SHORTAGE OF RECRUIT!? IN OTAGO.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15425, 2 November 1915, Page 8

SHORTAGE OF RECRUIT!? IN OTAGO.

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(special to "the pmcss.") ) . DCXEDLN, November 1 Notwithstanding the fact that i*. muting hns been a littlo brisker sirw ' the return of men who have U* u " through a rigorous campaign at UiJi^ noli. Otago will require to move quick ly u tho district is t*> s.«nd forward 4 I'll! quota lor tho .Tenth Reinforce, ments. iuc total requirements hts and while all the minor I.ranches 01 tho service are more than" lull, there remain big shortage* in m lan try and mounted rifles. iSome S4O men are required for two branches, but so far on!v 1W are avail able. A TRIBUTE TO THE BOX. JAMES ALLEN, (srECTAL TO "THE PRESS.") IH'NKDIN. November 1. The work of the Hon. J as. Allan u ' Minister of Defence, k appraised' by ") the Hon. W. Fraser, Minister of Public ' Works. Fraser referred to the numerous complaints and criticising that hnu been hurled at the Minister of Defence, and pointed out that is so far as the criticism was directed ia r tho interests of the troops there was not a single instance of critics going to tho Minister 01" Deience and asking if their complaint* w ere warruiitod; all thtf they had done was to blazon cut their assertions with a desire to attract limelight on themselves. Not on® of them had given Mr Allen credit for the great work he had done. "I fe»l confident."' concluded Mr Fraser, "that no other man in or outside Parliament, could have done more in connexion with defence than Mr Allen has done. \\ hen the history of the war as tar as New Zealand is concerned comes to be written, the historian will give full justice to the great p«rt played by Mr Allen." "A MOST HELLISH FIRE." Sergeant-Major Leonard Parkinson, who left with the Main Expeditionary Forces, and who is well-known on the Peninsula writes to his brother, Mr John Parkinson, of Kaituna under date. August 30th— "Just a few lines to say I am .still alive, and I must consider myself lucky, - as we have made two daylight attacks J. lately, and lost very heavily, but we J drove the Turks out and got the trenches. The first charge was on tho ' 21st. We started off with 46 men, and *' landed in the trench with 17 men and officers (C.Y.C.). Then, on BWhy..'-? 27th, we started off with 29 men atkl 2 officers, and only two of us reached tho trenches untouched under the most hellish lire—machine-guns, rifle and , shell—that anyone could imagine. We >1 were joined with other regiment*,- and i" we held the trenches for two days and -- nights till we were relieved last night. ,- All tho officers were wounded, and now I am the senior man left. I am ser-geant-major. and hope soon to get a commission What they intend to do 5. with the remaining few of tho mounted . men we do not know, but 1 hope they will take us away for a spell—perhaps ■ they will." Sergeant-Major Parkinson was wound, ed shortly after writing the letter, and was sent to England. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. Biliousness is caused hy a sluggish* torpid liver due to constipation 01 . regularity of tho flow of bile. Chaaigg? berlain'e Tablets relieve biliousness cleansing the stomach, liver and bowelS If you are subject to bilkras attack# Srevent them by taking a course' of' hamberlain's Tablets. They > stimulate your .sluggish., torpid lifer* R Sold by all Chemists and Storekeeper*. <