'Amongst- those previously reportad wounded, and now reported, after searching inquiry, wounded and missing, is Private ■ George" Couston, a Dunedin boy, who enlisted with the 16th Wailcato Regiment. He left with tho Main Expeditionary Body, and the last letter received by his parents was from tho troopship, two days prior to the Gallipoli landing. Repeated cablegrams have been sent for information, but without success, and it is feared that ha was amongst those killed early in tho fight. Sergeant Allan, who returned by the Willochra, came across the bodies of an Australian and a Now Zealander on a ridge at Gallipoli Peninsula. The New Zealander . was. a 16th Waikato private, and his disc bore the name of Couston. and on tho body was a letter from Mr. B. B. Couston. Private Couston was a lad of most happy disposition, loved by all he came in contact with, and he was one of those who answered the first call for volunteers. According to Sergeant Allan's account, lie had been wounded in the leg and was binding this wound when sonic snipers shot liim through the heart. Ho was buried not far from where lie fell, and a cross with one word, "Couston," was erected to mark the grave. Motb business ? _ Tea! But you must qualify for it. By sending your parcels through is, or getting us to pass your entries, jou take a step towards efficiency. Our work is always good. Tho N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91 Customhouse Quay. —Advt. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Danuevirke, advertise a ailt-odged proposition for sale in the way of a farm, consisting of 2000 acres, ami situated about ten miles from Daimevirkc. Particulars are advertised, On bell alt «i' Mr. E. Itedite, Messrs C. W. Prico and Co. will auction a. largo quantity of building material at Hudson's Yard, Wallace and Rolleston Streets, ou Wednesday next. Messrs. Donald Frazer mid. Co,, Lower Hntt, have a small farm near Wellington for exchange. Unlike compounds and mixtures for coughs and colds, "NAZOL" is ready for
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 14 August 1915, Page 6
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343Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 14 August 1915, Page 6
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