HOLDING OUT!
An amusing story is told of Herr von Batoeki, who a little while ago resigned the German Food Controllership. It seems he resided with his family at Charlottenberg. He happens to 'be the owner of a farm in the country and so he arranged for the regular dispatch to him of parcels of eggs, butter and other produce. The scheme was something of a failure, for the '.parcels were systematically relieved of a large portion of their courtfctrte vena route. The climax'cake 1 ' wihn mlljohc received was the wrapper, on (.which was written. ‘‘So this is what .you call holding out,” Batoeki had to .give up the scheme and submit to rations. The result was that he left ;.otncß‘j;after 15 months 351 b. 'lighter than when he entered upon his duties.
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Taihape Daily Times, 12 November 1917, Page 3
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133HOLDING OUT! Taihape Daily Times, 12 November 1917, Page 3
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