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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13601, 5 February 1915, Page 7

An Auckland trooper writes from the Zeitun camp, Egypt : "We greatly miss the girls who used to wave to us along the way m New Zealand. A white girl — that is, a real English girl — is seldom seen m Cairo. Our officers would take 1 us half a dozen, blocks o«t of oar route if we could locate a window where somebody ,wou!d wave every day as we passed. In New Zealand our 'skipper' was wont to lecture us m the following strain : 'You fellows go about seeing things every day without observing them. Now I'll bet you have .observed every house along tlic road to LyaJl Bay (we Aucklanders wort; m Wellington for a while) where there are likely to be £ir!s waving. Now, just keep everything you sec m your mind's eye like those houses and perhaps you will become of some use m the service.' In this city, where women are slaves, and worse, we have come to regard pure white women, such as we took almost for grafted six months ago, with something akin to worship. We would like to get back so that the girls might wave to us,- again."

This ia how "It's a long, long way to Tipperary" strikes the Italian newspaper Nuovo (iiornale, of Florence : — "When the British march to their positions they sing an old London song which has no particular meaning, but lias a tragic interest. Tipperary is the distant ideal city of the English soldier, to which he will return some day if he does not die m the trenches. The beautiful girl he knows will smile on him/and the lights of London will gleam th«*ir wplcottip "

The-Onehunga Council is taking steps with a view to, having water meters installed on the premises, of all consumers of water m the borough.

As a seasoned smoker you'll like MILD DERBY. It's just dark enough to be rich and nutty — just light enough to be smooh and fragrant ! In fact, the happy medium. Try a tin or a plug — 'to-day.

Many Wa-'rara.pa dairy farmers are receiving equivalent to lOd per gallon for their milk, and it is expected that Is per gallon will be received before long.

SINCERITY

Few of as admire a "gushy" person ; a simple, grateful' expression for a favor done is much more to be desired than a string of sentences that show insincerity. This user of .Baxter's Lung Preserver evidently means all she says: "1 had a fearful ' cold on the chest for several weeks, but felt relieved after taking your remedy for two days; on the third day I hardly coughed at all, and before the end of the week I realised that the trouble had entirely disappeared/ The letter ended with grateful thanks and a request for *no ther Is lOd bottle, which she said «h«? eroalfl "k*ep handy." — J. H*«l«r mkl 1 V> rf|»ri«tob«»i»«K

The first permanent orchestra m South Africa has been established m Capetown. The orchestra is supported py tho municipality, and a subsidy of £8000 a year ha.s been voted for its upkeep.

Dp ypu smoke and work too? Then a light tobacco plays up with the tongue, while a da^k brand is miles too heavy ! Try MllfD DERBY— the perfect "medium" smoke — plug or tins. Responding to the toast of "The Mining Industry" at a banquet tendered to. Mr J, dark, the Reform candidate for Wai hi at the general election, the chairman (Mr 1). U. Saundors) said the gold won from Waihi mine, which was somewhere m the vicinity of ten millions wea-lth still In. the mine. The recent developments m Nos, 10 and 11 levels disclosed now reefs and high values. WHAT A SPLENDID IDEA! So simple, too! Thousands of persons would be glad to have such a time-sav-ing device, wouldn't they? In that ca^ 'tis worth patenting, and there's a lot, of money mit for YOU. Whatever your idea may be, write for our Free Bookie^., "Advice to Inventors." 'Twill put you qn the royal road to success.— Henry Hughes, Dominion Buildings, Cathedral Square, Ghristchurch.* An enormous transport of horseflesh 13 now proceeding from East Prussia to other parts of Germany. Thousands of German and Russian horses have •been more or less rendered unfit for service by the firing on both sides, and as the cost and trouble of curing them is too great, the authorities have permitted them to be sent to replenish the meat markets. The East Prussian horse-buftchers now advertise "freshlyslaughtered an,d qffi.cia.lly-in.spected horseflesh., without hongs, a.t' Is 6d for lQ'b, or l^d tor lib." In, the goodstraina leaving Bast Prussia it often happens that several waggons are filled with these consignments of horsefleh. An offer for 1915. — We wish to start the New Year well, and are placing oa the market a cutlery set that will, we are confident, fill a long-felt want. Tfoig is what we offer: Sjx Shese}d table knires, xylonite ham}^, ' m deas«rt kniyw, yx taWe forks, mx dessert forks, si? qeftseri flpoona, six tea spoons, tfhr^t. table spoons (all of which we, /» IJ .arantee to be Dixon's solid, JlicU-1 ailver), one set carrer» 4 ajjfl O ne salt spoon. This cutlgjrjr Bet is not only good, honest material that is made far use, but it is really handsome Jo look at. Any article may be left, out if not required, and the priot of the whole lot is only 37s 6d, »t fhs FfPPle't Emporium*