wprE needn`t say what the Bothers were

H om ew ard
B ound !
A t la s t .after fou r w eary yea r s of
s tr ife , th e m o m en t th a t, in m u d dy d u g -o u t a n d on w e a ry
tr ek , o f w hich w e h a v e so often' d rea m t, ta lk e d a b o u t and
p ra y ed for, h as com e -and w e w r ite
a d v en tu res an d all our w an derin gs.
“ finis”
to
all
our
W ith th e sam e e a r n e stn ess t h a t w o sum m on ed to d e fe a t
th e am b itio n s o f th e H u n w e m u st face th e p rob lem s of
p ea ce t h a t w ill co n fr o n t u s a t h om e. W e m u s t a g a in tu rn
u p our c o llec tiv e sh ir t sleev e s an d b u ckle to , ever m a k in g
th a t li t t l e la n d of our b irth — our in h er ita n c e from th ose
w e h a v e le f t s leep in g — w h a t it is, G od’s Own C ou ntry.
F o r fo u r w ea ry y ea rs w e h ave lab ou red in th e som bre
V a lle y of D e a th en d ea v o u rin g to “ do our b i t / ’ an d now th a t
h a s b een su ccessfu lly -accom plished w e can re la x a n d w ith
n o t a l it t le p rid e and c o n te n ted sa tis fa c tio n can w e look
b ack and see w h a t our little N e w
Z ealan d
D iv isio n !has
a ch ieved .
T he w orld ’s b lack d ays are b u t a n ig h tm a re n ow ,
W h erein w e seem ed to drow n, and w a k in g found
T he su n o f life rise red upon th e prow,
F or w e are— h om ew ard bound.
T h a t fa te fu l m om en t th a t saw th e N e w Z ealan d ers
— th e flow er of .their co u n try ’s m an h ood — stu rd y , clean
lim b ed , op en h ea rted , and as free as th e w in d s t h a t blew
from ab ove, k n o w in g no m an a s m a ster, t h a t fa te fu l
m om en t w hen th e y le a p t ashore in a h a il of n ick elled d ea th
upon
A n za c
to
accom p lish
th e
im p ossib le— th a t
m om en t
saw th e b irth of a y o u n g n a tio n . T he N e w Z ealan d ers had
fo u n d them selves^ a n d in t h a t fierce p rid e t h a t ca m e from
th e ir
n ew ly
aw ak en ed
b itte r ly w on v icto r y .
con sciou sn ess
w ent
forw ard
to
M ost of th o se now sleep ete r n a lly —
e ith e r upon t h a t sto ried H elle n ic shore or on th e bloods oak en fields of F ra n ce .
S leep w ell, g a lla n t g e n tle m e n , and
p ea ce to you r ash es 1
A n d o f th eir successors— th e e x u lta n t y o u tli o f our
y o u n g race who a cc ep ted th e c h a llen g e o f t h e H u n — th ey
h a v e been p roved and found v ery w o r th y o f th e tr u s t
fou n d ed in blood on th a t fa te fu l A p ril m o r n in g and h a n d ed
d ow n to th em . In th e fou l H e ll o f F la n d er s, in th e m u d dy
n ig h tm a r e of P a ssch en d a ele and of M essin es, in th e h e a t
of P a le s tin e , and on t h e :Somme of b itte r m em ory, th e
flag sp a n g led w ith th e stars o f th e S o u th e rn Gross has
b een carried e v e r onw ard from v icto r y to v icto r y till th a t
final crow n in g a ch iev e m en t of th e tr iu m p h a n t storm in g of
th e w a lls of L e Q uesnoy in th e d y in g d ays o f th e w ar.
W e h a v e show n our w orth to th e n a tio n s of
an d g a in e d th e ir acclaim and th e ir resp ect.
w r itte n in d elib ly upon th e bloody scroll of h isto r y
o f our co u n try an d no\v we can re st co n te n t
la b o r s .
H om ew ard B ou n d —
Our d u ty d one, and now th e fon d caress
Of d ea r on es w a itin g on th e d is ta n t sou nd ,
F o r th e y h a v e d one th e ir d u ty to o — no less
A n d n ow — w e ’re h om ew ard bound.
th e w orld
W e h ave
t h e n am e
a fte r our
H om ew ard B ou n d —
B u t th e r e are loved on es b rou gh t from far aw ay
W ho d oub t th e ir w elcom e on our hallow ed grou n d,
A n d find i t h ard to re a liz e th a t th ey
A re also— h om ew ard bound.
H om ew ard B o u n d —
B u t w h a t of th o se w ho p aid th e u tm o st p rice
On F r a n c e ’s s tr ic k e n field s? B e su re th e y found
A fu ll rew ard for th eir la st sacrifice;
T hey too are— H o m ew a rd Bound;
r
—1.
D avey.
L u strou s P e a r l in a gold en s e ttin g ,
Thou art ever a ck n ow led ged to be
F a ir Q ueen of th e E m p ir e’s D om in io n s:
T h e Gem of th e S o u th ern S ea.
F , JtASEY,
2
HOMEWARD BGUMR
(B y P . J . M c D o n o u g h , N .Z .R .B .)
“ M ’T a v ish ” sez I , “ w e’ll su m m on up th e Inst r im n a n ts
av our y o u th — ancl m o n ey — and go- a.nd see a R u g b y fo o tb a ll
m a tc h .”
‘R u g b y F u tb a ll,” m u rm ured th e ou ld la d v a c a n tly .
“ Y e s ,” sez I , “ d o n ’t y e m in d th e g r e a t d a y b efore th e
W arr?
E very m an w a lk in ’ ab ou t P rin ce s S tr e e t steam in '
av w h isk y , an d lee k s an d S ham rock s, and s a y in ’, ‘B egorra’
a n d ‘B a a jo v e ’ an d fa ir b u r stin ’ w ith n a tio n a l en th u sia sm —
and d evil a word ab ou t le a g u e s av n a tio n s or B o ls h e v ik s .”
“ I ’m w ith you , la d ,” says M ’T avish , “ b u t” h e w e n t
on “ I feared i t ’ll be n o th in ’ lik e w h at it once w as. T h e re’ll
be a g a n g av ou ld brass h a ts b o ssin ’ th e sh ow , s h o u tin ’ o u t
‘ ’sh u n ’ and d ressin g th e lin e ev e ry th row o u t of to u ch , an d
if a lan ce-corp oral p u tts h is fe e t on a m ajor’s fa c e w ith o u t
fu rrst s a lu tin ’ i t ’s ‘F ie ld P u n is h m e n t N o. 1 .’ ”
G e ttin ’ to I n v erleith w as so m e jo b ; crossin ’ th e H in d e n biirgh lin e w as an a y v e n in g stroll to it. T h e s e a ro u te
by N o r th B erw ick and G ran th am w as th e a is ie s t w ay, b u t
— fu r to u g h , h ard la d s— th e cab le cyar tr a ill h ad i t s a t­
tr a ctio n s. M ’T a v ish — th rify sow!—w o u ld n ’t fa c e th e sea
p assage. S ez h e “ D in n e rs is scarce and w e ca n ’t risk lo sin g
our fo o d .” T h ere w as n o trains^ and th e troop s w e re g u a rd ­
in g th e sta tio n to p r e v e n t a n n y a ttim p t to run th e block­
ad e. B u t m e and M ’T avish g o t th a t cyar to In v erleith .
W e sh oved i t u p th e h ill, an d ran lik e b lazes dow n th e h ill
a fte r it ,, b old in ’ o u t our p en n ies to th e con d uctor. T hen
w e p rized i t a lo n g th e fla t w ith crow bars and g o t i t rou n d
th e corner, w h ere th e lin e sto p s an d th en , w an ce clear o f
th e cab le w e finished th e coorse w ith a sp h u rt as lik e to lan d
th e d river w ith an en d orsem en t 011 h is licen se.
T h e crow d w as th e r e r ig h t en ou gh , l i n t i t w as “ W a rr”
p ain ted w id th e b ig brush. T h e gran d stb a n d w as a lon g
sp latch av m u d -covered figu res lik e a hun dred y a rd s av
d u s ty road, and firm , h ard -faced N e w Z ealan d ers filled th e
g ro u n d u n d er t h e P re ss stliand t h a t used t o h o u ld g rim y
W elsh m en s p ro u tin ’ v e g e ta b le s an d h ym n s, and Irish “ v e t s ”
fu ll av str a n g e w u rrds n ot in clu d ed in an ny h ym n ary and
fa t fu ll-b lood ed (k a p e clear av y er e “y ’s” com positor as y e
love m e) E n glish m en t h a t w e re n iv e r q u ite su re th e y bossed!
S co tla n d or S c o tla n d bossed th em .
T he S c o ttie s I m a y n e th e A rrm y— th rop p ed on th e field,
wid red jerseys lik e a p lo t o f fin d blown geran iu m s and th o
N e w Z ealan d ers tu rn ed o u t lik e th e ace of sp ad es. “ Lake
g o in g to a fu n e r a l,” o b jec ted M ’T a v ish . “ Y is,” sez I, as
I sized up th e th ick n e ss av th e u n d ertak er lo o k in ’ g e n ts .
“ B u t i t ’s lik e to b e a fu n era l of th e to m a to colou red
I t w as a good g a m e from th e s th a r t. B a tte r and b ash,
wid th o C ap tain en fo r cin ’ A rm y d iscip lin e by w r in g in g th o
n eck off th e lan ce-corp oral, an d th e se r g e a n t p u llin g th e
trou sers off th e m ajor w ith o u t iver on iacin ’ h is b oots. For
th o fu r r s t h a lf th e r e w a s m ig h ty little to ch oose b etw ix t
“ old gran d m am m a” and th o “ p u p s,” b u t alth ou gh th e ould
lad y h ad as m u ch good fu tb a ll th e “ p u p s” h a d a cou p le of
yarrds th e b ist av i t when i t cam e to le g g in ’ it fur th e line.
A s th e g a m e w in t on th e o x c itc m e n t sp read lik e a
lire in a dih istillery. A t fu rr st th e N e w Z e a la n d crow d s tu d
lik e a b a tta lio n w a itin g to b e in o c u la te d fo r m elan ch olia.
B y a n d b y e, w h en th ey saw it w a s to b e a. clo se th in g , th ey
ch eered u p a n d g o t as h ap p y as a S cotch eld e r a t a w ellcon d u cted fu n e r a l. Thin, th e h om e crowd tu k th e s id e av
th e A rrm y and tim e d to m a k e M o th e r C o u n try in to a
b a ttle cry. W an well b rou ght-up m iss n e x t m e iv id ie n tly
th o u g h t th a t v u lg a r , and sq uealed “ M am m a” in s te a d !
T h e A rrm y had rou gh Ink lo o sin ’ th e fu r r s t th r y . T h ey
w ere in a fair w a y fu r g e t t i n ’ w an fu r th im s e lv e s w h in a
“ B la c k ” cross b e tw ix t a kangaroo an d a n aero p la n e n ip p ed
up a. p ass. Tho Arrm y fu ll b ack m a d e a. p lu n g e a t a stb rea k
av [forked lig h tn in g — an d w as le ft w id an arru m fu l ot
n o th in ’.
A t h a lf-tim e iveryw an w as m o d er a tely ch ee ry -h o t— p re­
w ar s tr e n g th of ‘ c o u r s e --s a y t h ir t y p er ce n t, u nd er-p roof.
T he crow d d id n ’t ta k e th e score to o m u ch to h e a r r t b ecau se
•there w a s jis t tw o S c o ttie s in th o ta y m e an d accord in ’ to
M ’T avish th a t ex p la in e d iv er y th in g . I w as lu k in fu r a
th roop av ord erlies coinin' o u t an s e r v in ’ t o t s av ru m , and
p r isin ’* op en tin s of b u lly b eef, b u t it w as jis t th e ou ld sto r y
av th e tr a y av sliced lim ons. T h e “ B la c k s” w a sn ’t h a v in ’
a n n y of th a t tru ck and w ith d rew to th e sec lu sio n a v th e ir
d rissin ’ room . “ I w o n d th e r” says a J a n k e e b esid e m e “ p h w a t
w ud h ap p en if som e k in d C h ristian w ild 1 p a ss th im lem o n s
rou n d am o n g th e p ip er s.” F o r th o p u rp ose o f im p ro v in g
th e n a tio n a l m u sic av S cotlan d it m ig h t bo w u rrth th e risk
av lo sin ’ a few p ip ers.
T h e second h a lf sta r te d ham m er an d to n g s w id th e ball
tr a v e llin g from w an en d a v th e field to th e o th er lik e a
S an n F a n e p a th r io t d id g in ’ th o poliss, and w h in th e R e d s
g o t a score th e r e d id n ’t seem a n n y rayson fu r th em n ot
g e t t i n ’ an oth er. B u t th e y w ere te rrib ly b o th ere d by a
d ivil of a “ B la c k ” lad. T h ey called h im a “ S iv in S ix t e e n th ”
or a “ F iv e E ig h th .”
H o lu k ed to m e m ore lik e a 4.7
m o u n ted on tlir ip le exp an sion en g in e s.
T he ta c tis av th e A rrm y lo s t th e m a tch . W id q u arter
av an h ou r to go and a tliry to th e bad th e y bored ab ou t
u n d h e r th e sh elter av th e g ran d stlia n d an d bom barded
th o ro o f w id th e b all till all th e s la te s w ore off a n d all
th e w h ile h a lf a g a le w as b low in g th a t w ou ld h a v e carried
th o sam e k ick s dow n to th e corner flag av th e ir ad versaries.
H ow su m ever it w as a good lo t a v lad s t h a t w on, and
iv ery w a n sth ru ck for hom e wid th o co m fo rtin ’ fe e lin ’ th a t
th o U n ion J a ck sh elter ed jis t a b ou t th e h a r d e s t staff th o
w u rrld h old s.
ToS»So “ BRITOM”
S .S . “B r ito n ” is w h a t they) ca lle d h er
S u rely th a t n a m e w a s b estow ed by th e god s,
B r u s h in g aside each ro llin g m on ster,
R u s h in g a lo n g a g a in st all odds.
Im m en se a re th e pow ers w h ich fig h t a g a in s t h er,
T ru e to h e r nam e she d e fe a ts each o n e,
O nw ard sh e s tr u g g le s lik e ev e ry tr u e B riton ,
N e v e r r e s tin g t ill th o b a ttle is w on.
— M r s . Z. B e c k .
LAST ACX
E P U T A T IO N is th e all im p o rta n t fa c to r in th e r e ig n in g
p ro sp erity o f m o st clubs. O nce M other G rundy co n ­
n e c ts scan d al w ith such in s titu tio n s th e s o u g h t a fte r
m em b ersh ip gra d u a lly becom es a th in g o f t h e p a st. T he
p ow erfu l e x c lu s iv e s e t g iv e s w ay t o th e co ster lik e crew in
search of n o to r ie ty . S o far th e S u c cessfu l B u s in e s s M e n s ’
C lub h eld an u n im p each ab le record. P er h a p s its y o u th w a s
in som e r e sp e cts resp on sib le fo r th is .
N e v e r th e le s s if
m o n ey d en o tes re sp e cta b ility it w a s h ig h ly so, fo r o n e con ­
d itio n o f m em b ersh ip w as thart th e m em b er m u st be in
b u sin ess p ossessin g ca p ita l to th e e x t e n t of a t le a s t one
h u n d red th o u sa n d jjounds.
R
I t w as ru led by a p resid en t, ele c te d yearly.
T h is
b an q u et in th e y e a r 1927 w a s to c e leb ra te th e in itia tio n of a
n ew p resid en t who w as now r isin g from h is s e a t a t th e
h ead of th e ta b le.
B esid e s b ein g p opu lar, P u g h , th e n ew p r esid en t, w as
r e co g n ise d as b rillia n tly eloq u en t, a fa c t w h ich m a k es even
an a fte r d in n er sp eech p le a sa n t.
“ G e n tle m e n /’ th e clear to n e com m an ded a tte n tio n ,
“ s in c e th e in a u g u ra tio n o f th is Club i t h a s b een a recog­
n ise d cu stom th a t each su cce ed in g p resid en t sh a ll g iv e as
an in tro d u c tio n an ab so lu te ly tr u e n a r r a tiv e o f th e rise
t o fa m e from ob scu rity of som e com m ercial m a g n a te of
th e p r e s e n t g en er a tio n .
“ I t is n o t m y in te n tio n to d ep art from th is ru le , so,
I w ill ta k e you back to th e , sh all I sa y , m y h ero’s ch ild ­
h ood, w h en in th e com p an y o f a tw in b roth er h e first
lea r n e d th e d ep th of a tr u e m o th e r’s love an d to re sp e ct
t h e m em ory o f a d ep a rted fa th e r.
“ P e r h a p s m an y of you are n o t aw are how w id e even
tw in s m ay d iffer in ch aracter. B e lie v e m e, g e n tle m e n , th e s e
tw in s w e re as w id e a p a rt in te m p era m en t as th e p oles, th e
on e q u ie t an d d eep th in k in g as th e o th e r row dy an d super­
ficial. A t sch ool w h er e th e o n e’s p ortion w as p raise, th e
o th er received n o u g h t b u t p u n ish m en t. As yea r s rolled by
an d b ro u g h t n o c h a n g e , p eo p le b egan to p red ict a b oisterou s
f u tu r e for th e trou b lesom e tw in . G roat w as t h e d olefu l
h ea d sh a k in g of all t h e p rop h ets w h en n ew s ca m e th a t th e
o b ject o f th e ir cr iticism had been arrested on a ch arge of
em b e zzle m en t.
“ To c u t a lon g s to r y sh o r t h e w a s c o n v icte d and
sen te n c ed to tw o years h ard lab ou r. T he m o th e r o n ly sur­
v iv ed h er so n ’s co n v ictio n by tw o m o n th s, d y in g , i t w as
s a id , of a brok en h ea rt.
M ean w h ile t h e ste a d y son h a d . boon p lod d in g aw ay in
a m e th o d ica l s ty le ea r n in g an e x is te n c e in jou rn alism , a
p rofession w h ich on ly th e favou red fe w find a t all lu c r a tiv e .
“ A t la s t arrived th e day of th e re le a se of th e im ­
p risoned one. T h e s tr o n g tu rn ed to h elp th e w e a k , offerin g
m o n ey an d a d vice. T ho la tte r w as p rom p tly re jec te d , and
t h a t d a y , g en tle m e n , w as added an o th er n am e to th e lo n g
lis t o f tr a v ellers on th e ea sy road th a t ev e n tu a lly lead s to
th o g u tte r . W ayw ard n ess g a v e p la c e to u tte r d issip ation ,
th e low est form o f a w a s te r life .
“ T hen th e r e b u rst th e bomb of 1914. T ho plodder
en listed , received a com m ission an d le ft N e w Z ealand w ith
th e M ain B o d y . T ho slack er b uried h im self in th e back
co u n try , d ecla r in g i t m a tte r e d little to h im w h o ru led th o
w orld.
T h en con scrip tion carried th e d ay d ra in in g th e
co u n try of all a b le to sh ould er a rifle. G en tlem en , I do
n o t w ish to bore you w ith d e ta ils o f e ith e r m a n ’s career,
u n til, a c e r ta in N ovem b er d ay in 1917 w h en th e colon ials
w ere m a k in g th e ir n ev er to b e fo r g o tte n bid for P a ssch en d a ele, u n sh elled m a ch in e gu n em p la ce m e n ts m e n a c in g every
yard o f a m ig h ty ta sk . T h e p lod d er, a few yard s ahead
of h is com pan y m ad e «, dash o f som e fifty y a rd s for on e of
th e s e ob stacles, an a ct con sp icu ou s for its cool cou rage even
a m id st th e d in an d e x c ite m e n t.
U n n o ticed w as th e
craw lin g figu re o f a la te ly arrived ’u m p te e n th ’^ from a n oth er
com p an y tr a v e r s in g in th e gam e d ir ec tio n . “ C rash I” ITis
M ills h ad fou n d it s b ille t. “■Crash!” A n oth er for lu c k ;
th e n th e s till u n n o tice d figu re le a p t in- to fin ish h is w ork
w ith th e d ead ly s te e l.
“ A la s !” A cro u ch in g u n sc a th e d H u n found h is m ark
w ith a b u llet th ro u g h th e b rave D ig g e r ’s b rain .
T he
p lod d er close upon th e o th er’s h e e ls slip p ed an d lo s t h is
revolver in re coverin g h is b alan ce. H e sn a tch ed up th e
d ead m a n ’s rifle and w ith a sw in g in g blow sm ash ed in th o
sk u ll of th e H u n w ho s ta g g e r in g d ru nk en ly, collap sed w ith a
g u r g le . T o th e on -ru sh in g troop s th e w h ole seem ed a
g a lla n t a ct on th e p a r t o f th e ir b rave officer. T im e, how ­
ever, did n o t p erm it of eith er ex p la n a tio n s or c o n g ra tu la ­
tio n s. I t w as a case of ‘O n .’ E very th o u g h t, every action
m u st m ean “ O b jectiv e” .
“ T h a t ev e n in g w ith th e ta sk w e ll accom p lish ed , th e
plod d er re tu rn ed to find w ho h ad fo r esta lled h im in th e
a tta c k on th o m a c h in e gu n em p lacem en t. A s fa r as h is
h azy re co llectio n s w ou ld
p erm it th e sce n e rem ained
u n ch an ged . T he b rave D igger s till lay fa c e d ow nw ards in
th e m u d . S o m e th in g .about th o p ro str a te figu re seem ed
fam iliar to th e p lod d er. H e d ecid ed to search th e d ead
m an ’s p o ck ets in th e h ope of fin din g h is id e n tity .
T he
shock on tu r n in g t h e body over ab solu tely stu n n ed our
fr ie n d , for th e r e s ta r in g th ro u g h its m ask or m u d , w as th e
dead fa c e of h is w a ste r b roth er. An hour la ter , a ft e r b ury­
in g h is b roth er, h e sta g g e r e d to -his com p an y ca rryin g a
m u d sta in e d le tte r ad dressed to h im self in h is b ro th er’s
h a n d -w r itin g . T h e w r ite r , in th e c o n te n ts o f h is le tte r ,
said ho w ish ed to die such a d ea th w h ich w ould in som e
m easu re a to n e for th e p a st. H o ask ed th a t no m en tion of
h is n am e sh ould b e m ad e, or th e m a n n er of h is d ea th u n til
te n years h ad elap sed .
“ G en tlem en , in d u e cou rse th e p lod d er re ce iv e d prom o. tio n an d a V .C .
