The station of the town was the object of the attack, which was evidently a successful one.
It was probably from somewhere about Thann that the aeroplanes made a start.
The Allies are managing to cause a great deal of unrest on the part of the Germans.
The frequency of the attacks on the petrol supplies in Flanders has caused the Germans to suspect that spies are directing the movements of air machines to these supplies, which are supposed to be concealed.
These airmen seem to be having good sport.
They attack convoys, ammunition trains, bridges, horse camps, military stores of all kinds, cavalry trenches, and the abodes of the general staffs, and, if all accounts are true, they attack them very successfully.
The marvellous part of the matter is that so few reports come to hand of disasters to these daring raiders.
They must be greater adepts at handling their machines than are the Germans, who, in cases of a battle in the upper regions, generally get the worst of it.
It is claimed that the British and French air machines are lighter and more easily manoeuvred than the powerful, but heavier German Taubes. Certainly, these adventurous aviators must have some way of dodging bullets and shells, or they must possess some manoeuvres for spoiling the range. Otherwise we should hear of a few more disasters.
The Dunedin Botanic Gardens, with the approach of midsummer and warmer weather, are now looking particularly attractive, especially in that section of the grounds devoted to our popular national flower, the rose.
Given fine weather, visitors to the Garden Fete on Wednesday next should see some excellent blooms.
Both skill and taste have been shown by Mr Tannock and his assistants in utilising the various types of the rose for decorative purposes - in covering arches, pergolas, low border railings, and unsightly posts.
There are weeping and standard roses, and beds of pegged down specimens, the latter indicating the wealth of bloom obtainable from strong growers by this method.
The bedding roses, now rapidly approaching their best, include all the standard varieties and many novelties, the whole collection being worthy of attention from the general flower lover, as well as the rosarian.
Mr Tannock has devoted special attention to the rose from a garden and decorative point of view.
To see the ''Queen of Flowers'' in its most perfect form and free from blemish, one must look to the show table, and it is gratifying to know that the enthusiastic rosarians of Dunedin and suburbs have decided to hold their annual fixture, the Rose Show.
With the improved weather conditions of the past week, flower lovers can look forward to an exhibition of high-class blooms next Tuesday, the 15th inst.
The new cheese and butter factory now being erected for the Merton Co-operative Dairy Company is approaching completion.
The buildings are in brick, built to a design approved by Mr A. C. Ross, Government Dairy Instructor, Dunedin, and are up-to-date in every respect.
The directors of the company have disposed of the season's output of cheese at 63/4d, f.o.b., Dunedin - a price which is believed to be the highest ever paid to any factory in New Zealand - and the directors are to be congratulated on their success in obtaining a record price for their first year's out.
It has been decided to pay milk suppliers 1s 2 1/4d per lb of butter fat - a return which should make the dairying industry a profitable one in the Merton district. - ODT, 12.12.1914.
