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Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 69, 14 February 1918, Page 1

The following advertisement so amused a party of New Zealanders and others at Sierra Leone that Miss Simcox, of Otaki, who returned with them, took a copy : —•" Bungie, the sympathetic undertaker; general builder for the living and the dead ; general contractor —always on the spot. At Bungie's, tlio sympathetic undertaker, you can always get a ready-made coffin from 10s Gd to iifty guineas. Bungie will wash, dress and look after your dead till it gets to its last resting-place. Bonnets, shrouds, knickers, etc., supplied, also, a good quantity of coffin furniture. ' Eat, drink and enjoy yourself. Remember, once you die, and, after death, Bungie takes charge. Call at once at the refuge and refreshing bungalow, 15, Kissey street." The directors' report at the annual meeting of Dalgety & Co., Ltd., stated :—" Out of a total of the male staff numbering 1,320 of all ages, 535 have joined the colors. That, ladies and gentlemen is, I venture to say, a record of which Ave may feel justly proud, but our pride is dimmed by our sincere regrets for the loss of 44 who have made the supreme sacrifice; for 89 who have been wounded, and three who are missing I am sure you will permit me to send from here cur sincere condolence with the relatives and friends oE those brave men who have lost their lives ; and for the wounded too, many of them, alas, have been maimed for life, and I feel sure that I may send on your behalf the assurance of our sympathy and admiration. On the other hand I am glad to inform you that several have nobly earned dis tinctious at the hand of His Majesty the King. Among the list. I find three L.S.O.'s, eight Military Crosses, two Distinguished Conduct medals, aud three lesser decorations."