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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 92, 16 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL j * * — ■ The Postal authorities advise that the s.s. Manuka, which is due from Sydney on Monday next, is bringing Australian and English mails. English and American mails, via Vancouver ex R.M.S. Niagara at Auckland, are also due on Monday next by Main Trunk express. The Public Service Commissioners apparently are taking a hand in the recruiting campaign by discouraging applications for positions in the Public Service from men fit to- join the Expeditionary Force. In advertisements inviting applications for a certain position, it is expressly stated that "applications from single men of military age will not be entertained." Exports of butter and cheese for the first eight months of 1914 and 1915 respectively were valued as follows : — Butter, 1916— £1,305,981 ; 1914— £1,325,856. Cheese, 1915— £1,872,855 ; 1914— £1,932,066 The Prime Minister rejoices to see that the New Zealand butter season has opened very well, and that large supplies are coming in. Snipping difficulties to England have now been quite got over, and if it had not been, for extra produce coming in they would have had a difficulty in filling all the space available" this month The result will be that the freezing stores will be empty at the beginning of the new season. Soldiers at Trentham are now able to indulge in the luxury of hot and cold showers, the shower baths having been completed and being now in use. The building, which is divided y into two compartments, is of wood, substantially built, with concrete floors.. Dressing compartments, partitioned off and with seats, are provided, and there are 100 showers. Tliere is a large boiler platform, containing 6ix boilers, and the heat of the water can be so regulated that practically any temperature may be obtained. , Underneath this platform the space has been utilised for the erection of showers for the use of officers, but if anything the rank and file have the better accommodation. The enginehouse for the heating of the water is situated close by, and from it a steampipe leads into another building — the sterilising house — where wearing apparel and other articles used by soldiers will be treated Consignees by the German steamer Wismar, which was bound to New Zealand when war broke out, will be interested to learn thait the secretary of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce has been advised that the following cablegram has been received from Burns, Philp and Co., Sydney :— "Montoro loaded Banjoewangi Java 8466 bags phosphates, 800 bags slack, 1179 reels wire, 109 drums sodium, 1025 cases schnapps, 794 packages merchandise due here 22nd." The cargo will be transhipped at Sydney for New Zealand. It is anticipated that the balance of the Wismar cargo will be shipped at Banjoewangi during the first week in November. A large number of German vessels, which were interned at various ports, have been released by the 4lmperial4 Imperial authorities, and are now doitig useful duty as British merchantmen, says an exchange. The A. and A. Line have secured such vessels, and the following will load at New York for New Zealand: — Parattah (ex Berlin), Conargo (ex Altona), Toromeo (ex Tibernious), Talawa (ex Wotan), Araluen (ex Scharzfels), and Dongarra (ex Stolzenfels). Some interesting facts concerning the value of the bog moss (sphagnum eymbifolium) as a surgical dressing have been brought to light in connection with the war The moss is permeated with minute tubes which in its natural state hold water eight or nine timeß the weight of the plant, so that when it is dry it is one of the most absorbent materials known. It is antiputrescent, very soft, light, and cool, and as very little preparation is necessary before use if it is carefully gathered — for it has only to be sterilised and placed in flannel bags — it is a very economical dressing. For some time it has been used jn British hospitals, and before the war was supplied .from Germany! This is yet another of the Old Country's neglected industrial opportunities, for there is an unlimited amount growing on the English fells and moors. " In German towns it is a common sight to see coun try women with big baskets of plants and herbs going-into chemists' shops to eel! or exchange their gooids. Such a sight is unknown in England, and it is evident from a pamphlet lately circulated ,by th» Board of Agriculture that Germany has been supplying raw material in the way of plants and herbs for most of the British drugs. Referring to the destruction by fire on Thursday night of Mr. R. L. Levin's residence of 40 rooms at Taonui, near Feilding, the Manawatu Standard says: — "As far as can be ascertained the outbreak occurred at about midnight in a in one of the rooms in the lower story. All the occupants, who were sleeping upstairs, were aroused just after midnight, and Mr Levin made strenuous efforts to suppress the flames with a chemical extinguisher. Being unsuccessful he telephoned for the Feilding Fire Brigade, which arrived on the scene promptly, but was unable to prevent the spread of the destructive element, and for Awo hours the conflagration blazed furiously, the whole building, comprising about forty rooms, being i completely destroyed. The residence was handsomely furnished and practically everything, including valuable pieces of plate and other articles which can never be replaced, was destroyed. Mr. % Levin says it is impossible to account for the fire, as the room in which it was discovered had not. had a fire in it for several months. The damage is estimated at £5000 Following are the insurances: — Liverpool, London and Globe, £2675 on the building and £1800 on the furniture and effects." That wonderful picture, "How the Allies Landed at Gallipoli," will, in response to hundreds of requests, be shown at Shortt's Theatre on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next. — Advt.* Ladies who will attend the races should select, race footwear at Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. Large shipment just landed per s.s. ■_ Turakina^-rema-rkable values await you. Ca.ll '. — Advt. Have you seen our stock of khaki handkerchiefs? A fine strong line at 6d, mercerised 9d, initial Is. — Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Adrt. ,