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JUVENENILE DEFENDERS. TO. IllE EDITOR. Sin, —-One of the best of tho many good leading ijrticles which I+avo appeared of late in your columns, is that on the absurd fad of the child soldier. The master in a sUain uniform and a tin sword, leading tho boys in Glengarry cap and the saucepan handled rifle, is a sight for the gods. We liked this thing, the timo we had tho jingo fever, not now, for wo arc ashamed and would fain forget it all. Do write again and again until the thing is removed. We have far too much sham, chronic that has followed us up through the dark ages. But this new ono is of the common vulgar modern kind. In the language of tile immortal Alugredge, " 'elp, 'olp, tyke it aw'y,"—l aui, etc., I'os Gvs,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8110, 15 May 1906, Page 2
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138CORRESPONDENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8110, 15 May 1906, Page 2
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