JUST A GAME
A captain with the N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East, writing to his parents in Wellington, states that prisoners of war camps have sprung up almost overnight. "The prisoners seem to be reasonably happy and comfortable," he says. "Tlie New Zealand troops make friends Avitli them through the barbed wire and give them cigarettes. I am unable to say whether the Germans' would meet with quite the same reception. I think we are inclined to treat the war. at present anyway, somewhat as a boxing tournament. We will fight hard, if picked for the team or sit in the ringside seats and cheer our representatives oil to victory. We wiM deplore any unfair tactics on the part of our opponent?, but we bear them no animosity and are prepared to applaud their good play. This may change somewhat when we come face to face with a determined foe, but it is interesting, and, I think, a natural result of our training in team games."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 265, 31 January 1941, Page 2
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166JUST A GAME Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 265, 31 January 1941, Page 2
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