WATERPROOF
« THE NINETEENTH INFANTRY-. ■, Tho Nineteenth Infantry Reinforcements are an extremely healthy and happy lot, and they nave weathered* more rain than any other draft. So much so that tlioy regard wet weather with grim humour. "Look at us," a lively private said. "Rained when we mobilised at Trentham, rained afterwards, rained while ' ivo ontraincd for Tauherenikau. There was a waterspout when we got there, 1 and all the timo we were under canvas • it rained and blew like tho Roaring 1 'Forties. Last week, after a spell of 1 nico weather, wo sot out over the hill ' to Trentham, and it rained. After we got to Trentham it rained); beon raining over since, bar Look tore, ' son, wo'ro fatalists. It's going to rain r down on us all tho way to the war?* > Ho emphasised his prophecy_ with 1 tho stem of his pipe, jerking moisture ? 1 r< "YeSi" ho added', "we're waterproof »!#H right.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2919, 3 November 1916, Page 4
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156WATERPROOF Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2919, 3 November 1916, Page 4
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