JOTTINGS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16645, 17 March 1916, Page 3

JOTTINGS

Dr Arkle, of Kalgooriie, a son of Mr James Arkle of this city, has decided to sacrifice hia practice and make an offer of his services to the War Office. Mrs Arkle, who is a trained nirrse, is also offering , her services to her country to undertake the noble work of nursing back to health and strength the sick and wounded soldiers. • "Thero were two men put out of the force before one of cur drafts sailed. They were born under the British flag; but, unfortunately of German parents," said Quartermaster-sergeant Brown (reports fcho ■Dominion), at a. Brooklyn recruiting meeting. Captain A. H. Wilkio, of Ashburton, after spending four months at the Dardanelles, was invalided to Britain, and during his convalescence was afforded the opportunity of visiting Scotland and Ireland. Private advices now stale (says the Guardian) that he has left for Egypt, in charge of 900 men of the Wellington Infantry and Mounted. A Southland soldier, writing to an Invercargill resident from Salonika (reports the Southland News) says:—"There has been nothing startling lately to interest us except the second air raid 'which took place on January 2. The cheeky wretches tried to give us a half-hour entertainment, which interested us very irraeh. Our guns them a warm time, and succeeded in bringing down two out of the fonr after letting them waste their fireworks."