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Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14745, 26 October 1915, Page 7

CANADA’S (iRRAT WHEAT SUPPLY. With the completion of her two new tnuis-comiiie.ii.iU and many branch lines or ‘’feeders,” Canada may be said to have conquered for the time being her old annual problem of transporting the wheat crop from the prairies to tide water. A record crop is confidently expected this year, from an area .howu to wheat alone 1,662,(XX) acres in access of the 1914 total; but the railwfly companies arc fully equal to the task of hauling it to the head of the Great Lakes, to Vancouver, and other points of shipment. The war, however, says the London Standard, has created other difficulties. Instead of a shortage of railway trucks there is likely to he a shortage of ships and of harvest hands. With so many Canadians under arms, a large percentage of whom arc men who would have been available as harvesters, there promises to be a serious scarcity of workers in the Western wheat fields during the next six or seven weeks. In order to minimise this scarcity leave of absence is to be granted to selected non-commissioned officers and men of the Expeditionary Forte still in Canada, for the purpose of enabling them to take part in harvesting work. Return railway tickets will he furnished to such men ujrou proof being given that they have actually obtained harvesting employment within a radius of a certain distance of the headquarters of the unit. Hundreds of ocean steamers have been taken off their usual routes, and there lias neon for months past a great scarcity of Atlantic tonnage, Tire Dominion Government is seeking a solution to both problems. A considerable number of harvesters will probably be brought to the prairies from British Columbia. An effort will also Ho made to secure harvesters from the United States, if it is found necessary to supplement the expected decrease in the usual numbers who go West from Eastern Canada. To meet the ocean tonnage shortage arrangements are, it is understood in Canada, being made with the Admiralty to release a number of ships which are now under orders for transport service.

CONCERNING OLD SIGHT.

Presbyopia, to give it t’ue proper name, usually shows itself soon after the age of forty has been passed. The exact period depends somewhat upon the habits and occupation of the individual. Up to this time th csig'nt may have been perfect, but now a difficulty in reading or sewing is experienced. There is a desire to hold things further from the eyes, and more light Is needed. After concentration for a short while in this way, the object looked at will suddenly appear misty and blurred, this, however, passing off in a moment, and permitting work to be resumed. This means that the muscles of the eyes are being overworked—and the dimness occurs when they temporarily fail to keep up the strain. Correct Glasses would remove all the unpleasant symptoms, and preserve the sight clear and comfortable for life. If you have any reason to suspect defective vision, or require information or advice concerning Spectacles, you are requested to call upon Bean’s Qualified