liat |M I)r: ! Fitelib't't-tnd iiuHlor. of' '"Dedds '< That AVcjn the Empire"—is writing exclu's'ivisll' for LifeV 11l - ;a;-iw:je& of; ljne ■ specjivl articles Dr. Fitphett. deals with the, whole ■ situation in a 'magnificent iHanncr; treating! m ' st tbe.'-iibV sJtugo/iri 'the wai-! Which has ! been orbited! by--!tile"lapproaell of spring ; second/■.;th£tfeba:iitllillrtf|Qf ;'the •' miiiith ; thir'dJ/theihuMlciiWttnd Iwrofems of the. men,in, the frenQhes,; .fourth, tUo, "vfljiitb.-vfaslujig'. atti/riyjited'by ■ Gbr-' hfany"; and ,J lksit)y,; i> thc : 'perw'Hn'iin'ces' of 1 ..Goiinan "Kulitu'r"''as" ) <ieseribe'd' : by 'Ger,,,mails thenifedlveb':' A ii/ A'trder' 'wflio wisjies to kftejl'iißreast (StetHfc war! 'should ■ miss these articles. ; 'M. I! 'I .'! ! ' .'! \ remarkable plieiionie'ribri, seen at I.HVMte Cliffs, New South Wales, is re- •"• ]ftJr ;ed -lii irirece'iit issue of'Tifim; Jifiydney-i Mofning - ten -o'cloeL ''■'jfifit nighi).people strange and' appalling sight in tlie_ heayens. A great •Mlk- appear«d,.^o f ,lmi-sL in Urn sou,U[eni > , s\s lighting' iip ; ' thb' e'artli ' for secc/iids, as if it were broad-daylight, yet N'Ji'iti weird yellojg^iglfJp. - ]Vtl 1 <Tgund the illiiiuinated pbenonieiioii were, rays of the most bea.jit.iful corours v which changed is"tiiey' dant/eti' 'an* 'fli'ekerM, 1 ing iiiibrilliKiic'eltiliftllfßi^oifltliiOj.Wiibow. \ Tju f n(iei)oinenpn, injl'jthei-ijr, (llric-tioii, niiijiiiig a,'trA^f.tjsemthii'^tlia't ~. of !, mighty comet. 'R'vWfe'&dlttprfhiid' Ljs a--lbYid Hissing'noisft-,!''After) its','dis-' appearance a thick white liazp.jcnuunodr j for some .Wijites^n JthaWonß Tl.ert' . .followed a, loud explosion like the roar of |pinst ''WtHe mififafl of the evening thunder-and lightening-passed over the distrua;Jiiia.SMiiicOAO«cift>!air/1;r/.'l '/fSome remarks on tTic"subjcct of jirovidjng emplb|ymen'tl¥()r,';WiuriTeilJte6Vp- : ers- after the war which were made by thej Mayor, of .'Aflpklßndf 1-a.S; '-the local patriotic committee L last we'ekj weije subsequently snppJfiiacptba,'W"''3ilr. Pait. 'No -amt" Wtf'Wir-Ma'yor, *fli:re will be a 'l'dSnand for our- fMMuWy -poollujs.t's after ■ the war. That will Aost of the coivnt|i^ 7 ,yqung )I 'p^e.o'who Tiavp gone to I think it is ■the duty of the StatAcrArf-oWfleV settlement, and offer ovbry .f&fcifityMJAk-' -oijr young men wjto raay^r»l!Urn(;tPigq'' ion ilic. land. [There vvjll ,^e i caH for New Zealand but-ter, fWo.bja'ndjYneat, and in the Auckland' 'afbhb' we' BhoiiH, tdii' r yVsaftf,' ! ensifyf-'ttdiilile 'c/tu - output'.' iiiWe'.Tiavferilicirnai'urahrov!; sou-oes,'.and jtjis #Pix'i tpi.ifay;. ■ velcp,tli,em, ! tq,t) l ie ' lib' chances for our' returned 'soldiers,' ■ IK A'I eady," the Mayor added, "in Aastfe;'n"il-' iteps are being ! {HK(in •&> make pro'visim fo!s''tfi0 c >,i<flKmdaflas of men who are fighting for the safety o^fMw#oipss[; . and who, whenever peace is declared, may, he, qw,n ! Thej ,pf, l e '%'j J° lie r i easing,. 1 9U£, local ,manufaoTOr.9^/and'. in^its|riepi,.|by'| goods. ,|f a preferentjiaLtariff, "Bci ip this also should at least give, employ m«nj;, nu'.TJie .is,tiat..it not only,. son tun a, buttliaitinye should; enfipnragfi cap-, i able men. from.other British lands io actt e''-h.et-e." :,t i,i ,f») '-.?■ in '/,'. , T ib o{ft to iri'a, where in places" the w-kter]i's''l)i!ini|-. [ .cart id 40 miles, and the greateslt' J''AifTl--I^lt;rki.tain4%ra^™^h\n^i ever Hie farm horses alive. This is what ; he lias ,!, tb J say'abo)Ji' , '6ne .HJlrtce v^pFhb 'who e of the'bonrit'fy fotw^iV'^bnlW; and Ouycn, a distance of'W4r°l'ootaltH' ■lias but,. one "."Ssp'ect^fl" fln,t,-"reddislr tufgid-'Ws vv ? iVi'd-fipplbn <n itdiik, accent laictt 1 Ui'M rSpelleHt-appe'aVailc'e l^ lihii'gi BaKd'lica^S o *hireVc? , h; 'tteefa'^ody! of s lo'rt'mallee scrub, R?'feHc#, ob'i < .fe'Uuitton of any-; kind-has formed-a--fonr datibn •tb retain' : 'tiio r 'dußt ! tibrne'-by' ■ :the D\'er ! ti'ei : glitVd-atinosphGft<', ) ItMs-Jtlio ~sam i mie/.flMuriayililnd.vofi tliro lgh'Ytho Riverina into the heart of tJjrow Routli -W-aleft—-It-i»-4h«-samo-X)ut. . pa*t MurrAypille ( iovß*Ltßo Soaab.;iAuHtr3H •ijan bdfdbr,'.>dlmb»t,kS faiiqs.UiO-'keniOl .inafi .< 4 T'he,-.idti»tiiatonhfl::oonift'(«] T%n r a,y-. ; erag ? every two or three, days, and "the 'flay bodames, .jscsiito ripeak, ftnyi / dpoj-i laiiips Vfiy linesjfog sjffHslmeftto.v.&.to' put vitli detoHSitorfl soi.ag, t|q ;gfve .epgina-; | men the position qf tin) signals.; tb&y. (fity., , 'rio-t? ;ee. Even on the calmest of _day_s_-r-. t6'-'di y - is- onej—the, mtmosphere l,f(arins 11 dim iiMfii,yyJ>i<&;;J!iJ.,sxtrem(>,iy. P'ting ,p>" 'the', lybs.i Ouyciv.li^sj.r,*;-j f e'eivi d such a powdering thAt in no part ( are ts streets , crossaMe .without one' •'\fall s,aln>ostj,t ) dust. fOn t]fe„!r.aij I w4.y. liflca fqr ( .hundreds 'of'n iies;tbore/ of men at wo'rlc, . who fpj|. pcicn sand fron the traeka:"' ,' ' ' '. ". ' ' '