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Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1918, Page 4

In referring, at the Military Appeal Board yesterday, to men who were doing no national service except in the matter' o{ production, Major Cox said in that they were probaMy serving their own interests, first and their country's second. The geysers which recently broke out at Fryingpan Flat, Wanmangu, are still active. Guide Warbrick reports that, as the result of two months' work, all the tracks washed away -by the overflow from Fryingpan Valley have been reformed, and a bridge built over the foot stream issuing from it. The whole of the tracks leading from Lake Rotoma■hana to Waimangu have been put in order. It is intended to rebuild the guide's cottage, and a new tea-house, to replace that wrecked by the eruption ot April, 1917. A British soldier in Italy writes: "I saw in an important Italian town the other day a placard reminding the people of all they owe to tlie English. It set forth that the Germans, conscious of their inability to conquer in the field, were resorting to seditious methods of trying to stir up discontent among the people by belittling British efforts. Then, in good big black type, the placard continued: "But for the 'British we should be going hungry. Without the British we should have no coal. Britain is furnishing us with money. It is only by the might of the British Navy that our ships can sail the seas." It closed with the admonition: "If you come across anyone wta> says the contrary, hand him over to the nearest policeman."

Wellington got its full share of the recent snowfalls. On one farm the family were surprised, says the Otago Daily Times, to find it quite dark one morning, and discovered that a snowdrift was (banked up round the house to a height of 16ft., through ■which they had to dig a "communication gap" to the surface. Naturally, farm work in that locality was at a standstill, but the community was not unduly depressed. They brought out household trays of various shapes and sizes, and climlbed the long, steep slopes. Then, Instead of the ordinary farming routine, there was to he seen the invigorating spectacle of fanners and their families careering swiftly and gaily down the one-in-one gradients mounted on tea trays, until they 'brought up against a wire fence at the bottom, when they gathered their respective trays and started over again. Very few people will care to miss such an event as a screening of one of I Rudyard Kipling's great stories. The Pathe firm lias produced "The Jewel of Desire" or "The Naulahka," in their best style, with Antonio Moreno and the cele-1 brated dancer "Doraldina" in the leading parts. "The Naulahka" sbpws finally at the Empire to-night. ,V; Dainty. neck .posies in great variety will be for sale at the Red Cross Mart next Saturday on the stall containing the 'basketware, and' the prices of both posies and baskets are Much lower than in Wellington, where both raffia and cane articles can only be had at very high prices. New Plymouth, purchaser® 1 are fortunate to have this chance of securing artistic (baskets and trays at such lew figuresA. novelty for sale next Saturday at the .Red Cross' Mart 'will be a souvenir 'badge''of the day, which may b'e purchased .for 'The design is by Mr. M'Leod (of Messrs MXeod and Slade), which firni has generously given the badges. Carried out on orthdox legal blue paper and suspended by refd tape, these badges are both novel and artistfc and sie sure to find a ready sale. ' The Melbourne, Limited's, - gjf bftt,i'ale' continues to offer bargains -of unparalleled magnitude. For instance: Splendid navy serge costumo skirts,-,7s lid; ladies' crepe' de chine Mouses, 23s 6d; ladies' natural vests, 2s lild; ladies' black cashmere hose, pure and pure dye, & ®d; ladies' merino combinations, 3s fld; spencers, Is Hd. Mary Miles Minter is a delightful figure in her latest photoplay, "Her Country's Call," which shows at Everybody's finally to-night. As "the wild little child of nature in this picture Mary endears herself still more with picture patrons, and wins every heart by the quaintnfiss and charm of her acting. To-morrow there will be a big triple star change of programme when William Farnum will be starred in the Vox feature, "Playing Fair," Margery Wilson in the triangle five-part drama "Mountain Dew,'' and Mollie King in the fifth episode of "The Mystery of the Double Cross." The programme will commence at a quarter to eight sharp to-morrow night. Progandra is a wonderful cure fo.r hard or soft oorns. Try it I