s ' • , . % ** Tommy relates his experiences to his ' parents :—They takes me from 'orae and '^ kbangs me into barricks. They takes 1 away me clothes andvputs me into khaki. } ' They takes away me name and gives me • a. number 005. They sends me to Church •.' and after a forty-minutes' sermon, the (j parsQii says : "Number-005, Art Thou^'fS Weary?" I jumps, up, and says "Yes,",^ and gets 14 days' C.B. for givin' a civil 's\ answer. ■ • " i V. Britannia gave a cheer or two ' v v When Wellington won Waterloo If Buonaparte had won the fight Britannia might have bid " good night " r r When winter coughs and«colds are rife, And each is battling for his life Wise Britons make the victory sure ■With bottles of Woods' Peppermint Cure. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure For Coughs and Colds, never fails. :,'
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 13 July 1916, Page 2
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137Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 13 July 1916, Page 2
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