The naval gunner who fired the first shot in the Dardanelles is getting a badge from, the Admiralty to commemorate the event.
About five-sevenths bf the Bulgarians are engaged in agriculture, most of them being small proprietors, bolding from one to six acres.
When shells are filled with shrapnel bullets there is poured in about a pint of boiling resin, which keeps all fixed until the discharge. Commencing on nert Saturday, the freights on wool .from New Zealand to the United Kingdom will be os follow: ! Greasy wool Id per pound, slipe wool 1 l-8d per pound, washed and scoured lid per pound; all plus 25 per cent, war charge. The Australian rates arc 1 l-8d for greasy and 1 S-8d for scoured, plus 20 per cent, war surcharge in each case. New Zealand rates are subject to 10 per cent, primage.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9174, 14 October 1915, Page 6
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