DEATH OF A SOLDIER

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3047, 7 April 1917, Page 10

DEATH OF A SOLDIER

Lce.-Sergt, G. Parker, P.E.A.S.C, died in Wellington Hospital on Thursday afternoon' at 3.15: ' Tho certified cause of death is- malignant neck. ■

Madame Joffrc'leads' so retired a life that a Freijch !ady>-who recently delivered a lec.tiire.pji General Joffrc confessed that '.jiot know the maiden.,-na,pie.':'i'.pf ■;tliat,national hero's wife. "She 'is'; :: h'owevor," the' rilling spirit :of the French Commander's '"home at Autouil, and ; is. always b'nglrt and cheerful, despite her husband's long spells of. absence. -At"the beginning of the war Joffrc prohibited wives and sweethearts from visiting mon on active service, adding in his customary terse, vigorous fashion, "Women have nothing to do with the Army; I fear them as much as f fear intoxicating liquor." And, as an indication of his inflexibility of purpose, ho imposed a similar restriction on himself. SAVEO'SAVES COAL. And by savins coal it lessens household expenses. Saven doubles the heat given out by coal, coko, or slack. Lssi smoke, less soot, k'ss work. Ask your grocer or ironmonger for a sixpenny packet. Jf not stocked,. .send postcard to Box 055,' Wellington,—Advt. '