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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1917, Page 8

A week or so before Mr. and Mrs. W. li. Benda-U, of Frankleigh Park, New Plymouth, received the news that their son George had been killed in action, they had posted to him a plum pudding, in which small silver coins-(in all amounting to 4s 9d) had been placed. Mr. Bendnll received on Thursday (says the Herald), through the Post Office, a voucher for this amount, the covering letter stating that on account of Private Bendall's death the parcel had been opened and the contents used, the voucher being for the value of the coins which had been placed in tho pudding.

There a-re still a number of reservists who either do not realise their obligations under the Military Service Act or are content to ignore them. In the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr. L. G. Reid, 5.M.,-James Homy King, for whom Mr. W. V. Luckie appeared, was charged with failing to enrol. There were very extenuating circumstances, and the Magistrate imposed a small iine og 10s, with costs. A similar penalty Mas imposed in the case of Richard Herbert Williams, who admitted failing to notify his change of abode. When asked for an explanation as to why he had failed to enrol, Frederick Moss stated that he had been living with a woman as man and wife, and had enrolled in the Second Division as a married man. In reply to the Magistrate, he admitted that ho had token no steps to enrol even vet. The Magistrate: "There is no doubt you are trying to get out of it. Yon are fined £5, with the option of one month's imprisonment."

For reliable haulage there is one commercial motor that will do all your work efficiently and economically—the " Bessemer." It ia the proved utility waggon. Sure and certain, with great haulage power, the Bessemer engine stands up to its work. It makes molehills of mountains and cats up miles. Your delivery problem will be solved if you invest in a Bessemer. Full particulars from J. E. Fitzgerald, Motor Importer, Lambtonquay, Wellington.— Advt.