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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13645, 27 March 1915, Page 4

It is estimated that between 150 and 200 footballers m Canterbuiy' have joined the expeditionary forces. ' ! A Wellington wool-broker tells a j rather good story anent the handling of a line of badly-seeded wool, which "had been placed at his disposal foi* Mie.When the line was put up ;it last month's sale the best bid. he could get was 8d per lb, whereas the owner had put on a reserve of TOd. On the owner inquiring what was the best thing to be done be. was advised to sort out the badly-seeded chunks of wool and place the fairly clean wool m separate baits. This was done, and at the salo he 'i-a--lised 13£ d per lb for the cleaner wool, and for thc bale of seedy wool he realised as much as lid per lb. About a. company not fropi New Zealand (writes a soldier m. Egypt). — They are a careless, laughing lot who take life easily and care very tittle for the severer discipline to which we are slowly becoming subjected. Qne little incident is worth telling. The Company was dpwn for duty on 'Xmas Eve, and, among p.ther, tsngs, they had to provide guards for the prison tent. They were not, , however, ,to be, so. lightly deprived of , their night out, '.for they changed clothes with the prisoners;. and strolled off, leaving the latter, all , small off eni ders, m the ■ ■ uniform, wjtli ball' ammunition, and .fixed , bayonets, and v they did not return to^.th'eirduties^uptil daybreak! . . ' .r "A