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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4459, 29 January 1917, Page 2

With recollections of tfae speed., o * want of speed, of railway construct.on m New Zealand, it is more than lntexesting to 'hear from Trooper 1. »» *■ Burgess, of Rongotea, but now on active service in Egypt, how expeditious-’, ly railways are pushed on the Uanai war'area. He says the authorities ate credited with putting down from one to one and a half miles per day. course,” ho addsu “I won’t sav h°\v many niggers are employed on it. but they put one in mind of a lot of bees. They use baskets to build up the line with, and it is marvellous the way they push along t)ho construction. There is no, such thing as pick and shovel work; it is nearly all soft sand, and it is a good piece of work to be able to put the line down in the time they do. Of course the engineering is all done by our own engineers.” A 'SOLDIER’S PFESCNT. For a soldier at tin front or in camp, a most welcome gift is a 1/8 bottle of Fluenzol for eva 'iupr off chilli or dispelling microbes of iisease. fne Canteen Contractor* at Trentham (Messrs. Dustins, Ltd.) write:—"it has been rather surprising to oar arm tne wonderful sale we now have for Fluenzol." 19

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