THE REASON WHY
"We've been up to tho Y.M.C.A. to try to get a boil for to-night," volunteered u sailor from 11.M.5. New Zealujkl to a Dominion reporter, "but wo couldn't get 011 a." "Why not sloop oil board?" asked tho reporter in his innocence, as the whole group of sailors grinned. "Why not? Look, I'll tell you," said tho still smiling Jack Tar. "On board vou havo to tumble out of your hammock' at half-past live—aslioro you can sleep in till eight in fho morning. Wo don't sloop aboard if we can help it." "Exactly!" chimed in tho bluojackot's chums, who were also looking for the means to "luxuriate" in bed till the day is well aired,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 279, 21 August 1919, Page 7
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118THE REASON WHY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 279, 21 August 1919, Page 7
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