H e took th e s e as a m a tte r of cou rse,
w earin g a d ecoration w h ich r ig h tly b elon ged to an oth er.
“ A t th e te rm in a tio n of th e w ar th e p lod d er’s e x c e lle n t
ser v ic e cr ed en tia ls procu red him a lon g d esired o p e n in g .
T o-day h e is re p u te d as o n e of th e com m ercial s a te llite s of
th is co u n try . T his p ra ctic a lly con clu des m y sto r y , so I
h ope, g en tle m e n , you w ill excu so m e, for I w ish to p a ss
t h is th e te n t h a n n iversary of th e d ea th of m y b roth er, in
s o l it u d e / ’
— R . G . Hu r t .
STO LEN .
W ill th e person w ho took a brow n w oollen h an d k n itte d
sh aw l from starboard sid e o f second class p a sse n g e r d eck on
th e 2 n d.
W ill finder p lease r e tu rn
ord erly room .
th e
ab ove a r tic le to s h ip ’s
A rew ard of 2 s 6 d w ill be g iv e n on re tu r n to th e fin der.
(T h e above ap peared on th e sh ip ’s N o tic e B oard .)
HOW LONG?
M aid of th e W e s t, w h en s o ft tw ilig h t is fa llin g ,
T h y s p ir it is b o r n e on th e w e st Avind to m e,
A w ay o’er th e foam w h ere th e seab ird s are c a llin g
I t sk im s o ’er th e w a v e s of th e w h ite cr este d sea.
H ig h on th e beach th e w h ite h orses are flin g in g
T he foam from th e ir flan ks, w h ile th e ir th u n d er in g
feet
B e a t tim e to th e so n g s th e siren s are s in g in g
I n th e ir h om es w h ere th e w in d s and th e w h irlin g sp ray
m e et.
A nd th ere on th e sh ore, w h er e th e h ea v en -flu n g su rges
A r e c a u g h t by th e w ild w in ds and sca tter ed afar
F rom o u t of th e tu m u lt, th y sp ir it em erges
A s b reak s th ro ’ th e d aw n -m ist th e b rig h t m o r n in g star.
A n d w hen th ro ’ th o lo n g h o u r s m y sad h e a r t is p in in g
F o r h om e and th e lo v ed ones who w a it th e r e for m e,
I know th a t th e lig h t of you r sp ir it is sh in in g
To g u id e m e across th e w ild billow s to th ee.
.— L .A .M .
A ce rta in ch ap lain offerin g p r iz e w a tch es as an in d u ce­
m e n t to th e D ig g er s to p a rticip a te in an im p rom p tu sp eechm a k in g c o m p e titio n :
“ H e r e y o u are, D ig g er s, th is o n e w ill run for e ig h t
d a y s w ith o u t w in d in g .”
T a ra n a k i D ig g e r : “ S ay, P a d re, how lo n g w ill i t go if
you w in d i t ? ”
T he w ou nd ed “ D ig g e r ’’ w a s w h eeled from th e o p era tin g
room an d p laced in h is b ed . F or a tim e h e la y q u ite s till,
an d th en a s a tisfied sm ile cam e o v er h is fa c e. “ T h an k God
t h a t ’s all o v e r ,” lie m u ttere d .
“ D o n ’t be to o su re said on e
of h is n eighb ou rs, “ w hen ]. had m y arm op en ed , th e su rgeon
le ft a lit t le sp o n g e in sid e i t . ” T h e la te s t v ic tim sh u d dered.
“ Y e s ,” said th e “ D ig g e r ” on th e oth er s id e of h im , “ A nd
w h en I h ad m y le g o p era ted on, a li t t l e p air of tw eez ers
w as l e f t 121 th e w o u n d .” T h e listen er g a v e a d eep er sh ud der.
T h en th e su rgeon cam e in a n d look in g rou n d th e room, ask ed ,
“ h as a n y o n e see n m y w a lk in g s tic k .” T he poor “ D ig g e r ”
p ro m p tly fa in ted .
H om ew ard bound w e are a t la st
A ch eerfu l ep ito m e !
A s m ile by m ile and hour b y h ours are p a st,
R e tu r n in g H o m e.
R e tu r n in g hom e so ea g e r, k een
To see our lan d on ce m ore,
P en carrow H ea d and roofs of red I w een
T he frien d s ash ore.
W arm th e w elcom e, h o t w ith w a itin g
A s eager lips are p ressed,
W e ’re h om e a t la st ’m id st joyou s celeb ration
A nd lo v e ' exp ressed .
H om ew ard bound and b ou n d in g h om ew ard
O ver oceans w id e,
God g r a n t th a t w e m ay alw ays be
Our p eo p le’s p ride.
— R .F .J .
HOMEWARD BOUND.
5
A LEAD-SWINGER’S LAMEMT.
'E M T o
A s a i l ! TJie M v o lo u s lie u te n a n t saw it first -3 h a v in g
ju st fin ish ed h is t e te - a -te te w ith a b roth er officer’s w ife.
W e w ere five d ays o u t from E n g la n d , and fo r th o la s t
th r e e h ad see n n o th in g m o r e -in te r e s tin g th a n lim itle ss ocean
a n d an u n lim ite d n um ber o f sick p a sse n g e rs, w h o se com ­
p le x io n s w ere g re e n e r th a n th e sea is now or ev e r sh all
b e. In a fe w m in u tes, a fter th e frivolou s o n e’s e x c la m a tio n
had draw n a ll ey e s tow ard s th e h orizon , all s o r ts of w eird
in s tr u m e n ts b eg a n to m a k e th e ir a p p earan ce on deck .
B in o cu la rs (m o stly “ r a tte d ” from som e B o ch e d ead or
a liv e ), te le sco p es w h ich h ad seen b etter d ays, an d even
cam eras, th o u g h w h a t a cam era , cou ld do a t a b o u t eig h t
m iles r a n g e is m ore th a n ev e n I can u n d er sta n d . H ow ev e r
all th is tim e our “ s a il” w as g e t tin g closer and m a n y w ere
th o c o n je ctu re s a s to h er id e n tity . S om eon e d eclared it
w as th e “ Old [M aun gan ui,” an oth er w a s su re i t w as a w a r­
ship (fid d lestick s), w h ile ev e n th e frivolou s lie u te n a n t v en ­
tu r e d a g u e ss w h ich w a s eq u ally w id e of th e m ark.
“ S h e ’s
b ig en o u g h for th e “ M a u r e ta n ia ,” q u oth h e, an d th e “ te te a -te te d -o n e ” looked im p ressed.
B u t now sh e w a s n ear
en o u g h fo r a ca r efu l scr u tin y , and tu rn ed o u t to be n o th in g
m ore ro m a n tic th a n an old tram p . T he in te r e s t sh e aroused
w as q u ite re m a rk a b le . A n d so do little h a p p en in g s w ak e
u s u p a fte r w e h a v e n o t looked upon an y lin k w ith th e
o u tsid e w orld for a few d ays. A nd now e v e ry o n e ta k e s an
occasion al an xiou s g la n c e alon g th e h orizon for any sig n
o f th a t a sp ect of life w ith o u t w h ich w e c a n n o t r e s t for
lo n g , com p a n io n sh ip — even if - i t is in th e sh a p e o f an old
h u lk !
A . W . S h e p h e r d , N .Z .B .B .
T h r o u g h o u t th e b read th of E n g la n d
T h ere's n o th in g q u ite so fair,
T hou h aven fa ir of refuge^ fare th ee w e ll;
I h ie m e h en ce, b u t w h ith er m ay n o t te ll—
Suffice i t is th a t I d ep a rt to-d ay,
T h e D octor b id s m o go, I d are n o t sta y .
I cam e in b u t tw o d ays ago w ith ’flu,
A nd th o u g h t I h e r e m ig h t re st a d ay or tw o.
B u t now th e dear old D octor sa y s I'm fit
A n d t h a t I m u st aw ay to do m y b it.
I w ou ld t h a t I cou ld h ere forever r e s t:
I ’d co u n t m y se lf a b ein g tru ly b le st,
B u t D o c to r k now s a good d eal m ore th a n I
H e bids m e g o. I dare n o t q u estion w h y ?
— iL.A .M .
M a n y su p e rstitio n s p rev a iled at tho F r o n t, b u t none
w as so com m on as th a t of th e th re e m atch es. You cou ld
g e t . a m a n to risk h is life fo r som e tr iv ia l th in g , b u t in
n in e cases o u t of ten y o u could n o t g e t th a t sa m e m an
to be th e th ird one o f a trio to lig h t h is c ig a r e tte from
th o sam e m atch . T h is su p e rstitio n did n ot h a v e it s origin
in th e W orld W ar, b u t in th e li t t l e set-to b etw een E n g la n d
and th e B oers in 18S)D. T h e s to r y is to th e effec t th a t th re e
B ritish troop ers on p a tro l one n ig h t stop p ed to lig h t th e ir
c ig a r e tte s. N o . 1 str u c k th e m a tch an d a ft e r lig h tin g h is
- “ d o p e stick ” p assed i t on to N o . 2 who in tu r n p resen ted
it to N o. 3. T he th ird m an w as in th e a c t of lig h tin g
h is c ig a r e tt e w h en a sh o t r a n g o u t and h e p itch ed forw ard
dead — a n e a t h ole d rilled in h is foreh ead . A B oer sn ip er
had g o t h im . T he story spread an d from th a t tim e on,
on th e V e ld t no on e w ou ld b e th e th ird to lig h t Ins sm oke
from th e sam e m a tch fo r fe a r of a sim ilar fa te .
A s D e v o n in th e sum m er tim e
W ith all its b ea u ties rare.
T h e W ar C o n tin g en t A ssociation show ed a lack of fore­
s ig h t in p ro v id in g d eck ch airs la rg e en ou gh to carry on e
b u t n o t su fficien tly str o n g to c a n y tw o.
T he w ood land s an d th e m eadow s
To w an der th rou gh a t w ill,
T he lo v ely sylvan glad es,
T ho splend ou r of t h e h ills.
0 com e w ith m e to D evon ,
W h ere joy and p eace ab id e;
Com e and h ea r th e th r o s tle sin g
In tlxe calm of ev e n tid e.
IA vvid
S cott.
S c e n e : Y .M .C .A , room on board “ B r ito n .” T h e D ig g er s
are filin g p a s t in a q u eu e g e t tin g m a g a z in es, b ooks, e tc .,
issu e d to th em .
A D ig g e r : “ S a y , D ig ., g o t an y of I le x B e a c h ’s b ooks?
Y .M . M an : “ N o .” “ O ne o f R a lp h C on nor’s ? ”
“N o ”
“ How ab ou t on e of N a t G ould’s ? ” “ N o t h in ’ d o in g .” “ O h!
G ive us a le m o n !” (H e M°t i t .)
9
HOMEWARD BOUND.
IERGT.-MAJOR LEE.
A n d now S ergean t-M ajor I m u st bid you ad ieu,
I ’v e rou gh ed it a b it, and m e t q u ite a fe w ,
B u t fo r sh eer p erso n a lity , vig o u r an d ta c t,
M y H a t ’s off to y o u R o b er t L eo, t h a t ’s a fa c t,
T he w orld .is v ery sm all, an d we m ay m e e t again
I f w e do or w e d on’t— w ell, y o u ’v e p layed a good gam e,
A nd I h o p e th e s e few verses w r itten in leisu r e
W ill ev e r and alw ays b rin g back to you p leasu re,
I ’h sorry y o u ’re le a v in g , b u t, n over-th e-less,
W h ere ere you m an y w an d er I w ish you su ccess,
A nd so m e tim es, w h en d ream in g p erh ap s I sh all see
In th e sm ok e rin g s th e p ictu re of S erg e a n t M . L ee.
— II. L. C o l w e l l , 3rd OfHear
1 s t D ig g e r — “ S a y ! H a v e you heard th a t T ed S m ith
h as g o t th o D .C .M P
2nd D ig g er— “ W h a t fo r ? ”
1 st D ig g e r — “ I d u n n o .”
2 n d D ig g e r — “ B lim ey , w h y a in ’t I g o t o n e to o ? I hid
in th e sam e d u g - o u t.”
AUCTEOM SALE!
AUCTEOM SALE!
GREAT LAND SALE
B Y A U C T IO N .
T he first tim e w e m e t w as w h en h e em barked,
Q u ite s h o r t,— five fo o t th re e, b u t d app er an d sm art,
H e w as h ere an d th er e lik e a m an m a d e o f w ire,
A n d rap p ed o u t h is orders lik e m ach in e-gu n fire,
T h is S erg e a n t-M a jo r, says I, is som e m a n ,
H e ca,n h a n d le th o se D ig g er s a n d by J o v e so h e ca n !
A hum orou s tw in k le in th e d eep s e t ey e ,
A fran k op en fa c e w hich w ou ld scorn to l i e ;
T h e m an as I k n ow h im — tr u e b lu e an d dead square
In all of h is d ea lin g s fairer th a n fair,
S e t on som e occasion s th a t jaw can b e set,
A n d h is w ords carry w e ig h t w h en h e ’s a n g ry you bet
E v e r y se n te n c e can stin g lik e th e lash of a w h ip ,
B u t th e y lik e h im , an d resp ect h im , a ll th e m en in th e sh ip .
T hey ask h is a d v ic e to s e t tle all s tr ife ,
F ro m b ad food to tr u ssin g a n o th er m a n ’s w ife.
H e ’s a w on d er, a sta r tu rn , is th is S erg e a n t-M a jo r,
A n d h e ’ll p ray, sin g so n g or fig h t for a w ager,
A n d liste n , i t ’s tr u e w h a t I say old son,
H e is B e c k e tt, H a ig , and L loyd G eorge in on e.
T o see h im is to know h im , an d th e n y o u ’ll agree,
I t ’s a life lik e im p ression of R .S .M . L ee.
H e is a c tiv e and lig h t—1-his footw ork is g r e a t,
S e e h im sp a rrin g th e r e now w ith a. m an tw ic e 'hisi w e ig h t,
H e ’s en g u lp h ed , oyerw h elm ed , lrash, don ’t sp eak to o soon ,
J u s t w a tch t h a t le f t h an d i t can p lay to som e tu n e .
L ik e a flash o u t i t d a rts lik e th e s tin g of a sn ak e,
W h ile t h a t r ig h t h ook w ill m ak e t h a t b ig fe llo w a c h e :
T h ree ro u n d s— h is o p p on en t sh o u ts o u t en ou gh ,
T h e M ajor is a class b y h im self— and no b luff.
NO R E S E R V E .
W E S E L L T H E E A R T H ! P L A N S N O W B E IN G
PREPARED.
M JilSSRS. B L O W H A R D , B U S T and D I E , A u ctio n ee rs,
E tc ., h a v e re ce iv e d in stru ctio n s to sell by au ction , a t a d a te
a rran ged l a t e r :
A ll th a t P a rc el of L and a t p resen t ly in g b en ea th
th e sh ip , and s tr e tc h in g from N o r th t o S o u th
and E a s t to W est.
A sp len d id ch a n ce for
e x -s o ld ie r s !
T h e land is all v irg in land and has n ev er y e t been
w orked. W ith ce rta in tr e a tm e n t i t could be m ad e su ita b le
for c a t tle , p igs, or p o u ltr y . T h e land con tain s m an y de­
p o sits of gold w h ich is w ell k n ow n . A lso w ith ca refu l search
m a y b e fo u n d th e E n tir e F l e e t o f a ce rta in N a v y w hich
la te ly su rren d ered w ith o u t fig h tin g . A t p rese n t th o land
is h id d en w ith w a ter, w h ich th e b uyer h a s th e r ig h t to
re m o v e in an y su ita b le m an n er. H e m ay burn or d isp ose
o f i t in an y w ay h e w ish es to.
F a th e r N e p tu n e w ill w ield th e ham m er.
A n ad ded a ttr a c tio n is th e sea h arem , c o n ta in in g m an y
b e a u tifu l m erm aid s.
DON’T MESS THESI
I n th e even o f an}' d isp u te th e o n e p eg g in g o u t his claim
first sh all be h eld to be in p ossession .
Gelt A Fflamio
:
0°0
Planus M©w Ready.,
B .H .B . A N D D .,
A u ction eers.
10
HOMEWARD BOOMD.
F T E R “ A r m is tic e ” th e w h o le of th e N ew Z ealand
F ie ld A r tille r y re tu r n e d t o th e s h ell-sh a tter ed tow n
o f Q uivey and w e re b illeted eith er in th e tow n or on
th e o u tsk ir ts u n til th e 2 8 th N o v e m b er, 1918. T hen th ey
m oved forw ard a s a, p a rt of th e 2nd A rm y C orps th rou gh
F r a n c e an d B e lg iu m to th e R h in e to do d u ty w ith th e A rm y
o f O ccu p ation .
A
D u rin g ou r sojou rn in Q u ivey} m y b a tte r y h orse lines
and gu n park s w e re situ a te d in th e railw ay yard . A fte r we
h ad b een th e r e a fe w d a y s an d h ad a w e ll earned r e s t, w e
w ere in sp ec ted by our p o p u la r C IK .A ., G en eral J o h n sto n ,
k n ow n to us as “ B lin k v .” H e to ld u s th a t th e N ew Z ea ­
lan d D iv isio n h a d b een h on ou red b y b ein g in clu d ed to ta k e
p a rt a s th e A rm y of O ccup ation o f th e R h in e . H e w e n t on
to say th a t lie hoped n o n e o f u s w ou ld r e g r e t g o in g forw ard
a n d , all b e in g w e ll, w e sh ould b e a b le to sam p le som e of
th e ren ow n ed R h in e w in e, of w h ich o n e 'heard so m u ch , b u t
h ad , a s y e t , n o t h ad th e ch a n ce o f ta s tin g .
F o r several d ays ru m ou rs h a d b een g o in g a b o u t th a t
w e w ere g o in g to G erm any, a n d n a tu ra lly th e m a jo rity
of u s w e re n ot to o p le a sed a b ou t it, b u t a fte r w e fou n d o u t
t h a t i f w e d id n o t g o to G erm an y w e should m o st prob ably
be em p loyed in F r a n ce eith e r s a lv a g in g , fillin g up sh ell
h oles, e tc ., w e w e r e m ore or le s s in clin ed to th in k th a t
th e “ tr e k ’’ th ro u g h to C ologn e w ou ld be m ore p referab le
a fte r all.
S o a fte r g e t t in g e v e r y th in g re ad y for our “ tr e k ’’ wo
le ft Q u ivey on th e m orn in g o f th e 28th N ovem b er, 1918.
R e v e ille sou n d ed a t 4 .30 a .m . and w e w ere re ad y and
s ta n d in g by to ta k e o u r p la c e a llo tte d in th e “ Column
o f R o u te ,” w h en , a t a b o u t 7 .3 0 a .m ., w e g o t “ B a tte r y ,
'S h u n .” “ W alk M arch ” an d off w e sta r te d , p assin g th rou gh
S o lesm es, E sca rm a in e, h a ltin g a t C ap elle fo r th e n ig h t.
W e w ere billeted, in a h u g e barn b ig en ou gh for a b a tte r y
t o m an ou vre in . A n y am ou n t o f straw to sleep on , and,
as i t w as ra in in g h ea v ily all n ig h t, w e a p p reciated even
a n old barn .
N e x t m or n in g , i t w as s till r a in in g h eavily so w e p o st­
poned m arch in g u n til th e m orrow .
Oil N ov e m b er 3 0 th re v eille sou nd ed a t 6.30 a .m . N ow
w h en an artillerym an g e t s a la te re v e ille he k n ow s jolly
w e ll h e ’s g o in g to b e th e ta il end 1 o f th e “ colu m n ” for th a t
d ay, w hich m ean s la s t in, a t n ig h t, la s t to p u ll in off th e
road, la s t to w a ter an d fe ed , and a s a ru le first ou t th e n e x t
m orn in g. W e w e r e off a g a in th rou gh B ea u d ig n ee and th e
o u ts k ir ts of L e Q uesnoy, w h ere on ly a. fe w w eek s ago w e
w e re fig h tin g ou r w ay th ro u g h , ev e n tu a lly forcing th e g a r­
rison to su rrend er. P a s s in g th rou gh B a v a y w e bivou aced
th r e e k ilo s from th e to w n . I t w a s cold and m iserable. I
rem em b er p a ssin g a h u g e oil la k e th a t d ay. I t w as still
w e t an d
th e 3rd
lerym an
cle a n in g
up w ith
cold th e n e x t m ornin g, b u t as w e w e r e s ta y in g till
D ecem b er, w e passed th e tim e a s ev e ry good a r til­
sh o u ld :— “ S a m e old c le a n in g h arn ess, sa m e old
b rass.” You know how th e so n g g o e s fin ish in g
a h o t d in n er o f S tew , S te w , S tew .
D e cem b e r 3rd w e trek k ed th ro u g h L o n g u e v ille , H a u tm o n t, h a ltin g for th e n ig h t a t F e r rier e L e G ran d • F o u r o f
u s stru ck clover as re g a rd s our b ille t ; t h e lad y of th e h o u se
h ad h o t coffee r e a d y for us, a n ice fire, an d m u ch to our
su rp rise, a bed. B u t i t w a s too m u ch for u s. N o n e o f us
g o t m u ch s le e p ; ev eryon e sw ore w e o u g h t to h a v e sle p t on
th o floor, an d of cou rse w e sta y e d h e r e only on e n ig h t,
b e in g off a g a in n e x t m orn in g.
D ecem ber 4 th w e p assed th ro u g h R e cq u e n c ie s M enton
an d J o u n o t w h ere, for th e first tim e , w e ca m e across our
ow n I n fa n tr y . T h e ra v a g e s o f w ar h a d n o t to u ch ed h ere,
an d th e F re n c h p ea sa n ts w e r e b u sy on th e la n d u s in g all
sorts o f a n im a ls in th e ir te a m s ,— O xen , d o n k ey s, h orses a n d
d ogs. H un d red s o f H u n railw ay tr u c k s w e re le f t b eh in d
h ere. A t M en ton th e lin e w as blow n up an d am m u n itio n
tru ck s b low n to p ieces. T his d ay w e p a sse d th e bord er a n d
are n ow in B elg iu m , h a ltin g for th e n ig h t a t F o n ta in
V a lm o n t, a b u sy m a n u fa ctu r in g ce n tre.
