IN MEMORIUAM.
The black band on the arm which ell officers are wearing in memorv of Lord Kitchener is a reminder that the Navy has not yet gone out of mourning 'or Nelson. Everyone is familiar with tie. three rows of whte tape round the edging of the blue collar, and the black silk scarf knotted in front, which form pa-: of the bluejacket's dress uniform. Th > former commemorate Nelson's three most famous victores- Copenhagen the Nile, and Trafalgar; whilst the scarf was first adopted by Nelson's seamen as a mark of mourning of the :• dead hero, and has been retained ever since.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 211, 22 September 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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103IN MEMORIUAM. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 211, 22 September 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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