Page 3 Advertisements Column 4

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9128, 25 October 1917, Page 3

Commenting on the fact that a military shirker was sent to gaol for three months, the Feilding " Star " asks: Why was he sent to prison ? That is just the place the shirkers, desire, as ityis preferable to active service. A, training camp immediate^- under the strictest drill-sergeants is the place for such men —and despatch to the iront by the first outgoing transport. In Ids memoirs, wliich have, just'l been published, Baron yon Ritchthofen, j the German airman, says, speaking of the British airman: "He is a dashing fejlow. He used to come now and then and pelt Boelke's flying , ground with bombs. He simply challenged one to battle, and always accepted it. I hardly ever encountered an Englishman who refused.battle." Baron yon liiehthofen is the commander of >the squadron or "circus" which bears his name, and is the most notable of the German airmen on the western front. He is credited with having brought down at least 57 "enemy" airmen. Boelke, who was at the time of his death, on October 28, 1916. the leading member of the German flying service, also bore testimony to the fighting zeal and chivalry of tho Briish airman. CH .\MBTOtL A IN' S TABLETS. Tlie.se Tablets are intended especially for di^orrlors of the stomach, liver itk! bowels. Tf you are troubled with heartburn, indigestion or constipation they will do yon good. Try them.— Sold everywhere