SOMETHING NEW FOR THE TURKS
MAORI HAKA YELLS HEARD IN THE TRENCHES. By Telegraph—Press Afsociation—Copyright (Rcc. August 1, 0.5 a.m.) London, August 9. A New Zealand officer describes tho' Maori Contingent at the Dardanelles as welcoming their pakeha General by dancing a, haka, which perplexed the Turks, who in their trenches a hundred yards away listened to tho blood-thirsty serenade. Tho Turkish newspaper "Tanitc" published a paragraph saying: "For tho first time in history tho ' Straits have had to endure au attack by cannibals."-
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2536, 10 August 1915, Page 5
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84SOMETHING NEW FOR THE TURKS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2536, 10 August 1915, Page 5
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