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"NEXT OF KIN."

A good recruiting «tory, told by an officer at Seaforth, shows how prone is a simple mind to be confused by the elaborate cross-questioning which the new recruit has to undergo, "fhe officer wwe entrusted v,-;th the collection of particulars necessary for the allotment of allowances to the soldiers' dependents. He was interrogating a young fellow who (lid not seem to have a clear idea what it was all about. "Next of kin?" he aßked, in a Bharp, business-like way. The young soldier dropped his voice and became confidentially apologetic. "I'm only wearing a jersey," he replied; "my shirt's getting washed-"

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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1915, Page 10 (Supplement)

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104

"NEXT OF KIN." Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1915, Page 10 (Supplement)

"NEXT OF KIN." Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1915, Page 10 (Supplement)

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