MRS. SHACKELTON'S EVIDENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 15481, 1 May 1914, Page 3

MRS. SHACKELTON'S EVIDENCE.

"Will you please post a bottle o.* Hean's Essence to my daughter at address enclosed. I have found great relief from taking the pint of mixture I made.—Mrs. J. Shackelton, Tc Koroa, Mangonui."

The experience of Mrs. Shackelton is the experience of thousands of others in connection with Hean's Essence.

Making cough mixture at home by using Hean's Essence proves so good, and so wonderfully economical that users promptly recommend Hean's Essence recipe to others. Every bottle you use saves at least nine shillings for your pocket. The mixture you make by adding water and sweetening to Hean's Essence gives instant and comforting relief in all the usual family coughs and colds. As a gargle for sore throats it stands a champion. It is pleasant to take, is entirely free of harmful drugs, and is always valuable in cases of asthma, bronchitis, croup and whooping cough.

Hean's Essence is sold by most chemists and stores, or post free on receipt of price, 2/-, from G. W. Hean, Chemist, Wanganui. Wherever you buy be sure you get Hean's Essence, as no other will do. 18

"Thev are about three miles away, over the 'Kills .there." He meant the company, while' we meant th« camp. Wc were told to follow the water pipes and'come to it in that way. The water is nice and cicor at this far end, but it has not too pleasant a. taste, we were informed. .We did not sample jt. It was now past the Innch hour, and, a gocd distance from a. canteen, we decided to ask a.t the nearest cook-house for a, cup of tea. The goodwill with which it was prepared for- us and the pleasant manners of the men made it a most delicious cup. It was brewed in a white enamelled teapot, which was heated'in quite the orthodox way. Everything was beautifully clean, and the cook was very busy. In the centre of this corrugated iron enclosure stood a largo stove—the latest laborsaving invention for camps. It sent out a tremendous heat, while the water boiled merrily and the joints sizzled away in the ovens. There were hindquarters and forequartos of mutton galore ready to go into the ovens for the evening meal, and ' in a pan on the counter, behind which all the food is prepared, were six rolypolies, tied neatly in white cloths, all ready for the pot. While waiting 'for our tea some of "the boys" came up to the counter for their rations. " For how many?" asked the cook. "Four," came the reply, and—well. I would no f . have cared to have been compelled to e:it -i fourth part of that ran of nicely-browned chops and that heap of floury potatoes. But country air arid good appetites can always be bracketed together. i;hey cooked for 200 at this house. Just outside, to the left, a trench had been dug, on the two aides of which rested three or four large cauldrons containing potatoes and vegetables, while under them crackled and spluttered burning I logs of wood., ■, Away, at the back was a miniature' destructor where the refuse of the camp was burned. In fact, the sanitary arrangements everywhere appeared to be excellent. We climbed up some high rocks after wc had satisfied our appetitios, and, sitting there, awaited the return of the.army after the battle. Away to the right and left were the tents gleaming \vhite in the sunshine with a background of tussock and grey rock; overhead was a sky of azure blue, while the faintest of zephers tempered the heat of the sun. Away up and up a lark almost burst its little throat in melody. Or were there two little songsters each trying to outdo the other. Drifting up to us came sounds of the camp, men's voices as they busied themselves about their duties, a laugh, a few bars of a song, and the sound of rag-time music played on a piano in one of the recreation tents. The chattering of the waiting crowd spoilt the poetical effect of it all. The rattle of musketry and the boom of cannon had ceased some little time ago. And so we waited, basking in the sunshine. It was past 3 o'clock before our soldiers appeared over the brow of the hill. Slowly they wended their way towards the camp, the infantry and cavalry, like an elongated khaki-colored snake crawling down a hill. The march past was most impressive. : A brief inspection by General Hamilton took place on the flat a little distance {torn the camp, then dismissal, but not for all. A guard of honor, consisting of JB Company of the 4th Regiment, was drawn up in -front of the Vice-Regal carriage on the waiting train. Wo awaited Sir lan Hamilton. He came at length, one of England's grent generals, a man quick of movement, alert, spare, every inch a soldier, kindly of face. He passed along the lines looking at our soldiers as though they were men, not [mere parts of a big machine. We heard j a voice near us ask: " Which is the Ginral? He wid the broight braid?" " No. The other one," came the reply. "Sure, I moight have known that a man [ loike him don't need to wear tinsel." Amidst heartv cheers the general boarded the train while the Bth Regimental Band struck up.'Auld Lang Syne' | and a few minutes afterwards ' For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," followed by a

Maori Haka given by half a- dozen Maori Territorials. The dismissed troops swarmed around the train like bees around a honeysuckle bush. Many of them had only this little glimpse of, their relatives and sweethearts, and young and pretty faces looked out from the open carriage windows to have a few parting words with the boys in khaki. Amidst rousing cheers the engines blew out clouds of steam, and drew us away from the siding. For quite a mile along the side of the railway line were men in khaki shouting farewells. While journeying homewards we conversed with two ladies who had tramped over the rough country in all the heat to see the manoeuvres. They had found them most uninteresting, thev said, half the time they could hardly discern the men, nor did they understand their positions or tactics. On arriving at the Dunedin Station a military enthusiast accosted us. "The finest sham fight I have ever witnessed, he declared, "I watched it to the very end, and the march past was magnificent, magnificent." It is just as well that opinions differ sometimes.