OVERHEARD IN THE TRENCHES
Mi! 11 V i! joke !lils 111-t'l) 111 ill i< - ill the iri'ii:-lii'N ia<• n hpin.n careless in taking nit ss;i<£es when they are heini; ])i!«--i'd aioiiir tiif lir.,\ An instance (iicmred in a iSritN.'i i'rnnt lino ii little time :i<ro. Oliicer ((ininiiiiiciing regiment yivc-s n menage in wlisp.T : " Kilo an ocf il -.is >!!:! i Mes-.ijie. alt it travelling a l>out fifty yard-: "Thiil liar, the Kai-ier, has hi'.'ti Jiot." ANOTHER RECORD. Tit!'! - -? one wm'-'I in our languagewhich can wipear -~i\ tinv's consecutive! v in a -vntencp am! vrt make i-nr-n ct E'lirli^!. A g : H wrote. "The ir..;:i 111 a 1 lies due wi'iiii;' Mri- (/-acher object i ! to the ivord "that,' 1 the woid "who" was suhst it et m!. And yet it nu-t lie evident -to th • raider, for all that, that tliat "that" t, at t'ei! te.'rher older!,-J to wns l'dlt after •>!'.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 158, 24 March 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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150OVERHEARD IN THE TRENCHES Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 158, 24 March 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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