NEWS AND NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1915, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

The tunnelling company of engineers which the New Zealand Government has agreed to raise at the request of the imperial Government will number 400 meli. Of this number, aw must be experienced surfacemen, whilst the remaining 150 may be less skilled workera. Ihe age of enlistment is from 21 years to 40 years, and the recruits will be obtained from miners and tunnellers other than coalminers. In order that the production of coal shall not be limited, it is not desired that recruits should be drawn from amongst the ranks of coalminers.

A London correspondent writes:— German papers complain about the black warfare that is being waged against them. Among the worst offenders in the nigger line are the Australian and Maori troops. Some of the former are armed with poison spears and arrows, while the Maori contingents face the noble Turk with blowpipes which emit the deadliest of darts. I have seen pictures in the illustrated German weeklies which represent the Australian soldier as a black fellow wearing a huge head-dress of cockatoo feathers, and carrying among other weapons a 7ft. assegai. The majority of Germans, despite their alleged system of education, are the most gullible people on earth. The Englishman i s harder to bluff. Indeed, I have not yet met an educated Britisher who takes his newspaper quite seriously, although one occasionally meets well-bred people who believe that Australians are a bit curly-haired. Information gathered from returned soldiers showed that the New Zealanders were just as delighted to welcome the Maoriß to Anzac Cove as the restless Maori was to leave the semi-rigid confines of Malta and get into the firing line. They immediately went on outpost duty, and were also employed in the main firing line at sapping Work. Before long there were quite a number wounded, and the calmness with which they went to the operating table was amazing. One Maori" came in shot through both legs and one thigh broken. He nodded to the doctor, asked for a cigarette, and smoked calmly right through a painful operation of setting and dressing the shattered limbs, He was only one of a dozen such cases. Maoris are proud of their Egyptian reford. The New Zealander who greets the Maori with "Kia Ora" almost invariably received in. reply "Saida, Effendi" (Egyptian for "Good day, boss"). They fight like warriors, and *re often more daring than the British in defying the showers of Turkish shrapnel when they, decide that a dip In the briny is necessary. GOOD FOR ALL. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is good for any member of the family. It cures coughs of all kinds. It is composed of things which soothe and heal without harming the most delicate tissues of the throat. It acts as easily and sftfely oh the young as on the old. Mothers need not hesitate to give it to even the youngest child, for it is perfectly safe. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy If an ideal remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and bronchitis. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. Mr. H. J. Toogood, of Masterton, In .1 recent health-recruiting trip, paid a visit to the Solomon Islands (says the ?ocal Age). He was much impressed with the climate and resources of these /slands. The vegetation is magnificent, and the native grass is splendidly adapted for cattle-raising. Mr. Toogood saw a .nob of over a hundred head of cattle in 6plendid condition, after being grazed for two years on a hundred acre section. The chief industry at the Solomon group is the cultivation of cocoanuta, from which a tremendous quantity of <opra is obtained. The plantations arc held by large English firms, and are worked by natives under English management. The natives receive £tt per year and their keep, and are employed wilder contract, for two years. Generally speaking, they work remarkably well. Messrs Lever Bros, (of Port Sunfight) have an area on the island of over 300,000 acres, of which about onethird is under cultivation. There are no hotels on the islands, but liquor is stocked by a storekeeper. The rainfall is over a hundred inches per year, which has a wonderful effect upon the plantations. ,

A telegram which Mr. J. Anstey (Waitaki), read in the lfouse of Representatives on Wednesday indicated that the drought which has prevailed in North Otago lor some "months is attaining serious proportions. The telegram, said Mr. Anstey, was sent on behalf of about thirty residents of Ngapara, who asked Mtat the Government grant free carriage of water on the railway from Oamam. The settlers would provide tanks, and do any carting to and from the railway. This water was required for domestic purposes, and this showed the serious nature of the drought which was pretty general throughout North Otago. The Prime Minister said he was very sorry indeed to hear of the position in North Otago. It was probably the first time in the history of New Zealand that an appeal for assistance of this kind had been made at this period of the year. He could not give a definite reply to the request at that moment, but he would at once consult the Minister of Railways about the matter.

The now famous Dingo Embrocation, or Training Oil, can be bought from the following saddlers:—R. Edwards (New Plymouth), A. J. Kibby (Waitara), Purehas and Son (Urcnui and Uruti), C. Meuli (Eltha.ni), E. Crossman (Tariki and Inglewood), T. C. Street (Okatol, T. J. Mildenliall (Opunake), E. Tobler (Okaiawa), S. Aylward (Whangamomona), Cosgrove and Co. (Manaia), etc

A sad ease was brought under the notice of the Chief Justice, sitting in Chambers at the Wellington Supreme Court, by a solicitor, who applied, under the Aged ami Infirm Persons Protection Act, for a protection order to protect the estate of a widow against herself. Counsel stated that the widow in question had a life interest of £220 a year in the estate of her husband. She would not live with her daughter, and when she drew her quarter's money she consorted with bad characters, and spent all the money in drink. She was, in fact drinking herself to death. A prohibition order had been taken out against her but without effect. There being no appearance on the part of the widow, arid no opposition, his Honor granted the order applied for.

Mr. William 8011, Gill Street, K«w Plymouth, will tell you how Flunewl cured his 5-year-old child of a severe attack of croup all within an hour, and after several other remedies had failed. Yet there are still a few people foolish enough to allow themselves to be put off with "something just as good"! l'luenzol saves both your time and your money. Gargle in teaspoonful dose* undiluted at fairly short intervals and hold the head well back. Shallow fai influenza