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The. bacteriologists who have investigated the disease at the Trentham camp Jiuve diagnosed it as eerebro spinal meningitis. This is an epidemic disease affecting chiefly the membranes of the brain and cord. It usually begins sud'l'rily with fever and violent headaches; uiniting, giddiness, stupor, delirium and other nervous symptoms succeed, the most distinctive of which is a peculiar rigidity of the muscles of the neck and buck. The disease is extremely variseverity. 'Sometimes it is fatal in less than twenty-four hours; sometimes so sliglit as only te confine the patient to bed for a few days. The majority lie between these extremes, improvement in favorable cases beginning after a week or two. Convalescence is often very slow. If contagious, it is only feebly so. Treatment mint be enndnetod on general principle, as no -.■poeilic is yet known. The question of Germany's copper supply is discussed at length in a trade, journal, Die -Metallborse (a Herman newspaper), by Dr. Knist Noah. He says tnat (iennany requires for war purposes annually' I(M),UUUi tons, of which 75,'JUO tons is imported. During the last five years imports have exceeded exports by at least :>Ot),(M» tons. Therefore, taking into account the home nriitlliict.iim. slocks of! cornier ill (iercrease by at least 1,150,0011 tons. Dr. Noah argues, therefore, that the only question is how best to collect the supplies for military purposes, in the first place the 'stock's absorbed by the railwiivs anil naval and military establish-

snouts aught to bo carefully, oxiiiiiiiioil. Secondly, there are large supplies of used ammunition. Tliirdly, the Government ought to requisition all supplies in ocupicd territory. Fourthly, there are largo (]imn,titios of kitchen utensils n: •iif copper for which earthenware can he substituted. Fifthly, large quantities can be obtained from railways which are. not being used during the war, and from the "telephone system in lleh/uini. . Some light is thrown upon the dandevilnc-, of the Australians by a. letter that ha,-i 'b.'cn received'by a. Wellington elii-ic, from the lirotlier of the cloth, who was with the forces at Capo Holies. The letter states that instructions were given a colonel of a l!riti-h brigade tn 7.),..v,v.. Tie. eohwiol iii iiisestinii said they charged four hundred yards further on. and wove consei|Uer,tly driven hack. ■'ln such a hail of lead the feat, was a most glorious one,'' concludes the paragraph. Whether you drink lea once or four times a (liiv, drink the best "Desert Gold" tea. ' Sold by your grocer in sealed packets. ''Save the rainela." 11 Ceylon's best is now New Zealand's favorite—"Desert Gold" tea. Possesses the fragrance and flavor of choicest r»nw I»nvpii, Ask for the 2s grale Other Meads at Is 84 w*l le lOd. S

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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 7

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447

Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 7

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