—At the arsenal at Toulon, a -writer in Blackwood's Magazine saw "incredible numbers of the biggest shells, earfi one of which weighs 900 kilos and stands almost as high as a man. The purpose of this formidable engine is not merely to kill, but to penetrate. It is designed in a special way to fulfil that purpose." The fuse that explodes the 75 at the instant of contact is here put far away in the rear of the shell, and its steel nose is fined to a point, and made of extraordinary strength, so as to go through ' an obstacle, such as plate armour or cement I before it explodes." '
When colds and influenza are prevalent let NAZOL protect vour family. One dose a day keeps colds away. Good for all ages. Sixty dosca Is 6d.
What do the Men at the Front WANT? n fsuwi-fiMJiu i vffrwTrannin M THE ABOVE INQUIRY WAS MADE BY | The Minister of Defence I (SIR JAMES ALLEN) Brigadier-General. Richardson | i (Commandant N.Z. Expeditionary Force, England) J REPLIED— I "HAVELOCK" "TOBACCO J Vide Wellington Evening Post, 25th June, 1917
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17081, 13 August 1917, Page 8
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