PROGRESS AT GALLIPOLI.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 9

PROGRESS AT GALLIPOLI.

HEALTH OP THE WORKERS. i (txou OCB OWN corresposuejt.) LONDON, October 25. Lieut. A. W. Mildenhall (ox-N.Z. E.F), now attached to the Imperial War Graves Commission in GaJlipoli. has arrived in England, with Mrs Mildenhall, on three weeks' furlough, and £he greater part of the timo will bo spent at the latter's homo at Flirton, in Lancashire. Th e journey to England took a fortnight, tho travellers coming by way of Constantinople, Smyrna, Corfu, Athens, Brinclisi, thence through Italy, {Switzerland and Paris. Tills curcuitous, but attractive route, was rendered necessary by labour troubles m various European centres. When they go back they will be accompanied by Miss Stott, Mrs Mildenball's sister. There is now a small colony of pioneers in Gallipoli, and fivo of the married men haive their own cottages which they largely built themselves from the local atone, and roofed with corrugated iron. It is interesting to note that Mrs Mildenhall was the first? Englishwoman to live on tho Gallipoii Peninsula- Tho health of all the workers attached to the Imperial War Graves Commission in this part has been remarkably good all through th<s year, there having been only one mild case of sandfly fever, which during the previous vear caused a good deal of suffering generally. The immunity this year is attributed to the protoctory uso of sandfly nets. Jlr Mildenhall reports very good progress, though he says it will be about three years more before the work is completed. By then there will bo 2f> cemeteries at Ansae, fournt Suvla, rind seven at Helles, all of which are now in course of formation. It is expected that another three months will soo the completion of the Canterbury cemetery nt Anzac." Contract* bavo started for tho formation of them all under the aupervision.of Sir J. Payne Gal way Brown* of London, who also will undertake the erection of the memorials. Some trouble is at times experienced with the labour, wHich 'is drawn from Turkey, Greet® «nd Southern Russia. Road making i# still going on as well as the formation of the cemeteries. Bodies are still being discovered, and it will comfort relatives to learn that identification in many cases is still quito possible. Each section of workers is busy, so that by the timo the cemeteries are formed tn 0 final work shall bo ready simultaneously. For instance, horticultural experts ere busv experimenting with samples of all the local soils to find what plants will best grow in them, and seed tesls, too, are in progress. According to plans, there will be a 30ft belt of trees round all the cemeteries, principally cypress, for the most part, and there will be uniformity of design in the headstones. i Very active preparations are in progress at Ratana in. connexion with the .Big Native gathering to be held at the homestead Christmas time. and accommodation is being provided for oven 10,000 people. Quite a number olj sick Natives are continually on the more to Ratana, and in the majority of cmm they go away again quickly, stating that they have been cured of their ailments. Questioned by a Wanganui "Herald" reporter as to a statement! made recently in the South that Ratana) believed he would be losing his power at Christmas, Ratana laughed and said that only jealousy prompted the suggestion. As. far as he was concerned Jw never claimed any power, and he therefore had none to loso._ In his work, Ratana said, he only pointed his people to the all-powerful God, and whatever good was accomplished, it came from| God, not himself. His own faith in God was stronger than ever, and as lone as his faith, endured he believed Goa woidd continue to use him to make his own people better, by placing reliance in the Father, the Son, and tho Holy Ghost, rather than believing in tohungsism. God, said Ratana, was not going to lose His power at Christmas time. "He was t<he same yesterday, to-day, arid for ever-" There is moro water urcd daily in sluicing in connexion with the Molyreux Gr.'d Company's claim in Central Otago than tiip aggregate amount consumed daily in the combined chief towns of t.li-s Dominion. On the M°lyneux cl»im 40 o°o,ooo gallons of water are used each day. Invaluable to students of form—- : "Form at a Glance," to be published | middle of December. Christchurch fress Co., Ltd.. publishers.