WAR ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1916, Page 5

WAR ITEMS.

THE TaXI-CAB IN WAR. The military authorities, who madt» such excellent use of the Paris motorcobs on the eve of the battle of the Ourcq, have requisitioned 200 of these useful vehicles. This will make no difference to the public, as the companies have many-more cabs than drivers. Women, who have replaced men at so many other jobs in France, either do not take kindly to taxi-cab driving or fail to satisfy the police requirements. SEVEN DAYS' RECORD., The Sportsman's Gazette, the journal , of the Sportsmen's Battalion, is a bright production, capitally edited by Privato s A. E. Snodgrasa. Here is a little thing J from it called "A Record":— s First day: Transferred as private to R.A.M.C. Second day: Promoted to sergeant. Third day: Cells. Fourth day: Transfer cancelled. 'J Fifth day: Returned to original unit, ' s Sixth day: Discharged. ". 1 Seventh day: A day of rest. i CETINJE'S REMARKABI4E PRISON! ,t| Cetinje, the capital of Montenegro, 4 which is how in the heads of the Au»- *j trians, has the most remarkable prison ■} in the world. No walls enclose it, And the inmates, who furnish their own cells \'i just as they please, seem to stay there }] only because they find their quarter* | comfortable. The diet is liberal, with .i wine on occasions, and cigarettes to, ) taste. There is no work to do, no dJ* | tinctive garb is worn, and comparttinbr. . j free intercourse is allowed with the out '*{ side world. Indeed, on certain featt i days the prisoners are permitted to <tt« ' tertain their friends. . "-TiTli.'. ". i'\ ■' j