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How an Australian officer, by! the use of tt slang phrase, discovered an act of German treachery i 9 ro lat«d by Lieutenant Hunter liolton, son of Lieu-tenant-Colonel W. K. liolton, of BalJarat, who was wounded in June, and t 8 - -Victoria recuperating. Lieutenant Bolton hug been on leave in iicndigo, where he was employed before *mistment» and, in the course of arf interview there he said: "On the Sunday m 'lit after the memorable landing, an officer 1 came up to us and told us not to tire to the right, as there was a patrol party out there. Captain Cooper, who was in command of our section, asked him who he wan, and he (aid he beonged to the 31st Battalion. He had taken the numerals off a dead soldi# o*. the 13th Battalion, and had placed them on Jus uniform in reverse order. Captain Cooper was suspicious, and said to the supposed officer, 'Are you fair dmkumt' Ignorance of this Australian term proved the downfall of the 'officer.' for he innocently replied, 'Yea. that'* my name; I'm Dinkum.' That was'th<» end of the German. Next morning hi* dead body was picked up outotde- our trenches." INSURE AGAINST SUFFERING For eighteen pence you can iniure yourself and family against any twd t*. suits from an attack of diarrlum or dysentery. That is the price of a bottle of Chamberlain's Colio and Remedy—a medicine which never ta give relief. In severe casea the «»*»« must suffer intense pain before can be obtained or a phyxldan nm* moned. Can you afford to take tt* ffcfc for so small an amount J Why not Virt Chamberlain's Colic and w

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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1915, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1915, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1915, Page 5

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