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Grey River Argus, 31 December 1914, Page 5

Much resentment has been excited in a small setlement in the Mangonui jdistrict (states the -^Auckland " Herald/ } by the manner in which the. daily bulletins of war news are being virtually suppressed by the local postmaster. The. office is held by a German farmer, and as it usual in country districts, the postal business is transacted in his residence. Settlers in the neighbourhood state that the official refuses to display the telegraph messages for general inf ormation> and inquiries for news are evaded by irrelevant answers or.bjr statements which have frequen,tly~l?ejeii found inaccurate. Messages reporting the enemy 's successes have, however, beeing promptly displayed^

Wounded soldiers belonging $0 the Highland regiments who wearthe kilt in action now state that theirj experience at the front has convinced them that the kilt in modern warfare is a serious' handicap. They have been in the trenches through long 1 vigils and protracted periods of fighting, .often. Un : der heavy rain. When they require to advance from, the trench they find the extra weight of the soaked kilt a hindrance/ In rushing the enemy in a charge the kilt keeps flapping ; against the soldier 'a- limbs, so much so that the friction has often left sores and' made marching -painful. Another disadvantage of the kilt is that it offers a clear mark about the knees for the irift© fire of the enemy. Evidently the garb of old Gaul is .destined to go out, of fashion on the battlefield, the London correspondent of the. Daily Dispatch remarks.