D e cem b e r 6 th , w e m ad e a sh o r t “ tr e k ” to L obbes.
p a ssin g a b u sy can al w ith h u ge b arges. C iv ilisa tio n on co
m ore. E le c tr ic tra m s, e tc . A t n ig h t w e w e n t to s e e th e
to w n w h er e w e fou n d a num ber o f b rillia n t e s ta n iin e ts .
S u n d a y , D ecem b er 8 th , w e tr e k e d th ro u g h A n d erlau ,
F o n ta in e s and C h aleroi.
C row ds o f p eo p le w a tch ed us
p ass th ro u g h th e la tte r city w h er e a b ig d isp lay o f flags,
arches of ev e rg r een s across th e road s an d b u n tin g , inscrib ed
“ W elcom e to th e B ra v e B r itis h S old iers, ou r L ib er a to r s”
m a d e our e n tr y tr iu m p h a l.
P a s s in g th e ra ilw a y in th e
suburbs o f C h aleroi, w e saw th e w r eck a g e o f a, H u n troop
tr a in , b low n u p by ou r airm en . A r riv in g , a b ou t 6 p .m .
a t a sm a ll v illa g e on th e o u tsk ir ts o f th e c ity w e w ere
b illeted in a la r g e school. H e r e w e -r e c e iv e d ou r first N e w
Z ealan d m ail sin c e le a v in g F ra n ce .
D ecem b er 9 th , w e m oved off th ro u g h sev e ra l sm a ll
v illa g e s where th e school ch ildren lin e d th e ro a d s lou d ly
c h eerin g u s w ith “ V iv e la A n g le te r e ,” “ V iv e la N o u v e lle
Z e a la n d e .” H a ltin g a t n oon a t Co vy-1 e-Oh a tea u , a sm a ll
B elg iu m fa r m in g v illa g e , w e b illeted in th e g ran ary of a
v ery la rg e farm h ou se. T he w h ole p la c e w as lig h te d , ev en
to th e cow sheds’, by ele c tr ic ity . T h e em p lo y ee s w ere ch iefly
fine, big, buxom g ir ls who, o f cou rse, ca n ie in for a good
doal of chaffing from th o boys. C lose to th is farmhouse is
a fin e old c h a te a u w ith a m o a t all rou n d and ab ove th e
en tr a n c e g a te , th e d a te 1718. W e s ta y e d h e r e fo r tw o d ays,
and on D ecem b er 12th m oved off th ro u g h Is n e s to M eu x!
shops and ca fes w ill rem em b er th e D ig g e r s ’ v is it for som e
tim e . I t w as a rare m e e tin g of th e cla n s, everyb od y ru n ­
n in g across som eone th e y k new .
D ecem ber 1 9 th .— W o tr ek k e d from S h e n e e to V e rviers,
a n o th er la rg e to w n of 58,000 in h a b ita n ts. T h e ch ief in d u s­
try seem ed to b e clo th in g or fab rics. T h e m a jo rity o f us
w e re b illeted in a la rg e h a lls b u t a good m an y of us th e
in h a b ita n ts in v ite d to th e ir hom es.
P a s s in g I s n e s w e saw a lo t o f F r itz ie g u n s ■which had b een
l e f t b eh in d . L a te a t n ig h t w e arrived a t M e u x , w e t
th ro u g h , cold and h u n g ry .
D ecem b er 1 3 th , i t w as s till r a in in g , b u t w e m ad e a
s ta r t and p assed th rou gh som e v ery p ictu resq u e scenery in ­
clu d in g a g o r g e th ro u g h w hich flow ed a ru sh in g , s e e th in g
cascad e, a tr ib u ta r y o f th e M eu se, in flood. H e r e also
w ere h u g e s to n e q u arries w h ich su p p lie d th e sto n e for all
t h e h o u se s for m iles. P ro c ee d in g th ro u g h M eeffe an d A crosse
w e h a lte d a t th e v illa g e o f M olia w h ere w e sta y e d fo r th re e
d ays. I t rain ed m o st of th e tim e , b u t w e v is ite d th e tow n
of H u y and took a d v a n ta g e of som e h ot b a th s k in d ly b u ilt
for u s by J er ry in a su g a r refinery. F o r th e tim e b ein g
w e u sed ou r to w els as su gar b ags and b ro u g h t b ack m ore
su g a r th a n w e cou ld con su m e. A n o th er d ay 50 p er ce n t,
w ere g r a n te d le a v e to L iege, w h ich is a fine c ity b u t badly
sm ash ed ab o u t, in 1914, b y th e H u n s .
D ecem b er 17th . I t w as s till r a in in g w h en w e m oved
off but; cleared u p s h o rtly a fter. A ll d a y w e w e re tr ek k in g
th ro u g h th e v a lle y o f th e M euse, p a ssin g th ro u g h W an ze,
H u y , N e u v ille an d O m b ret, b ille tin g in th e sq uare a t
S era in g . On th e l e f t b ank of th o M e u se w ere coal m in es,
lim e w orks, sto n e q uarries, e t c ., and on th e r ig h t bank
g ra n d ru g g ed scen ery , slopin g up to h illy cou n try covered
w ith p in es. H er e w e p assed d ozen s of H u n m otor .lorries,
w a g g o n s, am b u lan ces, w orksh ops an d tr a cto r s all over­
tu r n e d on each sid e o f th e road .
N o w and a gain w e
c a u g h t g lim p se s o f our I n fa n tr y m arch in g on th e le f t b ank
of th o rivea*.;
W h ile p a ssin g th ro u g h B elg iu m th e in ­
h a b ita n ts tr e a te d u s w ell and a t each h a lt th e w om en w ou ld
com e o u t w ith sm all b asin s of coffee.
“ C a fe M o n sieu r,” .
“ M erci M a d a m o sse llez .” T hese fou r w ords are ab ou t th e
e x t e n t of m y IFrench (D igger F re n c h .—'E d itor.).
D ecem b er 1 8 th .— W e le ft S era in g ab o u t 11 a .m . for
C h en ee, a b o u t five k ilo s from th e C ity o f L eig e. H e r e w e
w e re b ille t e d ! in a la rg e m ansion b u t -Terry’s troop s h ad
b een h ere b efo r e us.
A t n ig h t w e iall tr a m m e d to
th e C ity o f L ie g e. T h e p lace w a s fu ll of D ig g er s as th e
D iv isio n h a d arrived con tem p oran eou sly w ith u s. T he c ity
h a s a p o p u la tio n o f 128,000. B e a u tifu l b rid g e s sp an th e
M eu se w h ich ru n s th rou gh th e m id d le o f th e tow n .
T he
D ecem b er 2 0 th .— W e p assed th ro u g h E u p en , F o r g e s, and
over th e border in t o G erm any, h a ltin g for tw o d ays a t a
sm all tow n called R o tg e n . W e w ere b illeted w ith a G erm an
farm er w ho, m u ch to our. su rp rise, m ad e u s v er y co m fo rt­
able. T h ey p u t u s in th e ir s ittin g room w ith a good fire
an d p le n ty o f h o t coffee. T h e farm er had two- d a u g h te rs
an d h is son w as a d isch arged sold ier badly- w ou nd ed . H e
b ro u g h t ou t a m ap an d sh ow ed u s th e differen t fr o n ts h e
h ad fo u g h t on , and to th e b e s t o f h is a b ility to ld u s how
g la d h e w a s th a t it w as all over. H e p ossessed an accordeon
and th e tw o n ig h ts w e sp en t h ere w ero ver y m u sical, th e
fam ily jo in in g in w ith u s v
E a rly on D ecem b er 23rd w e m oved off u p h ill till noon,
a h ea v y d rag o n th e horses. W o p a sse d th ro u g h m iles and
m iles o f p in e fo r est com in g across w oodm en dressed in th eir
p ic tu resq u e costu m es.- B iv o u a cin g a t B ir il, 6 k ilos from
D u rem , w e s le p t in an esta m in e t for th e n ig h t.
D ecem ber 2 4 th .— W e tr ek k e d th ro u g h th e to w n of
D u re n to Ivasp en , h a ltin g in th e sq uare w ith our h orse lin e s
in th e sh adow o f a ohurch an d b ille tin g o u rselves in a la r g e
sch ool close b y. B e in g C h ristm as E v e th e R h in e w in e
flowed fr eely . T h e tim e ly arrival of an Flnglisli m a il saved
m o st of u s from d in in g a lto g e th e r on stew .
N o o n on D ecem b er 26tli (B o x in g D ay) fo u n d u s on th e
o u ts k ir ts of th e C ity of C ologn e. B e in g a h olid ay t h e shops
w e re closed an d h u n d r ed s of p eo p le th ro n g ed th e str e e ts
to see u s m arch th rou gh th e c ity , alon g th e I lo e n z o lle n
S tra sse an d over th e H o en zo llen B rid g e to th e E x h ib itio n
B u ild in g s w h ere w e w e re sta tio n ed u n til M arch, 1919. W h a t
did th e G erm ans th in k of u s as w e rode tr iu m p h a n tly
th ro u g h th e c ity in a ll our w ar p a in t d ir ty , d raggled , m u d dy,
o u t a t th e k n e es and elbow s, b u t w ith m e in as p roud as
peacocks ?
T h u s en d ed a w e t, cold, m iser a b le “ tr e k ,” b u t th e
N ew Z ealand a rtiller y w ere a t C ologne.
— W . O . L t g g in s .
M em ory m ay bo fon d , be tr u e
To th o se w ho care.
M em ory to m e on ly b rin gs
D esp air.
F le d th e joy yo u th love a tta in s , ■
G ood-bye! D ream s of th e e .
F le d th e p lan s for fu tu r e laid
H o p e an d r e v er ie .
W ou ld to God m y p a st w ould dim ,
M y fu tu r e sh in e m ore b righ t,
W ou ld to God t h a t I could re st
C o n tr ite.
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S is u su a l on b oard a troopsh ip sp orts m e e tin g s p layed
a p ro m in en t p a r t in r e lie v in g th e m o n o to n y of th e
d a ily r o u tin e . On th e B rito n th e r e w as no ex c ep tio n
to th is ru le. A. sp orts c o m m itte e w as ap p o in ted o f w h ich
C ap tain J o n e s a n d M r. W . F re n c h w ere jo in t sec reta ries,
a n d th is body a rran ged a c a p ita l sp o r ts p rogram m e co n sist­
in g of v a r io u s 'd e c k g a m es, tu g s-o f-w a r, q u o its, m e d icin e
b a ll, “ O’G ra d y ,” h op , ste p an d ju m p , e tc. V a r io u s u n its
co m p e ted u nd er d iv e rs bizarre n a m es, “ T he W allad s” even ­
tu a lly w in n in g . T h e W allad s w ere a. te a m ch osen from th e
m o u n ted m en of th e E g y p tia n E x p e d itio n a r y F o rc e fo o tb a ll
te a m w h o h ad an u n b ea ten record- in E g y p t. T h e n a m es o f
th e m en com p r isin g th e w in n in g te a m w e r e :— S 1.M l C larke,
S e r g t. P e n n y , Corpl. W ork er, C orpl. R o ss, T roop ers W ig h tm a n , S te w a r t, D u n n in g , an d M c N eil. L ie u ts. D u n n in g and
S c o tt h ad ch a r g e of th e te a m , each m em ber o f w hich is to
r e c e iv e a h a n d so m e m ed al.
A
T he “ D in k u m M oas,” a te a m
cam e a close second .
from th e R ifle B r ig a d e
EOXIMGo
B o x in g is alw ays a p ro m in en t fe a tu r e of a n y troop
sp o r ts, an d n eed less to say i t w a s popular on th e “ B r ito n .”
E veryb od y w h o cou ld p ossib ly g e t th er e a tten d e d th o to u r­
n a m e n t h ek l on th o p ro m e n a d e deck on M on d ay, J u ly 14th .
T h e re fer ee w a s S e r g t .-M ajor R . C. L e e , th e tim e k e ep er and
M .C . C ap tain H . T . J o n e s . Official second s, S erg t.-M a jo r
C ole, S e r g ts. A sh m an , S ta ffe r t, and R ich ard son . J o in t
S ecr eta r ies, C ap tain I I . T . J o n e s and M r W . W . F ren ch .
T he r e s u lts w e r e :—
H ea v y -w e ig h t— <C. R . L loyd b e a t 'Sergt. H u b n er in th e
th ird rou n d .
M id d le -w eig h t— 1st b o u t, G. B . W allace b ea t C. 0 .
S m y th ; 2nd b o u t, L . H a v ill b eat C. L a n g d o n ; final,
W a lla c e b e a t H a v ill.
W elte r— P . E . T aylor b e a t R . A tw ell.
L ig h t-w e ig h t— C. H . I la g g ie b eat A. S . W a tk in s in th e
first b ou t. S econ d b o u t: AV. W hiting' b e a t M c­
C arth y. F i n a l : H a g g le b ea t W h itin g . *
F e a th e r -w e ig h t— H . T. B r a g g b eat El. A. D oreen .
EOXSMG CONTEST —‘J uly 14th., 1919.
P R IV A T E W A L L A C E v. SA PPER , LLOYD.
F o u r 2 -m in u te rou n ds w ith Gov,, g o v es for a p u rse con­
tr ib u te d b y th e officers and troop s on board H .M .T . B riton .
£ 1 5 1 0 s. w a s c o llec ted ; th e w in n er to ta k e 80 p er c e n t, and
th e loser 20 p er ce n t. S tak e-h old ers, M r R a se y and L ieu t.
11. C. L e e (la te F e a th e r W eig h t C ham pion of t h e B ritish
N a v y ).
1 st R o u n d — B o th m en le ft th e ir corners lo o k in g fresh and
lit, W allace led a l e f t to th e h ead an d sw u n g a h ard r ig h t
to th e jaw , b oth p u n ch es co n n ected .
L lo y d clin ch ed for
sa fe ty , an d on th e re fer ee b reak in g th e m en th o P r iv a t e
again b ro u g h t over th e rig h t in a terrific p un ch . T im e
w as called and L loyd w a s tir e d ! W a lla ce’s rou n d.
2n d R o u n d - - A t th e gon g b oth m en cam e up str o n g , and
a r ig h t sw in g s e n t in by W a lla ce w as n e a tly sid e ste p p ed .
T he sap p er g o t b u sy in -fig h tin g , a d m in iste rin g severe p u n ish ­
m e n t on W a lla ce’s body. On b reak in g W a lla ce ju m p ed in
w ith a h ea v y r ig h t to th e jaw and l e f t to th e b ody, k nock in g
L loyd over th e ropes. T ho m en re p e a ted ly w ere cau tion ed
for h o ld in g . T h is rou n d w as a draw.
3rd Round)—W a lla c e led a le f t to th e body an d re p e a t­
ed ly co n n ected a h ard r ig h t sw in g to th e jaw . B o th m en
h ad to be c a u tio n ed in th is rou n d r e p e a ted ly for h old ing.
On b rea k in g W a lla ce sw u n g a h a rd rig h t to th e jaw , L loyd
co n n ectin g w ith a p ow erfu l le ft h ook, b oth m en slip p in g to.
th e b oards. W a lla c e show ed a d ecid ed su p e rio rity in o u t­
fig h tin g , an d on th e gon g b ein g str u c k L loyd w as ^ired and
w eak.
4 th R o u n d —'Both m en w ere up a t th e g o n g , b u t it
w a s p la in ly seen th a t L loyd w a s w e a k b ut stu ck g am ely
to h is op p on en t. H e s till co n tin u ed to ad m in ister a n um ber
o f body p u n ch es, w h ilst W a lla ce k e p t jab b in g w ith th o le ft
h a n d an d co n n ectin g r e p e a ted ly w ith an over-h and rig h t
sw in g to th e jaw . L lovd in th is rou n d w as ob liged to clin ch
to s a v e tim e . W h en tim e w as called b oth m en w e re w eak.
T he round w a s w ell in favou r of W allace.
A t th e te rm in a tio n o f th e fo u rth rou n d S ergean t-M ajor
L ee, th e referee, d eclared W a lla ce tu b e th e w in n er. T his
d ecision w a s re ce iv e d w ith loud a p p lau se. T h e purse was
p rese n ted to th e m en by C olonel CL S o m er v ille, Officer Com­
m an d in g, an d all le f t th e r in g sid e sa tisfied t h a t th e y had
had a good a ftern o o n ’s sp ort and t h a t th e b est m an w on.
— H . L. C o l w i l l , 3 rd Officer, H .M .T . “ B r ito n .”
Two ser g ea n ts w ere d iscu ssin g th e b atch of new arrivals
a t S lin g . “ I b e t yo u a n y th in g ,” said on e, “ t h a t t h a t ta ll
fellow W illiam s w as o n ly a clerk b eforo h e join ed in sp ite
o f all h is s w a n k .” “ W hat m ak es y ou th in k t h a t ? ” ask ed
th e oth er “ W ell, every tim e I say ‘S ta n d a t ea se !' he
tr ie s to p u t h is rifle behind h is e a r .”
C on versation h eard on o n e of R .M . Transports w hich
w as carryin g A m erican soldiers across to F ra n ce .
“ Do y ou d rink h a le in your c o u n tr y ? ” a C ockney asked
o f an A m erican . “ N o ,” th e la tte r r e p lie d ; w e d rink
th u n d er and lig h tn in g .”
HOMEWARD BOUND.
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m e n t of th e 1 s t and 2 nd classi p a sse n g e rs w as held in
th e 1 st S a lo o n on T hu rsd ay n ig h t, th o 2 6 th J u n e .
Q u ite a la r g e p rogram m e w as p u t on , in fa c t, a trifle too
J o n g for th o se w h o did n o t q u ite en joy th e h e a t. T o say
t h e le a s t th e ta le n t d isp layed w as n o t in sp ir in g , an d M rs.
P ip e r an d Captaid, R ich ard s w e re th e on ly tw o p erform ers
w ho cap tu red a n en core. T he form er sa n g ta s t e fu lly an d
sw e etly , h er b est work b ein g “T h e P e r fe c t D a y .”
The
Q .M . re lie d on o ld chorus fa v o u r ite s an d scored h e a v ily .
T h e L u cas B ro th er s s a n g n ic ely , b u t on ly th o se n ear th em
w e re fa v o u re d . P a d r e B u llock g a v e a n A rm y so n g and
M rs. P r ig g an d M rs. W ild b oth ta c k led ite m s <a li t t l e beyond
th e ir reach .
R . S . M . JJjill g a llo p e d w ild ly th ro u g h a reci­
ta tio n m o s tly ab ou t h orses, b u t I th in k h e w as ahead of
th e m th e fu ll d ista n c e. Two D ig g er s cam e alo n g all dressed
u p and n ow h ere to go and ga v e a p a tte r and so n g scene.
T h e cross-talk w a s m o stly u n in te llig ib le , b u t 't h e son g “ M y
T en n e ssee,” w ith v io lin accom panim ent^ h arm on ised n icely .
T h e ch ief p erform er n o t on th e p rogram m e w a s th e O.O.
Who a cted as ch airm an . T he ev e n in g closed w ith a v o t e of
th a n k s to C ap tain M ayer for o rg a n isin g t h e co n ce rt and
also for h is o v er tu re, w h ich w as g rossly m isrep resen ted
as an in terp re ta tio n o f J a z z m u sic or d iscord .
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C om icalities of B ev el O verend ca u sed m u ch a m u sem en t, b u t
h is v oice w as a tr ifle h usk y as h e is on th e lev e l, I w onder
w h y ? M a lle t R a s e y , w ho is th e b ig p ea, b rain s and w h at
n ot o f th e concern, d id som e con ju rin g very n e a tly and also
h and ed o u t som e c h estn u ts. T o finish th e co n ce rt p a r t of
t h e p rogram m e M itr e M c K n ig h t 'and S p o k esh a v e L a n e san g
sep a ra tely an d co llec tiv ely t o v e r y good p urpose. W ith o u t
p ra isin g th e m u n d u ly it w a s a t r e a t, esp ecially th e ir d u et
“ W h ere M y C aravan h as R e s te d .” A dance fo llo w ed on,
w h ich w as v e r y su ccessfu l. E v id e n tly w ith all th e ir fore­
s ig h t th e A n c ie n t Order h a d n ’t m ad e w e a th e r a rr a n g e m en ts
as an a w fu l roll cau sed s lig h t, oh, yes^ s lig h t (th e y rath er
lik e th e r e s u lta n t m ix-u p ) an n o y a n ce to th e d ancers.
;
“ Abjp a M o .”
“ EE SWASTIKAS”
E veryb od y
th e B rito n
on
board
k n ow s
of
of
th e
S w a stik a s, an d h en ce th ey
n eed b u t b rief in tr o d u c tio n .
T h e y sta r te d from a, tr io of
T h e a n c ie n t and h onou rab le ord er of S w a stik a s, w ho
to o k con trol of th e sh ip som e li t t l e tim e b ack , m a d e th eir
d eb u t to th e 1 s t an d 2 nd saloon in a con cert h e ld on th e
p rom en ad e d eck on S a tu rd a y n ig h t, J u ly 5 th . L ik e all
th e ir oth er a rr a n g e m en ts e v e r y th in g w as w ell a r r a n g e d ; a
n e a t p rogram m e, p le n ty o f sea ts, an d ev e ry ite m to tim e .
T h e in te r e s t displayed' w a s so g r e a t th a t sh o rtly a fte r
e ig h t i t w as “s ta n d in g room o n ly .” To h e lp m a tte r s a lon g
th e u b iq u ito u s M aori r a ttle d th e m o v ies to som e p u rp ose in
a r a g g y c o n fe ctio n . P u n c tu a lly a t 8 .3 0 th e “ S q u a ta b o u t”
G rand O ilcan R a n d e ll took ch arge w ith all th e r e g a lia and
in sig n a of office, in c lu d in g lo n g h a ir , s w a llo w ta ils, th e
h a tc h e t, sw astik a orb, and tr u m p e t. I n a fe w p ith y r e ­
m ark s h e covered th e n ecessary grou n d in in tro d u c in g th e
aim s o f th e b roth erhood . B y th e w ay, th is w o r th y g e n tle ­
m an is an officer in th e C yclin g Corps, and w h y w e m e n ­
tio n th e fa c t is th e first we" h a v e see n w ith o u t th e M .C .,
. n o tw ith s ta n d in g a D .O .M . B rad aw l D a lto n , th e lon g-h aired
p ia n is t, an d also th e c ig a r e tte which see m s p a rt of h im ,
sta r te d th e b all r o llin g w ith a n ic e ly ex e c u te d p iano solo.
