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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15042, 9 April 1919, Page 2

Several Australian soldiers were sworn in recently as freemen of the Cinque Ports. " \ One ounce of Manchester fine yar'nj measures nearly seven and a half miles in length. . '

Describing a visit to the Urewera Country the special commissioner of the Auckland "Herald" writes:—No one will deny that the bulk of the eastern Urewera Country is rugged and .broken, and wild and Beautiful, but I have no fear Ytiiatever but what our young men, who liave proved themselves masters of the German and the Turk;, can subdue it- and tame it, and make it habitable and profitable; and what a strong, vigorous race of men and women it will produce. There will be no crowding there, houses will not need to be packed dose together, farms will not Tie a matter of a few small fields, but or. miles of [ ridge and spur and deep ravine. Work there will mean long days in the saddleor on foot after stock; mustering will be |an adventure, and shearing a, greatevent. It will be no place for the timid, who fear storm and flood1, but to the strong and the courageous it will be a place "to love and be proud'of." r 1 ]\ioro than' 500 American soldiers in France suffering from shell shock were cured by the news of the signing of the* armistice.