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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 18, 21 January 1916, Page 6

A soldier from Timaru returned by the Maheno with an attenuated leg and shrunken form, caused by an attack ot anthrax. His case is a singular one, for he is supposed to have contracted this dread disease from contact with mules -which were used for tranßport purposes. When he went into hospital his case was considered hopeless—most anthrax cases result fatally —but he has managed to pull through) and he is in hopes that in course '6f time hie shrunken limb will gradually assume normal dimensions. At any rate, his demeanour is eminently sug- j g-2Stive of the popular "Tammy" query: "Are we downhearted?" In his case ■; tie. reply is unequivocally ,r Xo; certainly hot." Sis bottles containing appeals from soldiers for cigarettes have been found at Wilson's Promontory. They were throffn overboard from troopships in August, : September; October, and November. Three of them are from Bwt Zealand eoldiere. -_ • : ;