HERE AND THERE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1364, 15 June 1916, Page 37

HERE AND THERE.

Mrs. and Miss Thorne George, of Auckland, have gone on a trip to Sydney.

Mrs. T. H. Dowry intends to visit America shortly for a few months for the benefit of her health.

Dr. F. Truby King has been granted the honorary rank of major in the New Zealand Medical Corps for the period of the war.

Mr. F. Ford, who is a well-known motoring enthusiast, intends to join the Auckland Flying School preparatory to leaving for the front.

fine field telegraphists toss their wires into trees by means of a short staff ending in a crook. Many of the men are so adept at this trick that they can perform it on horseback and at a gallop.

Mr. W. J. Stratton, the retiring secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, 'has been elected a life member of the club in consideration of his past services.

In a choppy sea the periscope of a submarine is not of much use. It gets covered with spray, and so reflects nothing except a mist. In perfectly smooth water it shows its presence by leaving a triangular wake.

Miss Adelaide Proctor, who lectured on astronomy in New Zealand, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society- of which her father, the late Mr. Richard Proctor an eminent astronomer, was hon. secretary for many years.

Russia who imported her railway ideas from the United States, was the first nation to use railways in war. A? early as 1849 30,000 Russian troops were transferred from Poland to the Austrian frontier.

Mr. A. Mackintosh, superintendent in New Zealand for Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., has intimated to his board of directors in London his intention to retire as soon as arrangements can be conveniently made to relieve him. These, he expects, will be effected at an early date. Mr. Mackintosh has held the position of superintendent for eight years past.

Mr. W. Glen, the All Black footballer and Mr. F. F. Newman, cf Well’ngton, who hold commisions in the Royal Field Artillery, are both fighting on the West front, Mr. Glenn commanding big guns at the front and Mr. Newman in charge of trench mortars firing from the trenches.

A letter written by a dying soldier in France has been accepted as a valid holograph will by the Court at Montreal- which has turned over bank deposits indicated in the letter to the cousin of the soldier as requested. The testator was Pierre Jean Marie

following “ad.” in a recent issue of the “Daily Rire”: —“Found, a white cur with a black spot on its off hind leg. Is known to have escaped from the German trenches, and is believed to be of Bavarian origin. Its emaciated condition points unmistakably to a shortage of food in the opposite trenches. No reasonable offer refused.”

We are accustomed to jokes associated with the name of Henry Ford, but the best one yet has been perpetrated by the Chicago Tribune. The millionaire pacifist has been inserting full page advertisements in the American dailies, pointing out the folly and wickedness of preparing for war. One of them was sent to the Tribune and was inserted by it. A bill for £167 for a single issue was rendered Mr Ford, and on being paid, the cheque was turned over to the league for the establishment of a stronger navy.