G im let R ich ard s s a n g a n ew one ca lled “ L e t th e G reat, B ig
W orld K e e p T u r n in g .” “ S h ip m a te s 0 ’ M in e” k e p t Cork­
screw
L u cas b u sy. C hisel C lan cy,
b e tte r
k now n
as
“ S p a r k s ,” d id h is b est w ith an im p erson ation of a cle rg y ­
m an ; a t c lo se q u a r ter s h e w as q u ite good , b u t u n fo r tu n a te ly
h is v o ic e d o esn ’t carry w e ll. S crib b le r J o n e s d id w e ll w ith
a cou p le o f ch oru s son gs, b u t th e h it of th e ev e n in g w as
P la in , v ery p la in , .W ilson, w ho sa n g “ B a n d a lero ” in h is
ow n s ty le an d a s - a n en core “ M y Own I o n a ” in th e m ost
ap p roved w ay. S p a n n e r L u cas s a n g n ic ely “ T he S u n sh in e
g a y s p ir its on b oard,
g ra d u a lly
th e ir
and
n um bers
grew till th e y h a v e em brac­
ed n ea rly all. th e first an d
second saloon m a le p assen ­
gers and a fa ir n u m b er of
th e D ig g e r s .
T h ey
soon
m ad e th eir in flu en ce fe lt in
th e m a tte r of m a k in g life
en jo y a b le on board , b ein g
th e p rim e
m overs
in
th e
fo r m a tio n of a sp orts and
con cert
sides
p rogram m e,
co n d u c tin g
a
be­
m ost
su cce ssfu l m ock co u rt and
baby show .
M r F . R a sey
was th e m ovin g sp ir it, and
to h im everyb od y on board
is
u n d er
a
deb t
in d e fa tig a b le
lig h te n in g
th e
fo r
h is
w or k
in
m on oton y
a n d te d io u sn e ss of th e vo y ­
age.
14
HOMEWARD BGUMD>„
A m on g th o m o st in te r e s tin g e v e n ts on board d u rin g
th e tr ip w a s th e baby b ea u ty co m p e titio n arranged by th o
S w a stik a s. T ho b ab ies p a r tic ip a tin g w e re N orm an R ich es,
A len M ason j P a t t y B la k e, K e n n e th M ab in, J o h n B u llo ck ,
P a t J o n e s , H u ia M ab in, J o a n A n derson , J ea n A ndrew s,
R o b er t W ilson , R ich ard T h om as, J o y c e M ason , Isob el C u m ­
m in g s, R e g g ie S m ail, B ery l W o o tten , J a n e t M cG regor,
R ich a rd E n g lish , M arion H en d erson , I r is L aud er, W inifred
W illiam s, J o a n G oldsmith^ K a th le e n H o w ell, P e g g y B arrel!,
M ary E n g lis h ,, an d P er cy H u b n e r ; th e la s t named) b e in g th o
S w a stik a b aby.
T h o affair Was a g r e a t success, an d after th e b abies
h ad b een
p h o to g ra p h e d , each received an interesting
m em en to as first p rize.
A t th e re q u est of sev e ra l p a sse n g e rs t h e m e n u for
lu n ch w as alter ed from “ L eg of B e e f S ou p ’’ to “ P o ta g e
S w a s tik a .” T h is a p p aren tly u p se t th e ch ef w ho ru sh ed to
th e ch ief stew ard sa y in g “ Y ou p u ll m y le g . Y e sp N o ? ”
T h e an sw er re ce iv e d w as “ C e rta in ly n o t, ch ef. I should n ot
th in k of d oin g such a t h in g .” T he c h ie f ste w a rd e x p la in ­
in g th a t S w a s tik a m ean s R u ssian for “ L e g o f B e e f S o u p .”
T h is r e p ly e v id e n tly sa tisfied th e ch ef w ho w e n t aw ay say­
in g : “ A ll R ite , I v ill g iv e den i a R u ssia n so u p .”
T h e P io n e e r w as see in g th e sig h ts and w as r id in g rou n d
in th e in n er circle tr a in s look in g for C h arin g Cross. A fter
co m p letin g th e cir cu it a few tim es an d s e e in g n o th in g b u t
B o v ril on th e w a lls o f th e s ta tio n ho h a ile d th e g u a rd an d
s h o u te d : “ H e y , b oss, w h ere th e C h arin g Cross, t h i s fellow
all B o v r il.” — O pl. Carted*.
HOMEWARD BOUMD.
15
HUMOROUS
)© ffg® ainte
B ® W ® eL
P e rh a p s th is is a breach of m ilita ry e tiq u e tte an d a
divulging, so to say, of S ta te secrets, b u t th a n k heaven our
C.O. is a th oroug h “ sp o rt.” O therw ise I am m uch afra id
th a t I should see ag ain t h a t e n try which lias so o ften
besm irched th e v irg in w hiteness of my conduct-sheet— t h a t
p h rase too well know n to m ost of us which rea d c th “ conduct
co n tra ry to good o rder an d m ilita ry discipline.” F o r th is
is a b it of secret h isto ry which cam« my way q u ite accident­
ally and was alm ost forced on me.
D u rin g th e very h o t n ig h ts t h a t were th e ru le p rio r
to our passage th ro u g h th e P a n a m a I h ad found a- good
“ posio” ju s t off th e second saloon deck. One night, th e
h o tte s t to d ate, I could n o t sleep so slipped o u t of my
ham m ock and lea n t over the r a il to g e t as m uch of th e
breeze as possible. G radually I becam e aw are of voices ju st
th e o th er side of th e p a rtitio n .
“ Well, M ac,” cam e a voice, “ i t ’s su re bad luck h aving
to ta k e this p e titio n to th e skipper, b u t since we h av e to
do it— guess i t ’s a cinch i t ’s go t to be some ta le .”
“ You’r e r ig h t H ------, old boy. Lord, how I wish it
were a business proposition. B u t in th ese m a tte rs you can­
n o t m ake a d eb it an d c re d it affair of it—s trik e a balance
of th e te n d e r feelings as i t were-”
“ True, q u ite tr u e ,” sighed a voice which somehow 1
associated w ith a certain se rg e a n t of sm all s ta tu re who
seem ed to have suffered m ost from C upid’s sh afts. “ I really
don’t know th e b est way to go ab o u t it. I t seem s to m e
t h a t th ese th in g s a re best expressed in verse. I h av e given
th e m a tte r m uch thought; an d discussed it w ith th e orderly
se rg e a n t who is a m an of m uch experience in th ese m atters.
T ogether we evolved th is .”
Then cam e t h a t p a rtic u la r
ru stle which only Y.M .C.A . w ritin g p a p e r can produce, and
a voice v ib ra tin g w ith passion an d a p a th o s (please don’t
spell it w ith a “ b ,” M r Com positor) indiscribable declaimed
th e follow ing:—
M ost noble c a p ta in we m ost hum bly p ray ,
T h a t you a t once devise some way
To lessen th e electric ray
W hich tu rn s th e d arkness in to day.
F o r Cupid is a heavenly god.
A nd w h a t is m ore he’s blind you know :
So doesn’t i t seem hollow show
To woo him ’n eatli th e g listen in g glow
Of b rillia n t arc-light, baneful th in g ,
W hich from our honeymoon tak es th e vim.
Now, supposing Cupid w ere n o t blind.
D oesn’t i t occur unto your m ind
T h a t being of celestial race
H e ’d only c a re to show his face
W h ere h eaven’s unassisted m ig h t
B ro u g h t peaceful darkness—welcome n ig h t.
F o r tak e our lovely prom enade,
How i t ’s ro m an tic b eau ty ’s m arred
By seats w here loudest lovers’ dream s,
D istu rb ed by b rig h t electric beams,
Are robbed of th e ir sw eet hallowed joy,
Become m erest dross—w orthless alloy.
ISo ideal sp o ts are ru in ed q u ite
Bv w h at we- feel an oversight,
And w h at should be sequestered nook,
F re e from D iggers’ g lare or look,
Is lit by worse th an incandescent
So C u p id ’s sta y is evanescent.
Oh, love is b u t a ten d e r flower,
And bloom eth b est in shady bower,
A m idst those glades w here lig h t is not
And d ark n ess helps th e m arria g e knot.
F o r we a re newly m arried and
A tru ly loving, h appy band,
B u t th is fierce lig h t th ey call electric
Is m ak in g us q u ite apopletie.
So for o ur fu tu re happiness we feel,
A nd also for th e public weal,
T h a t you accede to our req u est,
So shall you be for ever blest.
“ T h a t o u g h t to h it him w here he lives,’’ said H ------ -—
“ I t h its m e where I live,” said M ac, “ i t sounds profit­
ab le .”
No. 3 said n o th in g , and a p p a re n tly th e above p e rp e tra ­
tio n was agreed on. I w ent back to my ham m ock feeling I
had been m uch privileged. How I le a rn t th e sequel is, as
K ip lin g would say, an o th e r story. B u t I know th e cap tain
replied t h u s :
Begone, ye fools, w h at u tte r ro t is th is :
You w ith your ta lk of such connubial bliss;
Ye silly, b lith e rin g , flabby coons
Y ou’re like a pack of d a ft baboons.
B efore ye go th is one th in g m ark,
M y ship is n o t London’s H yde P a rk .
A fine fellow th e c a p tain , and evidently too m uch of a
g entlem an n o t to reply in th e le tte r —if n o t th e sp irit—
of th e p e titio n .
“ W h at did Alf die o f? ” asked Jim .
“ O h !'w e a k h e a rt, Jim . W h y ? ”
“ I had an idea it was stro n g sp irits .”
16
HOMEWARD BOUMD,
A I lt-H A IU E D , b lu e-eyed , lith e an d stron g, y e t in th e
b a tte r y h e w as k n ow n as “ G irlie.” P e r h a p s th is w a s
d u e to h is in a d a p ta b ility to tren ch la n g u a g e or t h a t
h e u sed to g iv e o th er s h is ru m ra tio n and h e u sed to say
his p rayers in th e b iv v y a t n ig h ts . T he av era g e D ig g e r
lo n g s fo r P a r is lea v e or a ‘‘n ic e -litt le -B lig h ty ’ ’ w h ile as a
so u v en ir a w h ole sk in is con sid ered th e b est. N o t so G irlie
— h e h ad five sister s and a m ilitary-m ed al-b roth er. T h e re's
th e ru b ! G irlie w as o u t for a V .C . N o w V .O .’s d on ’t h a n g
. rou n d th e w aggon lin e s and G irlie did. T his w as a n y th in g
b u t G irlie’s in ten tio n - b u t w hen a lead d river lo ses h is w ay,
a w h eel-d river a w h ee l, an d a g u n num ber sets th e in fa n try
cu rsin g , G irlie h ad to be k e p t in th e w aggon lin e s, i f on ly
h e could g e t up to th e g u n s a gain h e w as su re so m e th in g
cou ld bo done. A t n ig h ts lie would la y aw ak e th in k in g over
a h un d red -an d -on e in c id e n ts th a t m ig h t m a k e h im a hero
of th e b a tte r y .— T he B r ig a d e —p erh ap s even th e D iv isio n . ! !
O ne d a v w h en th e b a tte ry w as in a w arm sector and G irlie
w as p o lish in g off y e s te r d a y ’s r u s t from som e n ever-u sed
stirru p -iron s, th e call cam e. “ V o lu n teer for cook a t G u n s !’’
G irlie “h op p ed h is fr a m e o u t’’ an d w e n t.
A J er ry ’p la n e h ad been over t h a t m orning, an d its
observer d azzled by th e lu s tr e o f ou r h arn ess p u t back for
som e sm ok ed g o g g le s and in c id e n ta lly m en tion ed th e cau se
o f h is re tu rn .
G irlie arrived ju s t as our b arrage w as s ta r tin g .
An
8 -in ch J er ry H .Ei. str u c k t h e g u n in fr o n t of th e co o k ’s g a l­
ley . G irlie rush ed forw ard u n d a u n te d by th e fa llin g p ieces.
“ To ser v e th e g u n s in g le-h a n d ed ”— ‘‘A V .C . a t la st. . !”
O' lu c k y D in k s. T h a t g u n w as sm ash ed b eyon d repair.
“A
g r o a n / ’— ‘‘A . w ou nd ed
com rad e.”— “ A lo n e! !”
G irlie g o t th e corporal on h is b ack an d s e t ou t for th e dress­
in g sta tio n , g iv in g th a n k s as h e w e n t for th e b u r stin g s h ells
and lu ck t h a t was h is.
H e h u rried a lo n g as th o warm blood s a tu ra ted h is
sin g le t a n d th e sh ells b u rst arou n d , b u t i t was a lon g w ay
to th o d ressin g s ta tio n . B y d eg re es th e corporal’s g ro a n s
ceased an d h is grip rou n d G irlie’s n eck relaxed . H e s ta g ­
g er ed on w ith h is aw k w ard load to th e b rew ery cella r and
w alk ed r ig h t in . P a y in g 110 h eed to th e stretch er-b earers
and m e d ica l ord erlies h e d ep o sited h is burden in to th e
u n w illin g arm s o f a b u sy d octor. T h e arm y su rgeon who
w as u n a c q u a in ted w ith sy m p a th y
or p riv a te p ra ctic e ex­
cla im e d : ‘‘W lia t th e d ev il do you m ean b y b rin g in g a corpse
in h ere ? T h is is a h o s p ita l, n ot a ce m eter y . T a k e h im
o u t !.’
THE DIGGER,
F
G irlie stop p ed a b it of sh ell w h en re tu rn in g to th e
g u n s .T h e y b u ried h im close to th e M a lly -M a illet ro a d ; th e
d ou b le-ration -ru m -D igger fash ion ed a cross from th e broken
g u n w h ee l, c u tt in g th er eo n : “ I 11 m em ory o f “ G irlie, V .C .”
N o m a tte r in w h a t th e a tr e o f w ar th e fa m ilia r slouch
h a t of th e N e w Z ealan d er is se e n — th e w earer is im m e­
d ia te ly g r e e te d w ith ‘‘H o w g oes it, D ig g e r !”
W h ere sold iers c o n g r e g a te th e m en from th e l i t t l e land
lo s t som ew here in fa r S o u th e rn S eas are n e v e r re fer re d to
as N e w Z ealan d ers. T h ey are alw a y s te r m e d “ D ig g e r s ’’—
and “ D ig g e r s ’/ th e y w ill 'always be rem em b ered as.
T h ere h a v e b een m an y con jectu res as to th e origin
of th e te rm . S om e sa y th a t i t w as first g iv e n to t h e N e w
Z ealan d ers by th e ir com rades in arm s on im m o r ta l A n za c—
th e A u ssies, o th e r s say t h a t i t h a d its origin in th e gu m
d ig g e rs of N o r th A u ck lan d . A g a in , i t is asser ted , th a t
w h en o n ce th e N e w Z ealan d ers con solid ated a “ p o ssie”
n o th in g th is sido o f h ell w ou ld s h if t th em — an d h en ce th e
te r m ap p lied to th em . T h ese are a ll ap ocryp h al assu m p ­
tion s.
T h e te rm ‘‘D ig g e r ” h ad it s b ir th on th e blood soak en
flan ks o f G allip oli. T h e n — as fo r m o st of th o w ar— th e
M aori B a tta lio n a cted as p ion eers— work a t w h ich th e y are
second to n o n e . A b raw n y N e w Z ea la n d er see in g th e s e
bron zed son s o f h is n a tiv e lan d a t work d ig g in g a g u n . p it
for an a r tille r y p o sitio n sto p p e d to g iv e a w ord of en co u ra g e­
m e n t. “ Go i t , D ig g e r s !’' lie said.
Tho te rm stu ck . T h e M aoris a fte r th a t w ere ad d ressed
as “ D ig g e r s ” a n d g rad u ally th e a p p e la tio n em braced all
th o N e w Z ealan d ers, and in th e l a t t e r s ta g e s o f th e war th e
A u stra lia n s a lso .
—V.H.
1
A groan escaped m y tig h t closed l i p s :
I san k in to th e ch air;
M y n erv e s w ere h ig h ly o v er stru n g
W h ile h e w a s sta n d in g th er e.
H e did n o t seem to s y m p a th ise ;
H e ’d trou b les of h is o w n :
’T w as e v id e n t I ’d h avo to bear
T h is p a in an d g rie f alone.
H e p laced h is h an d b en eath m y ch in ,
F iv e sister s are p rou d of th e ir M .M . b roth er, b u t th eir
d ea re st th o u g h ts are for h im w h o sleep s ou t th e r e on th e
S om m e t h a t th e y m ig h t liv e .
— It. F . Joyeis.
Tie tilte d up m y h ead.
“ I ’d b e tte r ta k e yo u r tooth o u t n o w ,”
T he d en ta l
officer
sa id !
—I t.
II.
Judd.
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17
HOMEWARD BOUND.
w h o sh ould be w ip in g th e b o lt of a rifle b u t a M aori
p ion eer and h a n g in g from h is b e lt a b race of w ood cock.
“ H e llo a , D ig g er , you m ak e it th e fin ish t e b lu rry w ar, e h ? ”
B o th B ill and J o e w ere too re lie v ed to sw ear.
T h e B a tte r y m oved off a t 7 .3 0 a .m . ltu m o u r had been
floating: rou n d for th e la st fo r ty -e ig h t 'hours t h a t an arm is­
tic e w a s 'about to h e sign ed a t an y m om en t. W h en th e
B a tte r y had b een on th e road for h a lf an hour an d h a lte d
to look rou n d, se v e r a l T om m ies, r e s tin g on th e road sid e, in ­
fo r m ed u s “ P e a c e is d eclared , eh oom ! ’Y er n eed n a goo no
fu r v e r .” B u t, d o u b tin g T om m y’s w ord, w e m oved olf
again . I t w as n o t long, h ow ever} b efo r e a n oth er T o m m y
g r e e te d mo. w ith som e te a and a s lic e of bacon s a y in g :
“ ‘ ’E ard ow t ab art th is ere a rm sty .' W e’v e had ord ers to
‘sta n d b y ’ an d w ait orders, else w e h a d J e r r y w ell 011 th o
‘ru d dy b u n ’ and now tlier a in ’t a ‘Jerry' w ith in 20 k ilo .” I
re p lie d : “ N o , w e h a v e not h eard a n y th in g .” I h a v e ra th e r
a. so ft h e a r t for a T om m y 'although h e m ay ap pear rou gh
an d u n c o u th . H e is v er y g en er o u s and alw ays w illin g to
sh a re h a lf th a t h e m ay h ave w ith y o u . A n yhow , sh o rtly
a fte r th is , w e saw a B rass H at- an d I te d T abs go by u s a t
th e “ tr o t” w ith an ord erly sco tch in g him u p in th e rear.
T h en ca m e dow n th e “ colu m n h a lt ,” “ d is m o u n t,” “s m o k e ,”
th e d riv er s look rou n d, in sp ect th e ir h orses’ h oofs to see
th e y h a v e n o t p icked up a “s to n e ,” or .w orse s till a “ n a i l ”
re p o r tin g all co rrect or oth erw ise, a n d th e n sta n d in g by
in lit t le grou p s a n d tr y to com pree “ ru m o u r.” T hen dow n
com es th e O .C. b rea th less and e x c ite d a n d sh o u ts to us as he
rid es b y ‘‘A R M IS T IC E D E C L A R E D ,” h o s tilitie s ce a se a t
11 a .m . to-d ay.
W e h ad g o t th e g u ts of i t a t la s t, officially to o . C an ’t
be no “ fe e d in g ” rum our about th a t, sa y s “ B ill.”
“ W a r’s
over a t la st J o e ,” sa y s an oth er d river. “ Y ou can chuck
aw ay you r ‘b le e d in g ’ g a s m ask an d tin h a t .”
“ N o fear,
y ou d on ’t ca tch m e doin g aw ay w ith th e ‘old m a sk ’ y e t ,”
sa y s B ill, “a r m is tic e don ’t m ean ‘P e a c e ,’ J e r r y ’s to o w id e
aw ak e to be ca u g h t n a p p in g ; h e only w a n ts a few d ays so as
to g e t h is troops to g e th e r again I r e c k o n .’’ O nly th e n ig h t
before w e h ad b een c o g ita tin g 011 w h a t w ou ld h ap p en if
h o s tilitie s ceased . W ou ld our in fa n tr y in th e fr o n t lin e
ru n over and sh ak e h and s w ith “ J er ry P”
O th ers had
v isio n s of loud ch ee rin g , sin g in g , h u rrah in g, band s p la y in g ,
e t c ., e t c ., b u t no, n o t ev e n a ch eer w e n t up from th e b oys.
E v ery b o d y w as m ore or less su rp rised a.t th e q u ie t w ay ev e ry ­
o n e re ce iv e d th e n ew s, an d as w e a g a in m oved s te a d ily
alon g th e road th e drivers an d g u n n er s are th in k in g h ard
as to w h a t all th is re a lly m eans. C an it be tr u e t h a t w e
are r e a lly g o in g b ack from th e “ lin e ” for good , n ev er to
com e in to a ctio n a g a in , or p erh ap s on ly a sp ell, an d th e n
th e sa m e old s tu n t s to go e v e r again .
“ B ill,” th e w h eeid river, says to h is m a te rid in g “ c e n t r e ,” “ how long do y o u
reck on th is arm istic e is on for, ‘J o e ? ’ ” J o e tu r n s h is h ead
an d says over h is sh ou ld er “ d a m n ed if I k now , so m a n y
b la sted rum ou rs ab out. I f th e ‘firin g’ in th e fr o n t ‘lin e ’
sto p s a t ele v en I sh a ll b egin to th in k i t ’s ‘j.ake n o t till
“ B ill” sa y s “ w e ’re g o in g back from th e “lin e ” an y old how .
W h a t’s th e tim e n ow , “ J o e ? ’ J o e looks a t h is w a tch — 10
p a st ele v en I m ak e it— and n ot a sou nd w as to be heard ,
e x c e p t th e cr u n ch in g o f th e w h ee ls a s th e y p assed over th e
n e w ly m ad e road a n d th e jin g lin g o f th e ste e l w orks of th e
h arn ess— w h en h a lf a dozen rifle sh ots ra n g o u t clear and
lo u d . “ B ill” d oes an in v o lu n ta ry d uck an d rem ark s “ no
b lin k y a rm istic e rou n d th is q u arter ‘J o e .’ ” Joe d oes n o t
rep ly, b u t th in k s som e. J u s t th en th e y round th e bend and
— A .N .Z .F .A .
E s s e n tia lly th e
“ B rito n ” w as a h oneym oon ship.
