A RETURNED SOLDIER.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13665, 6 September 1916, Page 4

A RETURNED SOLDIER.

BLIND, BUT CIIKERtHJL. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Sept. I. Probably-one of the most cheerful men ou board the Arawa was Sergeant W. Woods,. who was blinded in both ej'jj's by a bullet at (Jallipoli about Mav 10, 1915. Sergeant Woud's enlisted a't the outbreak of the war with the Kith .(North Otago) Infantry, and proceeded /to the front with the Main Body. His spirit was undaunted by a terrible injury which he received. He proceeded to Great Britain, and entered the home for blind soldiers at St. Dunstan's, which is under the management of Sir Arthur Pearson. Sergeant Woods here became an expert masseilr, and now holds the certificate of the Incorporated Society of Trained Masseurs—the high.est distinction obtainable in the profession. Later he spent six mouths in the Middlesex Hospital, and is now a thoroughly qualified masseur. Sergeant Woods won the hearts of all on board by his cheerful spirits, and his work us a masseur was speeiallv commended bv Dr Marshall Macdnnahi. lie had twelve patients, who are now'well on the road back to health as a result of his ministrations. Sergeant Whim's U cm-oi-|i>,'| by his sister, who, in her cupneij,' as escort to her blind brut her,'hold*' the official rank of sergeant.

RACING. > NEW ZEALAND TROTTIXG flip. (l'cr Press Association.)' CIIRISTCHL'KCII, Sept. -I. The-following handicaps have been declared for the New Zealand Trotting Cup, 2500 sovs, iwo miles:—Our Thorpe and Country Belle 108 yards behind scratch, Don Caesar 84, Admiral Woo,; 72, Tommy C. 48, Kpii.t. Pointer and Cathedral Chimes 116. Eminent, Erin's King, .1 ingle, Steel Bell, and Evelvn 24, Bmilius, Adelaide Direct, Wallace Wood, Ravcnsrtiilil, and Persuader 12, St. Ursula, Jewel Chimes, Frandocia, .Eccentric, Brown Bell, Succeed, Manderene, and Gold Bell scratch. A Press Association message from Sydney states that no New Zealand horse is included in the first acceptances for the Epsom .Handicap. 800 is amongst those who have paid the first acceptance 'money for the -Metropolitan ■Handicap.