The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 December 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

"The .New Zealauders lake very lev prisoners/' saicl a. returned isoldiei when ill conversation with a Hastings reporter last week. "If you yet into a Turkish trench, and as a the Turks 'o surrender, they will throw down their aims, but as soon as you turn yoir back, they will dig you with a knil'e. 01 course il it comes to a rough and tumble, as it often docs, there is uo taking prisoners; either you kill him or he drops you. The New Zea landers, however, do take some, but very leuover come down to the Australim lines." The vicar of a mining village sent 'i pair ot boots to tho cobbler's lor kl- - but Bill, who hail been imbibing rather freely, felt no inclination for work, so the boots wore not touched that day. Next day his nerves were rather shaky, and ne longed for "a hair of the dog that bit him.'' His own boots wre rather dirty, i>o he thought there was no harm in putting 011 tho parson's which he accordingly did, and turned off into the village pub for a big "reviver." He had not gone very far when whom didi he meen but the vicar, who said: "I sent my boots down for repairs. William. Are yon not finished with them yet?" "Wye, mister," answered Bill, calmly, "they are not mended yet, but they're on the road.''