W h eth er i t w as “ so m e th in g in th e seasid e a ir ,” w h eth er
“ L o v e ’s Y o u n g D r ea m ” had a n y th in g to do w ith i t , or
w h eth e r i t w as ju st for so m e th in g to do to p ass th e tim e
aw ay, th is scribe k n ow eth n o t. B u t w h at h e d oes k n ow and
w h a t ev e ry oth er u n m arried D ig g er .should know — u n less he
w as b lin d, an d th a t is n ot a fa ilin g of th e D ig g er w h en th er e
are lad ies a b o u t— w as th a t on e could not m ove a. yard w ith ­
o u t tu m b lin g o v e r tw o y o u n g th in g s ob liviou s to a n y th in g
e ls e b u t each o th e r ’s ey e s, or en g a g ed in an oscu latory
b om b ard m en t, th a t m ad e o n e w on der w h ere th e th u n d er
w as com in g fr o m ! Or p erh ap s she w ould b e str o k in g h is
hair, 01* h e w ou ld b e m urm urin g sw e et n o th in g s in to h er
s h ell like ear (C h arlie G a rv ice ), or p erh ap s h e w ou ld be
p ressin g th e d am sel to h is m an ly bosom, w h ile sh e h un g
lim p in h is arm s, all h er sou l in h er eyes m e e tin g th e lovelig h t in h is (slosh ). The in tru d in g D ig g er w ho n ea rly b roke
h is n eck stu m b lin g over th em w ould m u rm u r so m e th in g
un d er h is b reath , w onder w hy h e w as born, and fad e in to
th e n ig h t..
B u t ev en a worm w ill tu r n , an d a t la s t th e D ig g er s
did. O ne m orn in g th e la d ie s g o in g for th eir m a tu tin a l
c o n s titu tio n a l b efore b rea k fa st h a d th e ir ey e s a rrested by
th e fo llo w in g su blim e effusion w hich sh riek ed a t th em from
a p rom in en t p lace on th e saloon p rom enad e d e c k :—
■
]
N O T IC E .
T o y e a n c ie n t order o f L ove M a k e r s !
B o i t k n ow n to a ll y e H o m esic k , L ovesick ,
M oth ersick , m oon ey, sp ooney ones
S easick ,
T hat
P la c e s o f in te r e s t aboard y e h oneym oon S .S . B rito n are
as follow s : —J
1. B o a t deck (sm a ll on es in sid e boats)
2 . Sm ok eroom s an d lo u n g e (a fte r lig h ts o u t)
. 3. B a th ro o m s and p a ssa g e s (d itto , a fte r lig h ts o u t)
4. S tarb oard sid e ord erly room (all tim e s)
5. In h alers, d isin fec to rs, yard arm s, crow ’s n ests, sh ip ’s
an chors, e tc .
P la c e s to avoid :
S w a stik a s m e e tin g room (u n less m em b ers of 1 , 2 , or 3
d egrees of t h a t n oble B ro th er h o o d ;
c a p ta in ’s cab in,
ste w a rd s’ cab in s, an d all o th er cab in s, en g in e room ; cook s’
g a lley s, and second saloon d eck s g en er a lly .
C h ew in g gu m and acid d rops m ay be p u rch ased a t th e
ca n te en .
B y O rder.
D o you th in k th a t m ad e
it. T h e .au th or was w a lk in g
stu m b led o v er tw o p ro stra te
n e x t fo r tn ig h t a b rok en and
p ita l m e d ita tin g on h is sins.
any d ifferen ce? N o t a b it of
011 d eck th e sam e n ig h t.
He
sh adow y form s and sp e n t the.
d isillu sion ed m an in th e hos­
— V .H .
HOMEWARD) BOUND!
AM EPISODE OF THE
wp
r E n eed n ’t say w h a t th e B o th ers were. M oth ers c a n ’t
b e m o th e rs o f n o th in g . T hey breed troub le. Som e­
on e in som e a d m in istr a tiv e office had d ecid ed th a t
th e B o th e r s sh ould be w ith us— u n r estr a in ed an d u ncon ­
fined, an d before ou r good sh ip h ad been s te a m in g tw en ty -fo u r
h ou rs th e im p s h ad ta k e n ch arge of i t . T h ey sq ueaked an d
sq u e a le d 3 th e y y elled an d sw ore— th e y sto le a n d ch eated
h orrib ly, b u t th e y u p h eld th eir in fa n tile m or a lity .
Of cou rse th e P r o t e s t w as b ound to com e.
T h e P r o t e s t reach ed th e M oth ers in b u t sem i-official
form ce r ta in ly — b u t h ad all th o p in k ribbon from official
p la c es been tie d rou n d it, i t w ould h a v e h eld n o terror for
th e m . T h e y m e t— th e y ta lk ed and th e y th r e a te n e d , an d
w h ile th e p a ter n a l ad ju n cts of th e B o th e r s stood by h arrassed , h e lp le ss an d afraid , th e starboard d eck w ok e up to
th e fa c t t h a t th e fem ale of th e sp ecies is m ore d ead ly th a n
th e m a le, as th e fo llo w in g n o tice p in n ed up on a ce rta in
door w ill show :—
N O T IC E .
T h e m o th e rs o f ch ild ren ab oard th is sh ip are an xiou s
to p rese rv e th e good w ill and sw e et te m p e r of th eir fellow
tr a v e lle r s , e sp ec ia lly o f such as are sem i-d e ta ch ed an d h a v e
no incum brances. T h ey w ou ld p refer th a t su ch as w ish to
p la y card s all day or am u se th em selv es w ith oth er d e lig h ts
sh ou ld do so in com fort. T hey w ou ld be g r a te fu l th er efo r e
fo r an y s u g g e stio n s for d ea lin g w ith th e ch ild ren so th a t
no d iscom fort to 'any o n e m ay a rise. V o lu n ta ry aid in
look in g a fte r th e ch ild ren w ou ld b e a ccep tab le.
I f n e ith e r vo lu n te ers or su g g estio n s are forth com in g
th e m o th ers w ould p refer th a t a ll co m p la in ts be m ad e in
fu tu r e to th e m p erso n a lly . L et i t b e rem em bered t h a t no
sp ecia l p rovision w as m ad e for ch ild ren , and to g « g th e
y o u n g s te r s an d th row th e m overboard is th e on ly a lte r n a tiv e
to th e said ch ildren occasion ally op en in g th eir m ou th s.
T h e a v id ity w ith which th is n o tic e w as read did cred it
to th e m o th e rs. T h ey h ad draw n first blood and stood by
w a itin g for th e n e x t m ove.
C ertain su g g e s tio n s for look in g a fte r th e y o u n g ste rs
or fo r q u e llin g th em cam e in , b u t ev e n th e u n b iassed w riter
of th is sh o rt h isto ry could n ot call th e m in g e n io u s.
O ne
prop osed th a t a m a le n u rse should b e ele c te d d aily by b a llo t.
A n o th er d rew u p a lis t of d u tie s for th e sa id M b th ers’ h elp ,
w h ile a th ird in a ca u stic strain in form ed th e M o th e rs of
t h e d iffer en ce b etw een a troopsh ip and a creche and a d v ise d
a m ore s ev e re ap p lication of th e rod to th e oth erw ise spoiled
ch ild .
W ith o u t co m m en t w e g iv e th e
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STARBOARD DECK.
“ T ho M oth ers in C ouncil d esire to th a n k th o se w ho h a v e
been k in d en ou gh to m a k e su g g estio n s r e th e ch ild ren .
T h e y can n ot say th a t th e id e a s th row n o u t a r e rem ark ab le
for th e ir b rillian cy as on ly one of th em seem s a t all p rac­
tica b le, v iz .— Tho s u g g estio n to a p p o in t a m a le n u r se. L ist
of d u tie s w ill be draw n u p w h en h elp ers are a v a ila b le. One
o th er n o tic e d em an d s a tte n tio n as i t is g iv en an u n d eserved
d ig n ity b y its p osition in th e case d o w n sta ir s,— “S p a r e th e
rod an d sp oil th e ch ild ” is th e burden of its m e ssa g e. N ow
th e au th or of th is m axim w as S olom on, an d S olom on w as
n otoriou s for th r e e th in g s, v iz. : —
(a) H is
(b) H is m an y i
(c) H is in a b ility to govern h is ch ild ren .
H isto r y sh ow s th a t h e m a n a g ed h is h arem m uch b e tte r
th a n h is n u r sery , b u t h e w as esse n tia lly a m an of th eo r ie s
an d p ossessed lit t le a d m in istr a tiv e a b ility . T here is a str o n g
su sp icion t h a t m in d s o f th e sam e calib re are ev e ry re a d y to
g iv e th e sam e ad vice. W h a t w e d esire is to see th em p rac­
tic e as th e y p reach.
On th e sam e n o tic e p a ren ts are u n c tio u sly in fo rm e d th a t
th is b o a t is a troopsh ip and n o t a eh ech e. W e can im a g in e
th a t th e p a ren ts d iscovered th is fa c t b efore an y o n e else.
T h e effect of g iv in g th is in form ation to a trou b lesom e child
w ou ld be in sta n ta n e o u s. W e sh ould ex p e c t i t to stop h o w lin g
a t on ce on b ein g in form ed o f i t s m ista k e. We" can hear
th e in fa n t of eig h tee n m o n th s s a y in g “ I ’m s o r r y !’’
W h eth er th e M o th ers w ere r ig h t or n o t in
Solom on respon sible for h is words i t is difficult to sa y , b u t
th e y tu r n e d th e en em y flank in a very n e a t w ay. C ertain ly
th e w ise m an of old show ed little p ra ctic a l sen se in d ea lin g
w ith ch ild ren . H is ow n son s w ere n o t a t a ll w h a t one w ou ld
h a v e ex p ec ted from such a m o ra lisin g fa th e r , and th e only
recorded in s ta n c e of S olom on ’s co m in g to p ra ctic a l grip s
w ith th e prob lem o f ch ild m a n a g e m e n t w as w h en h e th r e a t­
en ed to c u t one in tw o w ith a sw ord.
H e r e th e b a ttle by n o tic e s ca m e t 0 a tim e ly en d . I t
had done its work and on ly th e p o e t is l e f t to sum u p, b u t
th e p o et is a fte r all th e u nd iscovered le g is la to r of th e
w o r ld :
L e t L ie u t. D a v e y speak :—
Do
you
w onder,
0
m y b abies,
w h en y o u h ea r th eir
A s th e y m e e t in l i t t l e grou p s ab o u t th e d eck s ?
C an ’t you h ear th em alw ays b ab b lin g, lik e th e riv e i
alw a y s b abb lin g,
T h a t you r M oth ers o u g h t to w r in g y o u r l i t t l e n eck s ?
20
HOMEWARD BOUND.
T h e y ’v e fo r g o tte n , O m y b abies, th a t th e y once th em ­
selv es w ere y u n k er s,
T h a t th e y m u led an d p u k ed a dam s ig h t w orse
th a n y ou .
T h e y ’v e fo r g o tte n to o m y b abies, th a t th e yo u n g aro
im ita to r s—
W h en y ou go to R om e you do as R om an s do.
D o you w on d er, 0 ;m y b abies, w h en you hear th e ir
ch ild ish ch o rtle s,
A nd th e ir s illy d o g g ere l w r it u pon th e w all,
W h eth er y o u ’re th e on ly b abies, th e o n ly silly babies—
For i t ’s n o t a ca se o f age a t all, a t all.
N o th in g rem ain s b u t to say th a t th e S w a stik a s clin ch ed
th e efforts of a l l ' t h e p eacem ak ers by h o ld in g a baby com ­
p e titio n an d g iv in g every e n tr a n t a first p rize.
strok e th is l a s t !
A m a sterly
S till w h a t w ou ld one e x p e c t !
T he S w a s­
tik a s are know n oth ein vise th a n by th e sig n and n um ber.
T hey a t le a s t su cceed in c r ea tin g an a tm o s p h e r e !
— W . B ullock.
A g a la d ay on board sh ip is alw ays looked forw ard to
w ith p le a s a n t a n ticip a tio n . T h ere w as no excep tion to th is
ru le on board th e “ B r ito n ,” an d g re a t p rep aration s w ere
m a d e to fittin g ly ce leb ra te A lex a n d ra D ay. T h is p roved
an im m e n se su ccess.
T h e d ay w as line and everyb ody
e n te red into i t w ith th e tr u e h olid ay sp ir it.
T his w as
sp ecially so as r e g a rd s th e la d ie s— b oth of th e first a n d
second saloon— w h ose w h ole-h earted en d eavou rs in e x tr a c t­
in g sp are coin s from th e m ale p assengers led to th e h and som e
re su lt o f £ 1 5 0 2 >s— a record for an y sh ip in th e U n ion C a stle
L in e. T h e arr a n g e m en ts w e re in th e very cap ab le h and s
of th e C/O (C olon el iSom m erville) and th e p op u lar p urser
(M r W . J . F u lto n ), a ssisted by th e sp orts co m m itte e and
t h e S w a stik a s— and of course, by th e lad ies, to o . V ariou s
m e a n s w ere a d op ted to e x t r a c t th e n im ble six p e n c e. T h ey
u su a lly took th e form of v a rio u s raffles, th e se llin g o f g o l­
liw og ch arm s, variou s g u essin g co m p etition s, and a ver y
effec tiv e m ock cou rt. In th e even in g, th e fin ish in g tou ch
w as g iv e n to th e d a y ’s p roceed in gs by a fa n c y d ress ball
on th e fir st saloon deck. •
T h e second saloon also h eld a. ball w hich w as in every
w ay a su ccess. A m o n g th o se p a rticip a tin g w ere: S erg e a n t
N e ed h a m , as “ A M a o r i/’ M iss R o g e rs “A n A ls a tia n ,” M rs
B ish o p “ B o P e e p / ’ S e r g e a n t L in d en “ S till G oing S t r o n g /
S e r g e a n t H arrison “ A, M e n u ,” Mr S id . R a s e y “ S w a stik a
C h ie f,” M r H . S poon er “ A L a d y ,” S erg e a n t P e n n y “ J a ck
o f C lu b s,” M rs A n d erson “ Irish C o lle e n /’ M rs M cG regor
“A S cotch L a s s ie / ’ M r J a m e s “ S u lta n a ,” M r R o d n e y “ A
J o c k e y / S e r g e a n t C rookb ain “ A C h ef,” S erg e a n t S ta ffe r t
“ P .O . 9 9 ,” M rs D od d “ A C rack er,” S e r g e a n t H u tch in so n
“ M e p h isto p le s,” M rs G old sm ith “ B r ita n n ia ,” M rs M ason
“ A S a ilo r ,” R flm n. W ilson “ A n A r a b ,” Mr J . K . C. S pooner
“ A T u r k ,” M r H . Toom bs “ A G o lliw o g ,” Q .M .S . M ason
“ A P a c k of C a r d s.”
— V .H .
O ur ta b le is n u m b ered I I , a t th e h ea d o f w h ich sits
M ac, our r e d o u b ta b le m ess o rd er ly ; lite r a lly s te w in g in h is
ow n p ersp ira tio n . B u t M ac in t e n t u p on th e on e job w orth y
of a soldier an d a gen tlem an is a v id ly m in is te r in g to th e
w a n ts of h is in n er m an , gloriously, u n con sciou s to th e in con ­
v en ien ce s w h ich h is m e ssm a te s are e n d u r in g .
T hrough th e dim b lu e h aze one can p erc eiv e h is low er
jaw w ork in g w ith th e p recisio n of a r a t tr a p , and to w atch
Him en g a g ed w ith a p la te or “ sh ip ’s s te w ” is a th in g
of p le a su r e and a joy fo r ever.
H e sits th e r e , sole m on arch of th e “ stew p o t.” H is
m ou th b eg in s to op en .
O h! h e is a b o u t to a ssu m e an
affable sm ile you say. N o ! g e n tle re a d e r, you are w rong.
M ac is e n g a g ed u pon m ore seriou s b u sin ess, in sh o rt, M ac
is a b ou t to d in e. O n e has a vision o f a h u g e p ie ce of m e a t
tr em b lin g p ercariou siy Upon a fork w ith on e p ron g, • it
h overs over th e ed g e of th e y a w n in g ch asm for a fraction
oi a secon d , and th en d isap p ears w ith uncom m on ce lerity .
R u de cr itics are cr ed ited w ith h a v in g m ad e th e s ta te ­
m e n t th a t M ac has a str a ig h t drop lik e th e p roverbial
sh ark . I am p repared to c o n te st t h a t p o in t in fa v o u r ol
M ac.
H a r k ! B u t w h at is t h a t 'qu ery w hich illic its such a
b la st of lurid in v e c tiv e ? I t is th a t u n fo r tu n a te in d iv id u a l,
th e officer o f th e d ay. H ow is th e tu c k e r ? A h ! I t is only
now th a t w e w ere ab le to s tu d y M ac a t th e ze n ith o f h is
pow ers. H e p roceed s to em b ellish h is a rg u m e n ts w ith a
flow o f ch oice “ B illin g s g a te ” n ot to b e eq u alled by th e p u n y
efforts of h is s y m p a th e tic m e ssm a te s. T he m u ch m a lig n e d
officer d ep arts h a s tily to a n oth er ta b le w h ile M ac p roceed s
to w arn h is m e ssm a te s o f th e p itfa lls t h a t a w a it th em before
th e y reach t h a t “ M ecca” o f all th e D ig g er s, dear old N ew
Z ealan d .
B u t w h a t is th a t low ru m b lin g an d g ru m b lin g th a t is
p roceed in g from th e h ea d of th e ta b le ? I t is on ly M a c ; th e
g row l d evelop s in to an in a r tic u la te roar, an d a h usli of
w earied ex p ec ta n cy fa lls u pon th e r e s t o f th e ta b le s. W h en
M ac m ak es i t k now n to all and su n d ry, a ccom p an ied b y a
h orrib le b u r st of p ro fa n ity , th e n a tu r e o f th is p a rticu la r
g rievan ce. “ G ive yer th e q u iet c h a t, you co v e s, th e b u t te r ’s
c r o c k !” T h e r e s t o f th e ta b le t a c it ly a g re e t h a t M a c’s
in tim a tio n is a n y th in g b u t in c o rr ect. H o w ev e r th e d istu rb ­
in g e le m e n t is p assed down th e ta b le t o u n d er g o a sea r ch in g
in sp ec tio n .. T he first v ictim g lu e s h is n asal ap p e n d a g e to
th e n oisy m ass, o n ly to w ith d raw i t a gain h a s tily , m u rm urs
a te n d er b u t n on -com m ital “ A ll!” and i t p asses dow n th e
ta b le ev e n to th e en d th er eo f su b jected to a h a il of criticism
u n til, h a v in g reach ed th e en d o f ta b le 14, i t is re le g a te d
to th o d eep w ith a la s t p a r tin g an a th em a on th e ‘‘cow"
th a t cou ld fo is t su ch p rod uce upon an in n o ce n t and tr u s tin g
com m u n ity. S o p erish all th in g s ev il, all of cou rse e x c e p t
our in com p arab le “M a c ” upon w h ose w ick ed , h oary old
h ead one fe els in clin ed to w h isp er a b en ed iction : “ P a ss Q uo
V a d is E !st?” P e a c e b e w ith you M a c w h ith er su ev e r th ou
g o ’st.
— D.
M c G u in k s s .
O rderly O fficer: “ W hat is th e n um ber o f you r b ea t,
sen tr y ?”
S e n tr y : “ N o . 70325, s ir ! ”
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s a t up in bed and ev id e n tly in p ra ctic e for w h a t w as to
com e sm acked h im self on th e le g ' an d e x c la im e d :
“ S h ! S h i S h ! Y ou n a u g h ty ch ild , sh u t up or I ’ll
th row you o v erb oard !”
H a v in g fin ish ed th is som ew h at h u rried p relim in a ry for
h is d a v ’s work h e p roceed ed to dress b efore re p o r tin g , ac­
cord in g to th e c o m m itte e ’s o v er n ig h t in stru ctio n s, to th e
ch ief-m oth er-on -b oard . A r riv in g a t h er cab in M ac knocked
d iscreetly and w as to ld to en te r. H e did so b u t n o t b efore
h e h ad k n ock ed h is h ead on th e top of the cab in an d h a d
ag a in le t h is fe elin g s exp ress th e m s e lv e s in a n o th er h o n e st
d a m n ! T his curse u n fo rtu n a tely for him aw ok e th e h u sb and
of th e ch ief-m oth er-on -b oard , w ho, being a ca p ta in , adm in­
istered a w a r n in g to th is now sorry lo o k in g an d d ejected
officer ab ou t n u rsem aid s b ein g p a rticu la r in th e ch oosing of
th eir la n g u a g e in fr o n t of y o u n g ste rs. M a c’s m u m b lin g
rep ly a b o u t h is “n o t k n ow in g a b o u t n u rsem aid s b u t officers”
w a s c u t s h o r t by an e x p lic it order to “ s h u t up, I w a n t
to s le e p .”
WlhM migfe Lav® Happened
(B y J . L . N e t t l e t o n , 2n d L ie u te n a n t.)
T
H E co n tr o v ersy on babies bad reach ed its h e ig h t.
L a s t n ig h t five n o tices had b een p in n ed on th e n o tice
boards d ea lin g w ith th e su b ject from v a rio u s p o in ts
o f v iew . T he E d ito r of “ H om ew ard B o u n d ” h ad ev e n re­
q u e sted in w r itin g th a t th e au th ors of th e s e w ittic ism s
tr a n sfe r th e ir e n er g ies t 0 m a k in g th e m a g a z in e a su ccess
in s te a d o f w a stin g th e ir a b ility on th e n o tice board.
S olom on ’s th eo r y h ad b een exp ou n d ed and s in g le officers
a p p o in ted for b aby fa tig u e .
T h is la s t s u g g e s tio n h ad a p p ealed to e v e ry o n e, and
m ore e sp ec ia lly to th e p a ren ts o f th e variou s ch ildren .
T h erefore it is n o t su rp risin g th a t th e n e x t d ay a s e le c t
c o m m itte e , selec te d from th o first and secon d saloon p as­
sen g er s, m e t, p resid ed over by th e O.O. troops, to seriou sly
con sid er w h eth e r th e m arried officers w ith o u t ch ild ren (ac­
co r d in g to a v a ila b le records) and u n a tta ch ed sin g le officers
cou ld n o t rea so n a b ly be u sed for th e p u rp ose of m in d in g
th e k id s, th er eb y p r e v e n tin g p a rt of th e co m m u n ity from
b ein g an n oyed w h ile en g a g ed in th e ir va rio u s p astim es.
