HARD LIVING.
A Wellin-gSbn "ni ember "of the first contingent, writing Ho va feloeixifontein, says :—": — " The last six weeks have betn Very r'oogh ones fcr u~. We Tiad ?*een travelling l night and day, living on' what 'we-can commandeer ' fro'fti Boer farms. There is 'not'inuch to 'get— r % ouly flour, and now 'atid agaia'a stray sheep. "Weltoil water, mix 'the 'flout; iuUo a'pasfce'and pdt' it' into, the Ifoiling | ivat'er, niaking the ' same sort of stuli that people stick ' bills *«i;h l ii New ; Zealand. It is awful stuli to eat, butr it keeps aw ay the hunger ' for an hour' or two, ati(J is 'better thaiv nothing./ Wo sometin^es are served 'with a'bi»i!s6i^ and a little coffee. ' Sugar is unknown,, and we' jus^t have "cncugh. ' to 'Ise^)' usf ; Jrom«starving. - ,f v v
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 3
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132HARD LIVING. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 3
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