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Taranaki Daily News, 11 November 1915, Page 5

The milking shed (with its contents, which included a complete milking plant and engine) of Mr. W. Harper, Tiri"•oana, was, say.s the Kit ham correspondent of the Hawcru Star, completely destroyed by Are on Monday morning. Mr. Harper was in the act of getting the plant ready for milking, and when pumping the kerosene blow-lamp it suddenly hurst and there was at once a eonilagr:itinn. Mr. Harper found he was powerless (o stop the spread of the tlames, and as he could not escape by the doorway he managed. to crawl through a hole in the wall, and in doing so, injured his knee. The hair on his head and Ilia moustache was badly signed. There were no insurances on tlu< building and plant, and, Mr. Harper's loss will he, in the value of those alone, .-C.TjO. Of four sheds he had on his farm, this is the only ofca not covered by insurance. Some interesting remarks concerning Great Britain's measures to cope with submarine attacks were made to the Hawke's Bay Herald on Saturday last by Captain J. Hart, of the Star of Australia, before he left for Wellington. Captain TTart said he was of the opinion that the British naval authorities had captured more submarines since the war started than the public of the Empire were made aware of. In the Irish Sea and parts of the .English Channel & track 1000 feet in width has been made between chain nets, which are stretched from the English to the Irish or French coasts, as the case may be, and along this path the whole of flie sea traffic has to proceed. The shipping is safeguarded from striking the chains by lightships, wliich are anchored at various points along the route, and no ship is allowed to travel at night time. The small steam trawlers greatly assist the auxiliary cruisers in their arduous work of patrolling the channel. They travel along three together, the front one being armed with small guns and the other two with wireless installations. The Star of Australia loft Falmouth On M|y 28 for Australian ports, and when near the end of the chain-guarded track the ship was ordered to anchor off Stark 'Point, where two large commercial vessels had been sunk the previous night, while mine-sweepers went on ahead to sweep the route clear of mines. Hie cap. tain remarked on the bravery and courage shown by the men aboard the minesweepers, who are daily risking their livei for the safety of British commerce.

IS ANTISEPTIC. A cut or wound is a simple thing to treat and treated properly is quickly alright, but if neglected it will sometime* lead to blood poisoning. All wound* should be kept clean and free from dirt, and Chamberlain's Pun Balm applied aa quickly as possible. Chamberlain'* Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment, and U applied to a c\it at once will remove all pain and cause the part to heal without leaving a Mar. Sold by all duniit* nd etoqtoinsft-