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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 129, 2 June 1926, Page 8

I At the last meeting of the Wanganui I Education Board it was reported tw» .in one of the country schools the am- ' dren had been using electric power poles jas goal posts. "We don't want any loss of life through neglect on our part, J remarked the chairman. It was decided !to draw the attention of the chiWren Sto the danger of tampering with electric wires. i Surveyors, bushmen and men of various 'callings will doubtless find the following equally applicable to themselves as to soldiers: In the Army Manual of Sanitation (1926) it is stated that "a man can carry a marching load equal to one-third of his own *«P* without undue exertion, but any marked excess over this amount means that fatigue will set in much more rapidly than otherwise, and the increased work requires a greatly increased supply of food"; and. ". soldier in marching order may lose by perspiration alow* nearly a quart of water during a march of eight miles, even iv a temperatS climate."