He was a tall, rather gaunt figure with a pale complexion and a droop of the shoulders that bespoke a physical weariness. As he passed the buzzing entrance of a Wellington hotel a friendly voice hailed him: "Hullo, old man, how is it you're not up at the races?" The answer came quick and clear-cut: "If I was well enough to go to the races I'd be off to the war!" And lie passed on,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19160428.2.30.1
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1916, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
75Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1916, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in