T h is co m m itte e alm o st u n a n im o u sly d ecid ed for th e su g­
g estio n .
T h is th e n is how it cam e a b o u t th a t on th e fo llo w in g
d ay b ig M ac, w h o h ad b efore ra th e r u n w ise ly sty le d h im self
th e baby expert^ rou sed h im self a t 6 a .m ., an d s tiflin g a
yaw n e x c la im ed : “ D — th e b a b ies!”
T his e ja c u la tio n w as m ore to be excu sed w h en w e know
th a t h e w a s, b y ord ers of th e c o m m itte e d e ta ile d for th e
co m in g tw e n ty -fo u r h ours to be officer of th e b abies. H e
H a v in g re ce iv e d all n ecessary in stru ctio n s for th e d ay,
w e now see M ac th o u g h tfu lly b e n d in g over th e b ath h o ld in g
an in fa n t, aged six m o n th s, in h is arm s v a in ly w on derin g
w h eth er s a lt or fresh w a ter w as th e correct solution in w hich
to dip babies of t h a t ten d er a ge. A fte r ca r efu l con sid era­
tion h e laid th o in fa n t on th e floor an d e x tr a c tin g a coin
from h is p o c k e t tossed i t in th e air. A lread y in h is m in d
he had d eterm in ed th a t in th e e v e n t of h ead s tu r n in g up
he sh ould u se salt, w ater, w h ile if t h e a lte r n a tiv e h ap p en ed
th e baby sh ould be b a th ed in fresh. A la s, con trary to his
u su al luck w h en sp in n in g heads' ap p eared , an d b ab ies th a t
m o r n in g vied w ith y ou n g sh ark s in th e ir d e lig h te d efforts
to sp ort in th e b rin y. I n th is o p era tio n h ow ever, our
n ew ly ap p o in ted nurse w as, fa irly su ccessfu l. O nly on ce did
lie fo r g e t to re m o v e baby from th e b a th b efore p u llin g o u t
th e p lu g , co n seq u en tly M ac tu rn ed rou n d ju s t in tim e to
e x t r a c t a y o u n g ste r ’s le g from th e h ole. A t th e ch ild ren ’s
b r e a k fa st tim e , M ac d isp en sed a lto g eth e r w ith th e m e n u as
b ein g to t a lly u n su ited for th e p u rpose. F o r on e th in g he
w as ra th e r v a g u e h im self as to th e e x a c t in g r e d ie n ts th a t
com posed “ o m lettes au S a u t i.” In p la c e h e ordered b oiled
rice to b e b rou gh t on th e p rin cip le of th e su rv iv a l o f th e
fitte s t, g a th er ed th e y o u n g ste rs rou n d h im in 'a clean sp ace,
tossed th e c o n te n ts of th e d ish in to th e air an d d e lig h te d to
see th e efforts of th e y o u n g ste rs tu ga in a m ajor p o rtio n .
T he k id s th em selv es vow th e y ’v e n ev er had such fu n or
ever en joyed th e ir b rea k fa st so m u ch . I t is w ith th e u tm o st
difficu lty t h a t p a ren ts now can p ersu ad e th eir offspi’in g to
e a t re sp e cta b ly a t m eals.
A ll th e m o r n in g on th e p ort sid e of th e m ain d eck M ac
a m u sed th e s e k id s. T his p a r t o f th e d e c k w as e n tire ly
g iv e n u p to them,- and p assen gers for t h a t d a y p layed
b rid ge u n d istu rb ed by fr a n tic sh riek s of ch ildren fig h tin g
for p ossession of deck b illiard slabs. M oth ers read p eace­
fu lly on d eck k n ow in g th a t th e ir children w ere b ein g
p rop erly looked a fter by a baby e x p e r t. F a th e r s s ittin g
w ith th eir b etter h alves d ozed and d rea m t th a t on ce again
th e v w ere fr ee from th e b le ssin g s of ch ild ren .
C ouples
p acin g th e deck- n ow had n o n eed to keep h a lf a n eye
u nd er ev e ry d eck chair for th e su dd en ap pearan ce of som e
ju v en ile form an d cou ld c o n ce n tra te w ith -s u c c e s s u p o n th e ir
p a rtn er’s to p ic of co n versation . O ld M ick p u t u p an d
u n d id th e a w n in g w ith a sm ile of c o n te n tm e n t on h is sun
b ronzed fa c e. T h e deck stew ard , s tr u g g lin g u n d er th e
b urden of fo r ty lem on sq u ash es, sp ilt n on e. H is w ay w as
clear.
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HOMEWARD ROUP©.
M ac h a v in g co u n ted h is w ards for th e fifte e n th tim e
reported “ all c o r r e c t.” T h in g s w ere g o in g w ith a sw in g
an d th e sch em e w as w ork in g w ith a su ccess th a t ev en th e
m o st fe d -u p b rid ge p la y e r h a d n o t dared to h o p e for.
E v e r y th in g , as M ac said, w as ja k e . H e h ad by th is tim e
on ly to k eep th em am u sed fo r a n o th er hour, fe ed th em
a g a in , and p u t th em to b ed; an d h is 1 w ork for th e day) w as
over. N o t q u ite,, of cou rse, b ecau se in th e e v e n t o f one
w a k in g d u r in g th e n ig h t, M ac, so i t w a s laid d ow n, m u st
“ h u sh ” i t to sleep a gain . S till th a t w as on ly a d e ta il. T he
h our ev en w as n ea rly u p, an d M ac, p rep aratory to fa llin g
th em in to m arch u p to th e p rom en ad e deck to k iss th eir
p a ren ts g o o d -n g h t b efore g o in g below , cou n ted th e m a g a in .
D isa ste r ! ! ! N o . 16 w as m issin g . N ow , N o . 1G, M ac saw
by re fer rin g to h is list of d escrip tion s— lie h ad rem em bered
and ca ta lo g u ed th em earlier in th e d ay for s a fe ty — w as a
r a th e r u n d iscip lin ed boy of ab out four. H e h ad tw ic e b efore
r efu sed to k eep s till w h ile being cou n ted and w a s in M a c’s
b lack books. “ W h ere w as h e now ,?” th e sh ep herd ask ed
h im self. S u r ely n o t fa llen th ro u g h th e h o le a t th e oth er
end of th e deck of w h ich h e h ad so ea r n e stly w arn ed th em
n o t to go w ith in a yard .
Who did it b elon g to , and how
w as h e to ex p la in to w h oever i t d id ? N o ! h is list told
h im th e r e w ere n o orp h ans on board. W ould to good n ess
th e m issin g o n e had been. I t w ould n o t h a v e b een m ore
seriou s th a n b ein g sh y of a cou p le of D ig g er s w hen le a v in g
Colon th e n . B u t th e k id w as ow ned, ’p rap s w anted' ev e n ,
b y its ow n ers. W h a t a p red ica m e n t! H e h ad farm ed sheep
an d lo st t h e m ; lo s t m en by fa tig u e s to th e lin e, b u t n ever
before did h e rem em b er losin g a b aby! S h o u ld h e report
th e loss or en d eavou r to h ush i t u p ? D id it re a lly m a tte r
on e o u t o f th ir ty or so? I t c o u ld n ’t. M ao w as p ra ctic a l,
and a m illion liv es h ad been lo s t in four years. S u rely lia lfa-on e m ore^ -w ell th e y sh ou ld n ’t h a v e p u t h im on it, i t w as
absurd — th e w h ole th in g w as—lie cou ld n ’t 'h e lp i t an yw ay.
“ H er e, th is y o u r s ? ”
A stew ard b ea rin g a black lum p of h u m a n ity c a m e
along. M a c ’s
h eart
le a p t! I t
m ig h t
be . . . H e
tu rn ed th e label on th e ch ild ’s soot b lack b ack , an d w ith
d ifficu lty re a d th e num ber 1G on it.
W ith o u t an y m ore d ifficu lty, M ac m arched h is ch ild ren
to th e ir r e sp e ctiv e p a r e n ts . A ll w ere so w illin g to go to
bed w ith th e ir n ew n u rse, t h a t th e p a r e n ts w ondered w h a t
hold th is b ig raw -b oned m an had over children. N o m oth ers
th a t n ig h t w ere d istu r b e d w h en d ressin g fo r d in n er by
b ab y’s sq u alls. M ac h a d th e m a ll/ asleep in record tim e.
B a ch elo rs in cab in s n e x t to babies fou n d ev e ry th in g q u iet.
H o w h ad th is m iracle b een accom p lish ed P W h y did n o t
a t le a s t o n e or tw o refu se to sleep ?
M ac m u s t indeed
be a b aby ex p er t, i t w as tr u ly w o n d e r fu l! E v en d u r in g
th e n ig h t M ac h ad on ly th re e ca lls. W h en h e rep orted to
th e first su m m on s he w as in form ed by th e m other th a t baby
h ad been sick .
" P le a s e clear up th e m ess, w ash baby and
g e t h er to sleep a g a in ,” sh e added.
T his Avas d one and
done efficien tly. T h e second call th a t n ig h t w as a re q u est
to fe tc h b ab y’s r a ttle from th e d eck. “ I th in k s h e le f t it
u nd er th e .first w r itin g ta b le as you go in to th e lo u n g e ,”
th e m other said, tu rn in g o v er to go to^ sleep a g a in , w h ile
M ac m ad e h is w ay to th e lo u n g e in search o f th e lo s t
r a ttle .
O ne or two m ore in c id e n ts h ardly worth m e n tio n in g ,
filled in M ac’s tou r o f d u ty . I t w as a fe w d ays afterw ard s
w hen sp ea k in g to h im , I rem ark ed how su ccessfu lly be had
h u sh ed the, k id d ie s to sleep .
H e rep lied : “ Y es, I doped
th em th o u g h .”
“ D op ed th e m ? ” I q u estion ed , thoroughly
in te r e s te d .
“ Y es, p u t a h ip o f w h isk y in ea ch of th eir
b o ttle s th a t n ig h t,’ h e said , an d ad ded w ith a tw in k le in
h is e y e , “ ju st q u ie tly , m ost o f th e s e b ab ies on board ta k e
a fter th e ir fa th e r s, th e ir ey e s sp a rk le d d ir e c tly th e y knew
w h a t w as in th e m ilk, b u t th e y s le p t a l r ig h t ! ”
Y E A N C IE N T S W A S T IK A S ’ C L U B .
I ’m no to sp eak on th in g s a la rm in ’,
On p a rty p o litic s or fa r m in ’,
In fo r eig n p h rase, E ren ch or G erm an
F r a e ow e r th e dub.
I ’ll tr y a h am e-spu n s a n g or serm on ,
On our S w a s tik a s ’ Club.
F o r lo n g th e “ B r ito n ” la g g ed b eh in d ,
T h ou gh g ifte d w ith p o e tic m in d,
A S w a stik a ’s C lub, you co u ld ’n a find
E ith e r fore or a ft.
B u t a b la st o’ p a tr io tic w in d
B lew ower th e c r a ft.
A n ’ roosed som e h e r ts as bould s th e th rissel,
C la n cy , L ucas, J a n ie s, M c K n ig h t a n ’ R u sse ll,
D a lto n , R ich a rd s, R a n d e ll jo in ed th e b u stle ,
A n ’ T oom b s an ’ L ane,
C ried, “R a s e y ,” b lau y er , w e ’ll k e n t w h u stle
S e t th in g s a g o in .’
A ltlio ’ sh e’s b arely th r e e w eek s a u ld ,
I ’ll w ear sh e ’s n eith er sm a ’ nor cau ld ,
E ’en B ill h im self wad join ed th e fa u ld ,
G in h e ’d b een h ere
A n ’ h elp ed to m ak e h er b o ttle y a l’d
W i’ r ic h t gu id ch eer.
L a n g m ay sh e prosp er, a n ’ grow bigger^
M ay ilk a m em b er w irk w i’ vigor
U n til h e s w e a t ju st lik e a n ig g e r ,
H e ’ll g e t rew ard
W h en in th o square lie sees th e figu re,
0 :’ o ’r loved W ard.
T he m an o ’ love, th e k in g o’ san g,
W ee’l s in g h is p raise for m an y a la n g
B elo v ed in every noble th ro n g
W liaur freed om flow.
A nobler soul th an h is n e ’er d an g
N e w Z ealan d ’s foe.
M ay y o u n g D ig g er s use th e p ow er
To b ring a b o u t th a t happ y h ou r, '
W h en m an to m an in cot a"d tow er
S h a ll b rith ers be.
T hen our big world w ill bloom a n ’ flower
In harm on y.
— G .Y .B .
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HOMEWARD BOUND.
Embarkation
AT
Proceedings
Tilbury.
June 17th..
m o-
s.s. B R ITO N .
HOMEWARD BGUMR
T w as n ig h t. O ne lo n e s ta r glow ed d u lly red th rou gh th e
im p a lp a b le black of th e void ah ead . T h o sea su rged
a n d sobbed a req u iem over th e g ra v e s o f it s cou n tless
v ictim s. T h e air w as clo se— te n se — as if p r e g n a n t w ith som e
fe a r fu l p o ssib ility . F en m o r e, le a n in g a g a in st th e ra ils of
th e bow o f th e b oat, g a ze d w ith u n se ein g eyes in to th e
m is t o f th e m u rk ah ead — a m ist as dark 'as th e d ou b ts th a t
tr o u b led h im .
I
I t h a d b een a h ea v y blow .
T h a t a ftern oon lie had
b een happy-— h ap p y in th e k n ow led ge o f th e lo v e of th e o n e
g irl w ho d o m in a ted h is th o u g h ts —th e o n e g irl w ho m a tte r e d
to h im , D oris, b lu e-ey ed as th e b lu e d ep th s of tro p ica l seas,
fa ir h a ir ed , tin te d w ith th e g lin t o f g o ld , a vision o f ra d ia n t
ch arm w ith all th a t clin g in g fe m in in ity w h ich is th e esp ecial
a p p eal of th e m a id s of E n g la n d , th e g irl w h om h e had
cla im e d a s h is fu tu r e w ife— h a lf a n h o u r b efore lie h a d fou n d
cla sp ed in th e arm s o f h is frien d .
H is clen ch ed h a n d s sp oke of th e agon y h e w a s u n lerg o in g . H is m in d w as sw e p t w ith a clou d of th ou gh ts' as
b itte r as th e te a r s t h a t fill th e p lialiee of sorrow.
G o d ! T h a t I h a v e to su ffer th is !
T h e s w e a t b e g o tte n o f an in w ard p ain d a m m e d th e
h a ir of h is fe b r ile foreh ead . T he b itte r th o u g h ts to w h ich
h e w as a p rey to r tu r e d h im . A ll h is h opes, h is a sp ir a tio n s,
a ll t h a t h e h ad liv ed for w ere n ow v a in , d e a d th in g s — all
w a s lo s t— lo s t!
H e to o k a m elan ch oly p lea su re in th in k in g o f th e d ays
th e y h ad sp e n t to g e th e r — h alcyon d a y s w h en th e sun sn on e
h ig h in th e h ea v en s, th e tr ees g re en w ith th e b rea th o f
sp rin g , an d a ll th e birds sa n g h is h a p p in e ss. T here w as th a t
d a y — t h a t n ever-to-b e fo r g o tte n d a y ; a t H en d on , w h en in
som e p le a s a n t m eadow starred w ith a th o u sa n d d aisies, in
th e h u sh o f th e n oon-day heat^ ho h a d claim ed th is girl.
T h e sce n e cam e back to h im v iv id ly . S h e in a sim p le w h ite
su m m er fro ck th a t b esp ok e o f th e in n o ce n c e of. h er sou l—
lie in t h a t ca r eless su m m e r a ttir e t h a t m an in h is h olid a y
m om en ts lik e s to. lo u n g e ab out in .
fc>he w as glo rio u s, so ra d ia n t, t h a t th e s ig h t o f h e r had
m ad e h is soul reel w ith h ap p in ess, w h ilst th e tou ch o f her
h a n d h ad th rilled him w ith th e fires of d esire— th is r a d ia n t
i w ou ld be— m u st b e h is.
A n d th e n h e
ca lm n ess. T h e re
p a r t a lth o u g h h is
of a h a m m e r w ith
h ad sp ok en .
H e had m arvelled a t h is
w as n o p a ssio n a te o u tp o u r in g s on h is
h e a r t w as b e a tin g w ith th e str o n g force
th e lo v e th a t e n g u lfed it.
And sh e , h ad com e to h im . W h en h e had sp oken h is
lo v e, of how m u ch lie d esired h er, of th e h a p p in e ss th a t lay
b efo r e th em in G od’s Own C ou n try— th a t p ea rl o f th e
S o u th e r n S eas— sh e h ad raised h er tim id ey e s, and lie read
th e r e in th e lo v e lig h t h e saw — h is an sw er.
H e rem em b ered how h e h ad crush ed h er to h im , how
had lain in th e sh elter of h is-a r m s, h er h e a r t flu tte r in g
lik e th e flu tte r in g o f som e little fe a th ere d th in g caged in
som e g old en p rison. iH e rem em bered th e sca r le t lu re o f h er
sh e
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lips an d how lie .h a d so u g h t th em , and of th e ecstasy, o f th e
s o ft p ressu re of th eir w arm v e lv e t and o f th e d ep th of fe el­
in g th a t th eir p ressu re bespoke. H e rem em bered how h e
h ad k issed th e c h a ste w h iten ess of h er th ro a t and how w ill­
in g ly sh e h ad allow ed h erse lf to be ca p tiv a te d by him . H e
rem em bered all th e s e th in g s, and in th e ago n y of h is soul
h e groan ed alou d to th e im p en etrab le black of th e h ea v en s.
T h ey w ere to be m arried in N ew Z ealand : I t w as a
w h im o f h ers and h e h ad a greed . H e w as loo k in g forw ard
to th e tim e w h en h e would show h er th e g lo ries of th a t
little co u n try an d w h ere m en w ere m en a n d w om en th eir
tr u e h elp m a tes. W h ere th e m ou n tain s tow ered th e ir snow
clad p eak s to th e azu re of th e sk ies, where th e seas w ere
su n-k issed an d o p alin e, and th e w inds fr e ig h te d .with th e
scen ted am b rosia of th e ra ta . W here th e niluiu lifte d its
frond ed crest over som e golu en stran d d u sted w ith th e pearl
of sea sh ells, and th e tu i called its love n o te to its w an d er­
in g m a te in th e g reen h ea rt of th e bush.
H e w ould show her th e gran d eu r of A oran gi; th e w on der­
fu l lo v elin e ss o f M ilford, th e a u ster e b ea u ty of th ose sile n t
v a les of d e lig h t near T aupo, th e glory of th e W a n g a n u i
as i t sw am its s ile n t cou rse th rou gh to w erin g ra v in es and
bush clad h ills, th e ex q u isite b e a u ty of w hich w ere only
eq u alled by th is E n g lish god dess w h o d om in ated h is d ream s,
h is. h e a r t, h is d esires.
B u t th e s e th o u g h ts cam e from th e lim bo of d ead th in g s,
th e cold u n s a tis fy in g ash es of th e h ot fires th a t had burned
h im — th e etern a l fires of L o v e’s p assion th a t in h er had
burned so q u ick ly o u t.
H is lip s tig h te n e d w ith a q uick resolve.
T h e re was a sp lash . A m om en tary gleam of p a le p h os­
p h orescen ce cam e from th e tu m b lin g d ep th s below.
T he b oat sp ed on in to th e void.
— V k h n o n 11 a y o o n .
OCTOBER
191Q.
The g u n s ceased firing b ut th e ra in co n tin u e d w ith th e
d reary daw n. W e w ere all “ w in d y ,” sh ort te m p ere d , ju m p y
an d q ueer. A ’p la n e em erged from th e low v isib ility ah ead
m a k in g str a ig h t for our lin es. 1 focu ssed m y gla sses on it.
S om eon e sta r ted a L ew is (Jun. M aiiy L ew is G uns an d a
few rifles follow ed . O /C ., B a tte r y , ta p p ed m e on should er
an d ask ed if it w as a F r itz ie . “ N o sir, B r itis h ,” I rep lied
as soon as I d iscern ed . O .C ., to. L ew is gu n n er : “ W h at the
h ell a r e y o u firin g a t one of our p lan es fo r ? ” “ W hy
sh ou ld n ’t IP E v ery o n e else i s .” T he m achin e droned over
our h e a d s w ith its red, w h ite and b lu e circles d is tin c t. T h e
firin g ceased b u t th e r a i n co n tin u e d . W e th o u g h t of th e
p ilo t, h is b rea k fa st o f ham an d e g g s a t th e base in th e a
rear. W e hoped h ’d u nd erstan d .
!
—11. F . J o y c e .
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HOMEWARD BOUND.
“ THE
GLORY - HOLE.”
THE ©AY’S WORK.
T hrou gh th e op en door, ab ove h u d d led and n um erou s
Diinks in th e “g lo r y -h o le ,” com es th e clarion voice .of th e
sh ip ’s S . M . : “ A ll h an d s on d e c k ! Com e on now , hop ou t!
T im e y o u m ere all u p ! D id n 't you h ear th e b u g le ? ”
E y e s slow ly op en and fa c es d isa p p ea r
in • ca v e rn o u s
yaw n s.
T h e p a u c ity o f space a b ou t th e b u n k s d oes n o t
p e r m it th e lu x u ry of a str e tc h .
“ I w ish te r G awd th a t S .M . h ad ta k en a s leep in g
d r a u g h t.”
“ B lim ey , i t ’s on ly 4 .3 0 by m y t i c k e r / ’
“ S am e ’er e, m a te, and h ere h e g oes rob b in ’ us of
a h a lf a n h o u r’s sn ooze.”
“ T h is h a lf h ou r tou ch o f th is lo n g itu d e biz is- no
c o p .”
H u m ilia tio n s o f th e m en w ere c u t sh ort by th e in d e­
fa tig a b le N .O .O .’s (w ho n ever ap pear to sleep) r o u s in g th e
slu g g a r d s. S low ly th e m en g e t to th e floor. B ed looks so
i n v i t i n g ; b u t i t ca n ’t b e h elp ed , and sp d r e ssin g com ­
m en ces.
“ H e y , ju s t l i f t you r ‘d a isy ro o t’ w h ile I rescu e m y
sock , w ill y o u ? ”
“ I ’ll b e h a n g e d ! S o m eo n e’s shook m y b o o t.”
“ A n y o n e seen m y d en im s? S tra y e d d u r in ’ th e n ig h t .”
