British monster motors remarkable

German prisoners carrying their wounded to the rear of the Allied lines in France.
German prisoners carrying their wounded to the rear of the Allied lines in France.
The successful operations carried out by the British are remarkable, not only for their extent and value as giving them possession of almost all of the high ground between their former lines and Bapaume, but also for the use of heavily armoured motors.

These motors, apparently huge, heavily-armoured, slow-moving machines, have strong, broad wheels like those of a traction engine. In order to prevent the wheels from sinking into the ground the tread must be even broader than is usually seen on traction travelling wheels. Indeed, these monster motors may have caterpillar wheels such as those that are now familiar to all in pictures of the famous heavy Skoda howitzers used by the enemy.

Their use on the west front, where much of the ground is either undulating or level, spells economy in life, time, and shell fire. It will not be necessary, when more of the machines are ready for use, to bombard so thoroughly every yard of the enemy's trenches in order to make certain that all machine gun emplacements and coigns of vantage have been searched out and destroyed. There will be economy in life, because, as soon as the attackers are met with fire from machine gun stations that have not been destroyed in the progress of the bombardment by artillery, the infantry can lie down while the armed tractor makes short work of the machine gun and its manipulators. After one or two experiences of its presence, German machine gunners will bolt when it begins to nose its way towards them .

On the French front these monsters have come to stay, and their work is going to modify the difficulties of the Allies to an enormous extent. They have already proved their utility, although the last word in their construction and improvement has not been heard. - By ``Shrapnel''.

During the week-end whitebait were pursued in both the Kakanui and Waitaki by those to whom this delicate little fish strongly appeals. Few were taken in the Kakanui, but at the handrail in the Waitaki several benzine cans were filled with little difficulty. If the whitebait run regularly up to the opening of the angling season, the fish should be in better condition this year than is usually the case on ``the first.''

Mr Alf Whiting, of Picton who for some time past has been taking kinematographic pictures of the whaling industry at Te Awaite, has completed 3000ft, and intends to increase the film to 5000ft before the season ends. The picture will be the first and only one of its kind taken in the Southern Hemisphere, and is likely to command a good price in America and England. - ODT, 20.9.1916.

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