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Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14444, 30 June 1917, Page 2

The "Sydncv Bulletin" • has the following:— ''Billjim, prisoner of war in Germany, writing home to his people at Bunvood (N.S.W.), told them in a letter, just received to save any stamps there might bo on his envelopes until his neturn. To meet this strange request, the stamp from his dilapidated - envelope was removed. Then was bared the staggering message: 'Tongue cut out!' It seems incredible; but untib the horrible suspicion is set at rest there will be one more Australian family tormented with anxiety." *Vlrs Frank Grady, of Wellington, has informed the Hon. G. \W Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, it was the wish of her late husband that a selection should !be made from the collection of pictures which he gathered together during his lifetime, and that the pictures chosen should be placed in the National Gallery of Art, when it is established. The Minister has made a careful, inspection of the collection, and ho has intimated to Mrs Gi-ady his acceptance of her generous offer,. In due course a selection, will be made of the pictures most suitable for the National Gallery, preference beinggiven to works by New Zealand artists, amongst whom may be mentioned Barraud, Gully and' Kate Sperry, and pictures by English artists which are of spe.-ial merit. The pictures will re main at Mrs Grady's .residence until the National Gallery is ,• erected, and will then be transferred to it, where they will be known as the Frank Grady collection. About two .years.ago a paragraph appeared concerning a Dunedin lad named Walter Broad, who wns unsuccessful m passing the military test in New Zealand owing to- his being below the standard height. This young man was very keen oil enlisting. He was then farming, and he left his position, went to Wellington, and stowed away on board the steamer Rangatira bound for England. This was in August 1915. On arriving in London young Broad > enlisted in the Bantam Battalion, but was turned down. He was determined, however, not to be beaten, and accordingly wont to Leicester, where he enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry, and was accepted He subsequently went to France with-'his regiment. 'Up to this time his parents had not had any word concerning liis whereabouts, but 'in November last advice was received that the lad had been wounded and was missing.., No further comunication has since been received. In the annual report of the New Zealand Rennet Company,- presented to the annual meeting at Palmerston North, it was stated that, in spite of having spent so much time and thought on tlie rennet problem, it could not be claimed that this has been solved. The directors were faced with two problems: First, a supply of veils, secondly, the manufacture of these into rennet. Every factory in New Zealand was circularised, and urged to save veils, hut the supply had been very disappointing, only 25,623 having been collected, arid on an estimate of 12 veils to a gallon of rennet, this represents only 2135 gallons, whereas 30,000 gallons 'are required to supply New Zealand. It v-as decided to send the veils to England to be manufactured into rennet, but unfortunately )7200 yells wererios-f on the Rotoriia when-this steamev was torpedoed in the English Channel.