“ H u r ry up th er e, m en .
S h ow er’s read y n ow .
H op
a lo n g .”
A stream of m en p a sse s 011 to the d e c k ; off com es
c lo th in g an d a g a sp in g , s p lu tte r in g crow d fills th e show erliou se. E v id e n tly th e w a te r is cold, as a babel o f sh ou ts
and “O uches” filte rs from th e sh ow er-hou se.
A c la tt e r of d ish es issu e s from th e m ess room s. M ess
o rd erlies h asten ab o u t, w h ile th e “ Q u a r ter ,” w ith d ew y '
brow , en d ea v o u rs to d o several th in g s a t on ce. H is w orries
are m an y.
‘‘D o n ’t le t ’em down y e t , C orporal.”
“ Ye:'
th r e e , sp u d s to each m a n .”
“ T ea ’s n ot r e a d y ? ”
H e is
bom barded w ith q u e stio n s, w h ile th e m en in th e p assage
p a ss s c a t h in g rem ark s 011 h im and h is u n d er lin g s for th e
d elay in p rep a rin g b rea k fa st.
“ L e t ’em co m e, C b rp ,” s a y s th e Q uarter, an d w ith a
rush th e h u n g ry m en a re sea ted .
“ On th e - w in g w ith th e g r e a se , m a t e .”
“H eave- u s th e b read , d ig g e r .’’
“ W hen you are d one w ith th e s a lt; ’t a r ,” and the
m eal co n tin u e s.
A lm o st .as su d d en ly th e room is clear and th e h arried
m ess ord erlies su rv ey th e ir ta s k of w ash in g u p w ith stoicism
(and w ith fr eq u e n t ob ju rgation s) and p repare to clean in
readin ess for th e n e x t s ittin g .
W ith 110 p arad es t ill 9 . a .m . th e men h ave p le n ty of
le is u r e in w h ich to am u se th em selv es.
“ K e e p on th e
su nn y s id e ” see m s to b e th e m o tto of all, and soon th e
d eck is litte r e d w ith k h a k i. . “ M al-d e-m er” .is mow alm ost
a th in g o f th e p a s t, b u t h ere and th e r e a sold ier m ak es a
fr a n tic rush, for. th e ra il and ------- . N e a r ly all h a v e becom e
•accustom ed to th e roll of th e sh ip a n d h a v e s e ttle d down to
a co m p a r a tiv ely easy life . T h e s e a h a s n o terrors for th em
-and th e d a n g e r zon e is too far' off to ca u se any p ertu r b a ­
tio n ,
“ Go th re e, w ill y o u ? R ig h t, I ’ll go fo u r .”
“ Oh, w ill yer— fou r eh ?
G or b lim e y , I ’ll go n a p !”
H e r e also a re th e b ook-lovers.
Giood fr ie n d s o f th e
la d s in k h a k i h a v e p rovid ed in n u m erab le b ooks and m a g a ­
zin es, and so th e h ou rs are p le a s a n tly w h ile d w a y .
Old
acq u a in ta n ce s are ren ew ed and old d ays re ca lled . T hen th e
sou nd of “ F a ll i n ” in te r r u p ts a p le a s a n t r e v e r ie , cards
an d books p u t aside, and p arad e d eck s are soon o cc u p ied .
T he w ork i s n o t h ard and th e m e n g e t t o i t w ith a zest).
A s th e d a y s go b y th ey b egin to re a lise th ey are n o t in
for a p ic n ic an d i t g rad u ally d aw ns 011 each an d a ll th a t
th e r e is a w a r ra g in g . In th e tr a in in g cam p i t w as diffi­
c u lt to r e a lise w h a t th e y w ere up a g a in s t, b u t re a lisa tio n is
c r ee p in g in to th e m in d s o f all.
P a r a d e s o v e r , th e m en a g a in
p la c es, th e r e to con verse, read , or
th e ca r d s” as th ey w ill.
seek o u t co m fo rta b le
“ sh uffle th e sp o ts off
A s a tis fy in g te a h as b een “c le a n e d u p .” T w ilig h t is
fa llin g an d day is ju s t ta k in g th e c o u n t a fte r a jo lt from
d u sk y n ig h t.
T he s e t tin g su n c a s ts a glo rio u s crim son
h u e o v er th e exp an se o f ocean an d g ra d u a lly n ig h t draw s
a cu rta in o v er sea. an d ship. . . L ig h ts tw in k le on th e
sh ip and endeaviour t o d isp el th e d ark n ess.
On d eck th e
m en a g a in are grou p ed .
B u t w ith th e a d v e n t o f n ig h t
th e ir m oods u nd ergo a ch an ge.
M in d s w a n d e r back to
m em ories dear., and hom e an d loved o n es a r e th e o b jec ts of
th o u g h t.
T hen a. ga.y s p ir it s ta r ts a ch oru s. I m m e d ia te ly , w ith
w h ole-h earted n ess, th e b oys jioin and th e air resou n d s to
h app y song. -S e n tim e n ta l and lig h t are th e airs. R o llic k in g
ch oru ses, such as “B ack H om e in T e n n e sse e ,” “ P a c k u p
y o u r T ro u b les,” and a v a r ie ty of oth ers, p ou r fo r th in
p le a s a n t h arm on y, w h ile sy n co p a ted ca tch y a irs are e a g e rly
ta k en u p .
T h is is p erh ap s th e h a p p ie s t p ortion iof th e
s o ld ier’s d ay.
T ho c lo sin g sce n e is en a cted in the. “ g lo r y -h o le .”
“T .
L a s t P o s t ” w arns t h e m en th a t all m u st be b elow .
“ Hey,, lO harlie, s lin g us y o u r in se c t p ow der.
A b out
u m p tee n b u g s tore h un ks o u t of m e la s t n ig h t and I ’m
h a n g e d if I ’m g o in g to b e e a te n to - n ig h t.”
“ ------- t h a t rail above m y h ead . T h a t’s th e n in th tim e
I ’v e bum ped ray cranium 011 i t . ”
“ S h ift yo u r k it, m a tey , w h ile I vam oosh in to m y k en ­
n e l.”
So th e b oys p rep are for a w e lc o m e sleep .
G radually
th e h u m of con versation d im in ish e s.
T h e clear n o te s of
th e b u g le rise above th e wash of th e sea, “ L ig h ts o u t ,”
“L ig h ts o u t .”
H eads, r e s t c o n te n te d ly on th e “ p illo w s”
and “ N a t u r e ’s s o ft n u r se” s te e p s th e sen ses o f th e m en in
slu m b er.
F ro m (above* com es th e s te a d y tr e a d o f th e
w a tch , an d fa in tly , b u t re a ssu r in g ly , is h eard th e cry>
“ A ll’s w e ll!”
O ne a ftern oon , in th e sh ip ’s ord erly room , con versation
tu r n e d from th e oversh ad ow in g top ic of w ar to th e new co n ­
ste lla tio n in th e h eaven s, “ th e sh ip ’s m a g a z in e .”
S om eon e
p r e s e n t in tim a te d h is in ten tio n o f p o s tin g a cop y to h is
w ife .
“ G rand id e a ,” rem ark ed a certain lie u te n a n t ; “ I ’ll
s en d on e to th e w ife , to o .”
“ Order a dozen co p ies,” said th e a d ju ta n t cu ttin g ly .
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I t w as a b e a u tin l m o r n in g in ea r ly sp rin g , and I w a s
a b o u t to la zily c o n te m p la te m y su rro u n d in g s w hen I su d ­
d en ly b ecam e co n scio u s of th e p resen ce o f a w ell-d ressed
s tr a n g e r . A t first T w as so m e w h a t irr ita ted by .liis u nd e­
te c te d ap proach and u s e of th e s e a t w h ich T. h ad h op ed to
k eep to m y se lf.
To show m y r e s e n tm e n t, I g azed s te a d ­
fa s t ly across th e g re en , u n til c u rio sity p rom p ted m e to
co v e r tly r e g a rd m y com pan ion. He; ap p eared to b e ab out
th ir ty -fiv e an d u n h a p p y . W ith th e r e flec tio n t h a t h e w as
lo n e ly an d prob ably d esired com p an y, m y irr ita tio n v a n ­
ish ed .
“ F in e m o r n in g ,” I said , te n ta tiv e ly .
STOCKTON H O U SE .
H e d ecla r ed th a t h e had n o t n o tic e d it.
“ P e r h a p s ,” I s u g g e s te d , “ y ou are in tr o u b le .”
“ T h e tr o u b le i s , ” h e ex p la in ed , “t h a t I am n ot in
h a rm o n y w ith m y e n v iro n m en t. M y p o sitio n d em an is t i e
o b servan ce o f ce rta in c u sto m s t h a t I am capable- </f follow ­
in g . Y o u see, I ’m a re tu rn ed sold ier, h a v in g served n ea r­
ly th r e e yea r s in th e A rm y. W h en I re tu rn h1 to m y w ife
an d fa m ily , I ex p e c te d t o liv e th e p re-w ar M e , in a. ie sp ecta b le, c iv ilise d m an n er. 'B ut for me> i t *s. no longer
p o ssib le.
A t th e h ou rs o f sev e n , tw e lv e and f h e , 1 p re­
cur© a p la te , m u g , k n ife , fo r k an d sp oon, an d, h old in g
th ese v er y tig h tly , I h a n g arou n d th e d in in g-room d oor
u n til food ap p ears. F or th e life o f m e, I can n ot d e s is t from
d ip p in g a g re a sy k n ife in the, jam . L a tte r ly , I h a v e ta k e n
to sea r ch in g th e sto r e room s an d gard en for odd p ie c e s of
lea d . S o m etim es I va ry th is b y c o lle c tin g sto n es an d g iv ­
in g th em a lib eral c o a tin g o f w h itew a sh . W h en ra in rend ers
th is im p o ssib le, I r e tir e to th e k itch en an d in s is t o n p eel­
in g th e p o ta to e s . I em barrass th e ser v a n ts b y d o in g th e
w a sh in g . M y w ife , w ho d oes n o t u n d er sta n d , an d therefor©
ca n n o t s y m p a th ise , con sidered m e m ad w h en I grab b ed m y
h a t th e o th e r e v e n in g and h a s tily l e f t th e h ou se. T h a t w as
b eca u se an im p o f a te rrito ria l b u g ler w h o liv es n ear by
w as p ra c tis in g t h e O B . c a ll,
I h a b itu a lly ad dress th e
g a rd en er as ‘S ir ,’ an d in variab ly s ta n d to a tte n tio n w h en
any o f m y daugh ters, p la y s th e ‘M a r se illa ise .’ T h e scold in gs
o f 'm y fa m ily w e ig h m e down.; I am h en p eck ed an d dhickpec-ked.”
I murmured m y sy m p a th ies and referred to th e h ea lin g
effec ts of tim e .
“ N o u s e ,” h e said, lu g u b rio u sly .
H e la p se d in to a
m ood y silence-, w h ich I d id .n o t a tt e m p t to b reak .
P re­
s e n tly th e co lle g e clock p roclaim ed th e h ou r of tw e lv e . I
rose, str e tc h e d m y se lf and d eclared th a t th e S q u a re w a s
m y d e s tin a tio n .
“M in e, to o ,” h e said, risin g w ith u n e x p e cte d a la cr ity .
A n a tte m p t to le a v e h im a t th e S h e lter w a s fr u s tr a te d .
H a r d ly .realisin g th e p o sitio n , I w a s p ilo te d tow ard s “ W ar­
n e r s . W e dran k m od estly an d w ith th e d efe ren ce o f n ew
a cq u a in ta n ce sh ip . A n officer ap p eared in th e sale,on. T he
red is h is h a t an d tu n ic u n m ista k a b ly p ron oun ced h im a
m em b er o f th e d is t r ic t staff an d, a s h e p assed u s, m y
com p an ian stiffen ed to a tten tio n .
I sm-iled an d assured
h im th a t h is r ig id ity w as u n n ecessary. H e m isu n d erstood ,
th in k in g th a t m y rem ark im p lied ign o r a n c e of th e r e g u la ­
tio n s.
“ D o you k now w h o th a t is ? ” he ask ed .
“ Y e s ,” I an sw ered , p rep arin g to d ep art.
“ H e is a
good nort, but ru m ou r has i t th a t h e h a s sw u ng th e le a d .”
‘S w u n g th e le a d ,” lie eja cu la ted . “T hen yo u h a v e been
in the; A r m y ? ”
I nodd ed ack n ow led gm en t an d strod e tow ard s th e sw in g
d oors. H e took m y arm in a firm g rip .
“ N o t y e t ,” h e p lead ed , e a r n e s tly .
“ L e t ’s” h a v e an­
o th e r .”
— C. M . C aratti.
T h e sun se ts red in th e g old en west\.
R e d as a copper fire aglow .
N e a r are rain clou d s black in lin e,
A s fa r as o n e sees an ocean o f b lu e ;
B ack are th e w h ite h eap ed w oolly clou ds
T h at g leam w h ite th rou gh and th rou gh .
S om e gre.at b ig fa iry la d y
I s w a sh in g o u t o f s ig h t,
W a sh in g w h er e th e tw ilig h t lies,
W r in g in g rain drops from th e sk ies.
T he d ir ty clou ds sh e ta k e s and boils,
B oils w ith th e copper in th e w e st.
Then she p u ts th em th ro u g h th e b lu e.
(T h at’s th e ocean, as y o u ’ve gu essed .)
A n d w h en th ey th en q u ite cle a n ly sh in e,
T h e y ’re h u n g on h er h orizon lin o
T h a t l it t le k id d ie s (an d grow n-ups too)
M ay see th a t th is v a s t ocean b lu e
I s ju s t a p o t for w a s h in g d ay,
To w ash th e d ir ty clou ds aw ay
— P . 13.
M u sk etry I n str u c to r (to squad o f re cr u its): “ W h a t’s
P r iv a t e I s a a c s te in ru n n in g lik e th a t fo r ?
H a s lie gon e
m a d ? ’’
P r iv a te S m ith : “ I t ’s a lr ig h t, ser g ea n t. H e h eard you
say ‘F ir e ! ’ and h e ’s g o n e to look for h is in su ran ce p o lic y .”
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HOMEWARD EOUMD.
IMPRESSIONS OF AM RC.O.
I h a v e b een .agreeably su rp rised .
O f course, i t is
n o th in g for a so ld ier to be su rp rised , b u t yo u m ay re st
a ssu red th a t, if h e is ag re ea b ly su rp rised , h e h a s h a d an
ex p e r ie n c e w o rth r e c o u n tin g . A s a T ren th a m ite I h ad v a g u e
m isg iv in g s a b o u t th e v o y a g e.
T lie p ro sp ect of a s ix te e n th ou san d -m ile tr ip o n a crow d ed troop sh ip w as a n y th in g but
p le a s in g ,
I w a s p rep a re d to suffer, lik e th e p roverbial
sard in e, u n com fortab le c o n tig u ity to k in d red b e in g s ; to
p r e s e n t an a tt r a c t iv e field o f exp loration to in trep id ra ts,
an d to receive, p erem p tory orders from callou s, sea-harden ­
ed officials, cold ly in d iffe re n t to th e in c a p a c ita tin g e ffe c ts of
sea-sick n ess. M y a c tu a l e x p er ien ce fu rn ish es no fu lfilm en t
o f th ese exp ccta.tioss. I am , th re fo re , a g reeab ly su rp rised .
I do n o t m ean b y th is t h a t i t i s all u n a llo y ed b lis s .
F a r from i t . M uch cou ld b e w r itte n con cern in g w h a t som e
a re p le a sed to te r m th e b ou n d less m on oton y of life aboard
sh ip . T h a t m ay w e ll be th e p ortion o f a soul s te e p e d in
m a teria lism , and i t is n o t d ifficu lt to ap p r ecia te th e v iew ­
p o in t o f th e m e re m a te r ia lis t— for d ays n e ith e r la n d nor
s h ip p in g , n o th in g b u t a vast, ex p a n se of sea o f v a ry in g
colou r, a ccord in g t o th e s ta t e of th e sk y. W h ales o n e h ad
n o t ex p ec ted to see. I t w a s reasonab le, h ow ever, to co u n t
u p on th e p ilo ta g e o f a fe w e n te r ta in in g an d co r y b a n tic
p orp oises, b u t n e v e r a o n e h a s ap p eared . And th e life , to o ,
is re g u la r an d p rosaic, fo llo w in g a ro u tin e th a t a p u n c tilio u s
b u g ler b la s t s in to so m an y p a ra d es, fa tig u e s and m eals.
B u t , a p a rt from all th is , th e r e is m uch th a t affords
g e n u in e p le a su r e.
T he tr a in in g , t h far from b ein g a
d ru d g e ry r e lu c ta n tly to be en d ured , is m ild an d, a t timeis,
m irth -p r o v o k in g ; fo r i t is c e r ta in ly a m u sin g , w h en a t
p h y sica l drill,* to ju m p lik e a fr o g , or, u nd er o rd ers from a
v e r s a tile in stru cto r , ch a se a com panion for th e iiu rp ose of
in tro d u cin g to h is m o st en d u r in g m em b er a s to u t stick or
th ic k rop e. C om pared to th e effu sio n s o f th e in d efa tig a b le
C h eater and fa stid io u s T urnb u ll, th e sy lla b u s is m ild —ev e n
ap o lo g e tic. Of cou rse, th e m ilita ry atm osph ere is ever p re­
sen t, u n d e n ia b le an d p o te n t; b u t th e a d m isistra tio n is ch ar­
acterise d by a s w e e t re a so n a b len ess m uch ap p reciated by
th e a v e r a g e N e w Z ea la n d er . I a m sure th a t, a t h e a r t, th e
O.O. R e in fo r cem en t is a g e n tle so u l.
H e is a ch eery,
chu bb y o(ommander, and no m a g iste ria l k n ittin g o f .th e b row s
or flash in g to rch w ill m a k e m e th in k oth erw ise.
T h en , to o , th e r e is a lw a y s th e stim u lu s of com p an y, an
a s s e t t h a t th e soldier c a n n o t ov er -estim a te.
H er e th e
officers, n .c .o .’s iand m en s e e m ore o f one an oth er th a n was
ever rp ssib lc in cam p. M en , h ith e r to u n su sp e cte d o f .any­
th in g of th e k in d , h a p p ily d is p la y m u sical an d vocal ta le n ts
of no m ean order. K e e n ly s o lic ito u s o f our social n eed s, th e
ch a p la in s and Y .M .C .A . re p r e s e n ta tiv e s arr a n g e d for th e
p rod u ction b y u n its of co m p e titiv e con certs th a t n ever
fa iled to afford a m u sem en t. T h e re is h u m ou r to sp are, an d
o ften one finds i t in u n e x p e c te d q uarters. I ch an ced , th e
o th er d ay, to en co u n ter a s er g ea n t w ho w as arran gin g to
r e lie v e one of h is gu ard .
In respon se to h is com m an d :
“ P a s s over you r o rd er s,” t h e old sen tr y com m en ced in
ex e m p la r y s ty le to d e ta il h is d u tie s to h is ap p oin ted su c­
cessor.
T he .latter, h o w ev e r, p ro m p tly in terr u p te d : “Y e
can g a n g aw a’, ” h e sa id , “ I k e n i t a ll.”
A s m y q u a r ter s are close to th ose of th e M aoris, of
w h om th e r e are a b ou t fifty aboard, I h a v e e x c e lle n t op­
p o r tu n itie s o f s tu d y in g th e ir ch a ra c ter istics. A m on g th em ­
selv es th e y are ver y p a rtia l to p ra ctic a l jo k es an d a n y p a s ­
tim e s c a llin g fo r p h y sica l p row ess. E v e r b r ig h t an d ch eer­
fu l, th e y re a d ily en d ear th em selv es to th eir E u r o p e a n sh ip ­
m a tes, a n d are m o st ex e m p la r y a s re g a rd s b eh a v io u r ancf
tr e a tm e n t o f su p eriors. T h eir fa r cica l b o x in g c o n te s ts are
su rp a ssin g ly com ical, and I am su re t h a t so lo n g o.s th e s e
dusk y w arriors accom p any u s, i t w ill be s im p ly im p ossib le
toi fa ll a v ic tim to en n u i or an y sim ila r m alad y.
• T hese,, th e n , arc*..a few of m y im p ression s of life ab oard
H .M .N .Z .T ., en ou gh to c o n v in c e y ou , I th in k , t h a t i t is ,
in th e id io m o f ou r m odern y o u n g m an , “ N o t ’arf b a d .’-'
A s I said b efore, I am a g reeab ly su rp rised .
— O .M .C .
THE GLAD HOME-COMIMGo
W hen I com e h om e to .you, d ea r,
W h a t, what will yo u r Avelcome b e?
T ired by lo n g months of wai ting
W ill y o u h a v e changed to me?
Or w ill you r lo v e h a v e grow n, dear,
A s tr o n g e r, p u rer tie .
’C au se o f th ose m o n th s of w a itin g
T h a t’v e p assed so slow ly by
W h en I com e h o m e to you , d ea r,
W h a t w ill you r w elcom e b e?
T h e h ou rs y o u ’ve fou n d so d reary,
H ow d rear th e y ’ve been for m e!
Y e t, ’m id s t th e n oise of b a ttle ,
O ne h op e h a s u rged m e on,
A n d th a t fond h o p e I ’ll ch erish till
M y w ork is w h o lly d one.
W hen yo u com e hom e to m e, dear,
M y h e a r t w ill glad d en ed b e
T lie long, lo n g m on th s of w a itin g
H a v e m ade m e y earn for th ee
T hough w eary are th e lon esom e h ou rs
To you I s till b elon g.
God b rin g you hom e to m e, d ear
A nd crow n m y life w ith son g.
I t w as a t a D ig g e r ’s d an ce on th e p rom en ad e-d eck . S h e
w a s a first-class p assenger, h e — ju s t a D ig g e r .
T he d an ce w a s a. jazz w ith w h ich sh e w a s u n a cq u a in ted .
H e s o u g h t to e n lig h te n h er.
“ Y ou se e , i t ’s lik e th is ,” h e said, w h en I sq u eeze y o u —
you d ip .”
S h e “ d ip p ed ” — o ft e n !
O rderly S e r g e a n t: "Come o n , p u t th a t lig h t o u t .”
S le e p y V o ice : ”I t ain ’t a. lig h t, s e r g e a n t; i t ’s th e
m oon .”
O rd erly S e r g e a n t: “ I don’t
th in g is. P u t i t o u t ! ’’
care w h a t tlie
b loom in g
W hat th ro w s m e o u t upon th e floor,
W hat pinches m e u n til I ’m raw ,
A nd m akes m e feel one gi*eat big sore ?
M y H am m ock.
W hat lets me d o w n .a t dead of n ig h t,
A nd nearly kills me w ith th e frig h t,
W hile D iggers ro a r in huge d elig h t?
M y H am m ock.
M.C.
W h a t do I p itch upon th e deck,
And dream th e sh ip ’s a to ta l wreck,
T ill w ak in g find its ro u n d my neck?
M y H am m ock.
«
W hat gives m e th e m ost aw ful dream s,
F ierce fan tasies t h a t come in stream s,
Till I w ake everyone w ith my scream s ?
M y H am m ock.
•W hat is it m akes me so unwell,
And m akes m e know was born in—well,
A place t h a t was n o t eve Adam fell?
M 37 H am m ock.
W h a t do I swear upon m y o ath
I s S a ta n ’s g ran d e st, g rea te st joke,
Oh! How I wish t h a t I could choke?
My H am m ock.
M agazine C hairm an.
W h at do I know t h a t w hen I tre a d
T h a t dear hom e land to which w e’re wed
I ’ll n o t sleep ou t of till I ’m dead ?
M>y H om e .Bed.
I n a little cabin on th e boat^declc—a cabin trellisw orked w ith d an g lin g w ires—a m an sits in w a itin g ex p ect­
ancy. H is h ead .is rib b o n e d 'w ith a steel band clam ped w ith
two telephone-looking receivers th a t give his ears m astery
over every whisper th e w ind brings for th o u sa n d s of miles.
T here he sits, lost to ev e ry th in g save to th e fa in t b u t
d istin c t “ tit-ta a , t a a - ti t ” th a t comes to him from some
o th e r triu m p h in g devil of th e e th e r in a n o th er like cabin
lost som ew here upon th e b ro ad bosom of the ocean.
The electricity of some w andering sto rm — a lth o u g h it
is b rig h t day outside— crackles across th e super-sensitive
d ru m of his m echanical-aided ears, b u t n o t once does he
lose th e tin y ‘‘tit-ta a , t a a - tit” th a t t h a t o th er h u m an on
th e w a te ry w aste leagues away is d e sp atch in g him .
A round him a re peculiar electrical contrivances th a t
lend a n a ir of w eirdness to thisi den o f m ystery. Suddenly
th is steel ban d w izard tu rn s and (jerks down a handle. There
is a flash of blue lig h t and th e sizzling crackle of e lectricity .
On th e tab le in fro n t of him is a little keyboard, and th is
he ta p s w ith an in siste n t firmness. The little speed-devils
of h is b idding go o u t a t a n incom prehensible ra te , and
in sta n tly find th e ir hom e in th e a erials of some lonely
ste a m er p lo u g h in g h e r so litary way fa r fro m lan d , th e re to
ta p a t th e sensitive door of a M ind— a M ind t h a t is th e
replica of a g re a t m entality, th a t subdued th e h ith e rto
unconqiierable void of space.
— V .H .
M agazine S ecretary .
HOMEWARD BOUMD,
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J’ACCUSE.
A soliloq u y of ; D ig g e r on th e b an k s o f th e R h in e ,
C o lo g n e :
R o ll on , R h i n e ! R oll on !
JiJmpty th y su llied fa m e in to th e sea.
H a n g low th in e h ea d becau se of th e sta in
O ’er sh ad ow in g th y brow
C aused by th y co u n try-m en ,
F o es o f th e c iv ilized w orld ,
T hou river of scenic b e a u t y !
F a r aw ay in our d is ta n t land
An islan d sm a ll, j'et g r e a t
T h e re flows a river t r u e as ste e l
F lo w s on it s b ea u teo u s p a th
F rom m o u n ta in fa s tn e ss to th e sea
A s u n tra m e lle d in sin as th o u art
S u llied in m ire, oh r i v e r !
C oupled w ith a trociou s deed s an d s tr ic k e n hopes
I s th y n am e w h ich stood so h igh in b e a u ty ’s lists
T h y ceaseless flow can n ever w ash
T he sta in s of crim e from th y book of p a s t ;
A th o u sa n d y ea rs w ill n o t regain lo s t p r e s tig e ;
S horn o f th y d ream s by. th e g r e a tn e s s o f God.
O ur w ork is done. W e le a v e th is F a th e r la n d o f th in e
L e a v e th y b ank s and w orld -fam ed spans •
F or th e fe r n clad slopes of our own p eer less W a n g a n u i.
— B . G. B u r t
A lim ite d num ber of cop ies o f th e “ H om ew ard B o u n d ”
are b ein g p rin ted o v er and above th e t o t a ls ord ered .
b e p le a sed to receiv e fu rth er ord ers.
A d d ress—
A d iv id in g lin e th o u h a s t fa llen to
B etw een M an an d H u n .
A fittin g occup ation for a river so laud ed
N o lon ger, oh R h in e la n d ! d o’s t th ou appeal
To th e fair an d fa m ed as of y o re
S hou ld
su b scribers req u ire a d d ition al n um bers th e s ec reta ry w ou ld
K.
dk
M atjs,
Cliff H o u se ,
I sla n d B a y ,
W e llin g to n .
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HOMEWARD B G U m
F ir s t C lass D eck .
44THE SQUABBLER'S SOMG”
(W ith ap o lo g ies to Oscar A sc h e .)
We s it a n d sq uab ble from m orn till n oon,
F rom th e rise of sun to th e s e t of m oon ,
S qu abb le and sq uab ble as b est w e m ay,
A n d -we w a il th is d irge to th e s a lt sea s p r a y :
C h oru s:
T h e m o r e w e sq uab ble th e b e tte r w e ’re p leased .
In ta lk in g scan d al ou r m in d s are eased,
I f th e cap d o n ’t fit, w e ll—-who can te ll ?—
I t ’s b oun d to fit som ebod y else as w e ll.
S econ d C lass D eck .
(B y k in d p erm ission o f G ilb ert and S u lliv a n .)
T iie first class lo t w e c a n ’t ab id e,
T h e y ’re fu ll of a m o st u n h o ly p rid e.
T h e ir w o m en are dow dy an d w retch ed ly, d ressed,
A n d th e k id s are a sq uaw k y lo t a t b est.
I f w e had o u r r ig h ts a t a ll w e g u ess,
I t ’s w e w h o’d be in th e first class m ess,
A n d w e’d clap th o se officers dow n b elow —
F o r w e ’r e q u ite a su p erior lo t y o u k now ,
A v ery su p erior class, you know .
44 D I G G E R ’S . ”
(W ith ap o lo g ie s to n o b o d y .)
T ho fo ’c ’s ’le m ay be stu ffy , th e h am m ock s m ay be crud e,
T he d eck sp ace m ig h t be ju st a b it m ore sp acious,
T here m ig h t h e a con sid erab le im p rovem en t in th e food,
F or D ig g e r s are n oto rio u sly rap aciou s;
B u t y e t t h e y ’r e p le a s a n t p laces in w h ich m y lo t is ca st,
A n d I w o u ld n ’t ta k e a s tr ip e a t an y figu re;
A s a p r iv a te I e n liste d , I ’m a p riv a te to th e la s t,
A n d I th a n k th e L ord I ’m ju st a p la in old D ig g er .
— L t . J . D a v ey .
REPATRIATION.
The Meditations of a Digger.
W ell, b oys, s h e ’s finishe'd, and w e ’re hom ew ard b oun d,
an d i t d o esn ’t m a tte r if y o u ’re an A lly -S lo p er or a D in k,
or a L in seed L an cer, y o u ’re g oin g back to ta k e u p th e
th re a d s of th e old life a g a in .
To som e of u s i t w ill be
c o m p a r a tiv ely ea sy — ju st a slip p in g back to th e old rou tin e
— and a fo r g e ttin g . To o th e r s i t m arks one o f lif e ’s c r o s s ­
road s, for- th ey h a v e to m ak e a n ew sta r t, and lead s aw ay
to a h ap p y, co n te n ted fu tu r e , or p erh ap s th e re v er se and
o b livion .
S ta n d in g , as som e o f u s do, on th e th resh old of th e
n ew , le t us p ause and seriou sly con sid er som e of th e pro­
p osals by th e N e w Z ealan d G o v ern m en t for th e re p a tria tio n
of th e s o ld ie r s : R ep a tria tio n — I lik e th a t w ord — i t ’s sw e et,
arid i t re a lly looks as if w e w ere g e t tin g so m e th in g for
n o th in g — or a t le a s t q u ite ea sily — and h ear d iscu ssion s all
round o f b usin esses b o u g h t an d sold, for w e are told th e
G overn m en t are fa irly lib e ra l in th is resp ect, and con sid er­
in g th e ev a n e s c e n t q u a lity of on e o f th e p rin c ip a l factors
(k n ow n as good w ill) i t ’s sim p ly sp lend id and ch ild lik e in its
sim p lic ity . T he la te R . J . S ed d on ’s b a ttle-cry w as “ back
to th e lan d , yo u n g m a n ,” an d i t ’s h ere th a t th e G overnm ent
are la y in g th e fo u n d a tio n for a g re a ter N ew Z ealan d . M ak e
no m ista k e, b oys, i t ’s n o t g o in g to be ea sy . W e k now ev e n
/.r id e r th e m ost fa v o u re d con d ition s r e g a rd in g lo ca lity , p ro x ­
im ity o f a tr a ck o th er th a n a river-b ed , q u a lity of soil, th e
s tr u g g le w ill be lo n g , th e work w ill be ard u ous. I t m eans
h ard to il fo r th e m an an d lo n e lin ess for th e w ean
arid w ife — b u t
in
th e
lo n g
run
I
b eliev e
i t ’s
b e s t — i t ’s th e life .,
F a ilu r e s ?
W ell,
it
d ep en ds.
I ’v e k n ow n m en p re-w ar d a y s good to iler s, to o , ta k e u p a
b ack block s h o ld in g w h ere th e c o u n tr y ’s all on en d , w ith
h a rd ly a fla t p lace to boil the) h illy . T h e y ’ve sank all th eir
a v ailab le c a p ita l in fa llin g b ush , fe n c in g , g ra ssin g , and
th en h a v e had to com e o u t and w ork 'for w ages to tid e
over, b u t th e y ’ve h u n g on and m ad e good in s p ite of
b roken p rom ises of fin ancial aid by th e A d van ces to S e ttle r s
D e p a r tm e n t.
T his co u n try ta k e s tim e to m ak e. T h e re’s
no sou l in th e g ra ss o n n ew b ush lan d s, and on e can
reck on a t le a s t te n years fo r the- cou n try to th o ro u g h ly
m ak e— an d i t ’s ju s t alon g th e se tim e s th a t a m an h as
to s i t tig h t and carry on .
N ow , th e p o sitio n o f th e re tu rn ed sold ier is som ew hat
d ifferen t. W e ’re not g o in g in u n d er th e old c o n d itio n s—
th e te rm s are m uch m o r e lib eral— and th e m an w ho is n o t
fu lly q ualified to carry on alone p rovision h a s b een m ad e for
e x p e r t a d vice and a ssista n c e to h elp h im o v er th e in itia l
d ifficu lties. T h e p osition of th e soldier lia s no p a ra llel in
an y p rev io u s sch em e for la n d s e ttle m e n t, an d a n alogies
u n d er th e old c o n d itio n , and th o se of t h e soldier, are diffi­
c u lt to m ak e, for th e p rovision s are m uch m ore gen erou s
all round. B u t m ak e no m ista k e , b oys, y o u ’ll w a n t a pow er­
fu l .organ isation b eh in d you to en force th ose p rovision s.
Y o u ’v e alread y g o t th e m ach in ery— th a n k s to th o se w ho
h a v e gon e b efore— g e t in to lin e and do you r b it. T h ere’s
lan d and good cou n try, too, for ev e ry m an th a t lia s a
g en u in e d esire to s e t tle , an d th e b a llo t sh ould on ly o p erate
w h en th e a p p lic a tio n s are m any for a p a rticu la r p arcel of
lan d .
L and fo r all sh ould b e th e w a tch w o rd o f th e e x ­
sold ier— and n o t w a y b ack in th e N e v e r N e v e r L a n d — b u t
w ith in ea sy access to a tra ck or a road— or a seab oard ,
j
E. C a rter,
L t.
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I t w as in th e e a r ly d ays of th e N ew Z ea la n d er s’ career
in F ra n ce . T h e b a tta lio n had ju s t been r e lie v ed from th e
lin e in fr o n t of H o u p lin e s and a sh o rt au re v o ir w as said
to C am b rid ge H o u se , Irish A v e n u e, and th o se p in ea p p le in fe ste d tr en ch es, N o s. 8 8 an d 89.
S om e lu c k le ss m an h ad giv en h im self a few d a y s ’1 re st
in A r m en tier es w h ile h is b a tta lio n w as .in th e l i n e ; th e
p o lic e h a v in g fou n d h im , th ere on ly rem ain ed th e n to
p u t h im th r o u g h h is p aces b y m eans of a F ie ld G en eral
C ou rt M a r tia l. B a tta lio n H ea d q u a rters w as n ea r B r u v a r t
F a c to r y an d n e x t to B a rb ed -W ire S qu are.
T o th o s e w ho w itn esse d t h a t C o u rt M a r tia l th e m em ory
of i t w ill d ie h a rd .
T h e n ig h t b efo r e th e tr ia l som e
silly p erso n s h ad raid ed th e tr u c u le n t H u n in fr o n t (lie
w as tr u c u le n t in th o s e d a y s) and h a d h u r t so m e th in g m ore
so lid th a n h is fe e lin g s .
T he C o u rt M a r tia l w a s sch ed u le d to b eg in a t 10 a .m .
A n d i t d id . I t began, in a p okey room b eh in d th e o rd erly
room , w h ich see m ed s m a ller th a n u sual on acco u n t of a s to v e
w h ich p rotru d ed from t h e w a ll o u t in to th e m id d le o f th e
room .
T h e re w ere fiv e m em b ers fo r m in g th is c o u r t and
s ittin g in a row th e y s tr etc h e d across th e room .
The
p ro sec u to r, a cc u se d ’s fr ie n d , th e a ccu sed w ith h is e sc o r t
a u g m e n te d b y w itn e s s e s and m ilita ry p o lic e, su cceed ed in
fillin g th is P a la is d e J u s tic e .
T h e accu sed h a v in g p le a d e d “ N o t G u ilty ,” th e tr ia l
b eg a n .
I t h a d reach ed o n ly its p relim in ary s ta g e s w h en
th e H u n b egan h is r e ta lia tio n for la s t n ig h t’s h a m m e rin g .
H e se le c te d th ese p r e c in c ts as a fit su b ject for h is str a a fe .
The first w itn e ss w as about- to r e tir e fr o m th e co u rt
w h en a 5 .9 b u r st a b o u t th r e e doors aw ay. . T h a t w itn ess
fo r g o t to s a lu te as h e w e n t.
Two m ore s h ells .p lo u g h ed
th e . n eig h b o u rin g field. T h e P r e s id e n t o f th e C o u r t ca lled
th e n e x t w itn ess. H e cam e n o t.
A sa lv o o f H u n d is lik e cam e in stea d and a c iv ilia n
d rop p ed d ead a t tlie corn er of th e s tr e e t and o n e o f th e
p olice h ad h is le g sm ash ed .
T h e H u n now b egan to b e
re a lly u n p le a s a n t, an d i t n eed ed on ly a s u g g e s tio n fo r th e
C ou rt to rise and. r e tir e to th e cella r b elow .
A n d th e r e
th e tr ia l w e n t on u p to th e s en te n c in g of th e a cc u se d ;
b u t th e scen e b elow in t h a t c e lla r w ill ran k alw ays as on e
u n iq u e in th e a d m in istr a tio n o f ju stice .
In th o s e ea r ly d a y s th e r e w e re m an y c iv ilia n s in A rm en ­
tier es an d even a, good n u m b er w ere to be fo u n d
rou n d B arb ed -W ire S q u a re .
W ith th e first salvo
from th e H u n , old m en a n d w o m en , g ir ls a n d ch il­
dren and a fe w y o u n g m en crow d ed d ow n in to th a t
ce lla r .
T h e y s q u a tte d on b rok en fu r n itu r e , on
th e sto n e floor, an d in th e dim lig h t c o u ld be
seen a y o u n g co u p le ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f a s till
d ark er corner to sq u eeze h a n d s a n d m u rm u r th eir
li t t l e ta le s o f love.
T he c e lla r re c e iv e d all its lig h t from a sm all
h ole w h e r e roof and w all m e t.
A sm a ll, r ic k e ty
ta b le , th re e ch a irs a n d th e b rok en en d o f a b ed ­
ste a d
com prised
th e
C o u rt’s fu r n itu r e .
Two
c a n d le s w e re s tu c k on to th e ta b le an d lig h te d .
T h e P r e s id e n t .sat u p to th e ta b le and th e o th er
m em b ers on e ith e r sid e of h im , th o se on ch a irs w ho
cou ld , th e o th er s on th e broken b ed stea d or floor.
T he esc o rt and p risoner m a r ch ed in . As a m a tte r
o f fa c t th e y w orm ed th e m s e lv e s o v er th e r e cu m b en t
figu res o f th e F ren ch c iv ilia n s to w a rd s th e ta b le . On w e n t
th e tr ia l in te r r u p te d now an d th e n o n ly w h en th e co n cu s­
sion of a b u r stin g sh ell blew o u t tlie tw o can d les.
Two
tin y ch ild r en p la y e d on th e floor a t b ein g sold iers an d
fin gered th e rifle -b u tt o f th e e s c o r t’s rifle.
A g o od -look in g g irl og led th e n ic e-lo o k in g e s c o r t from
b eh in d th e P r e s id e n t. T h e y o u n g fo lk m oved tow ard s th e
tab le and eyed w ith som e a m a z em e n t th is s tr a n g e tr ia l.
In one corner a y o u n g m other te n d e d th e w a n ts o f h er
in fa n t. A p oor fr a il old w om an w a s co n v u lsiv e ly fin g erin g
h er R osary an d h er w h isp ered p rayer “ B on D ieu p rese rv ez
vovis” cou ld b e h eard now and th e n .
H e r h u sb a n d tr ie d to co m fo rt h e r an d m ad e a b ra v e
show of in d ifferen ce, b u t old m e n sh ould n ev er h a v e h ad
to h ea r th e sou n d o f b u r stin g sh ell. T h e tr ia l en d ed , and
p erh ap s th e h ig h p rin c ip les o f E n g lis h J u s tic e p r e v a ile d —
fiati ju s titia ruafa coeleu m .
An hour la te r th e H u n tir e d . T h e C ou rt rose and th e
s tr a n g e sc e n e closed as m en , w o m en , an d ch ild ren scu rr ie d
lik e rab b its to th e ir w a r ren -lik e h o u se s.
— C . A . Tv. T r e a d w e l l , 'C a p t.
A g ra v e b efore m e , solem n , sa id .
S u rm ou n ted by an o liv e, a cross rou g h ly
S ta n d in g o u t grim w ith no floral w r ea th
P a y in g tr ib u te to m y b roth er b e n e a th .
m ade
D e a th w in g s o ’er him d a y an d n ig h t—
D e a th i t h overs arou n d.
I t d istu r b s him n o t ; s till lie slum bers on
B e n e a th h is m an tle o f fo r eig n grou n d .
M y p a l h e alw ays w as.
T o -n ig h t I leave him th er e.
“ G one, y e s ,” b u t n o t fo r g o tte n ,
F o r h e is s till th e idol of our m o th e r’s p rayer.
— 11.
G.
B u r t.
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Ift’s
a
M a ffd l
W
© :rM
S
“ M ick ” fou n d h im self on board tlie “ S .S . B r ito n .” I t
w asn ’t M ick's fa u lt. H e h ad p e r siste n tly d od ged th e roll
o f th e la s t fo u r tr o o p sh ip s; b u t a t la s t th e m ilita r y
a u th o rities h ad “ com e down on h im ” an d m ade h im re tu rn .
Onco aboard th e sh ip M ick w e n t below to find h is “ b e r th .”
T h at b erth n o t b ein g near a p o rth o le M ick d ecid ed to
ch a n g e i t and acco rd in g ly took p ossession o f on e n ear a
p orth ole. W h en th e o w n er of th e “b e r th ” cam e alo n g M ick
h ad a lread y slu n g h is h am m ock, and arg u ed th e p o in t. H e
in sisted th a t h is tic k e t hore th e r ig h t n um ber. H e d id n ’t
prod uce h is tic k e t fo r in s p e c tio n ; accord in gly th e rig h tfu l
ow ner g o t su sp icio u s an d d eclared h e w ou ld bum p M ick
o u t if ,lie fou n d h im th er e a t n ig h t. M ick g o t in early,
and w hen th e ow n er ca m e alo n g w as alread y fa s t asleep:
“ O ut o f i f ’ said th e “ D ig g e r ,” an d s u itin g h is action to
h is w ord, h e p u t h is arm u nd er M ick ’s h am m ock and tip p ed
h im o u t. H e rolled o u t sid e w a y s and lan d ed on th e ta b le.
. H e c a u g h t th e ed ge o f a p la te o f v er y o ily b u tter .
It
tip ped up an d a lum p slip p ed d ow n b etw een M ic k ’s u n d er­
s h ir t an d h is ch est.
I t w a s . so slip p ery , an d i t tr a v e lle d
so q u ick ly, th a t i t h ad fin ish ed it s jou rn ey b efore M ick
realised w h a t h a d h ap p en ed .
N ow “ b lu ff” w a s o n e of
M ick ’s s tr o n g p o in ts; h e w e n t off lik e a p a ck et of firew orks,
b ut w h en lie fou n d a crow d c o lle c tin g h e q u ietly took dow n
his h am m ock and d isap p eared .
M ick took 011 “ m ess ord er ly ” job arid in d u e tim e lin ed
up a t th e cook -h ou se door a lo n g w ith oth er m ess o rd erlies.
“ H o w m a n y ? ” said th e m an w ith th e book.
“ S ix t e e n ,” said M ick.
“ N o ! , you d o n ’t com e a t th a t w ith m e , y ou n g m a n ;
th e r e are o n ly tw e lv e 011 you r ta b le .”
T h e cook h eard th e a rg u m e n t, an d cu t dow n th e ra tio n s
a ccord in gly.
“ C all th a t en ou gh for tw elv e m e n ? ” ask ed M ick when
h e saw th e d ix ie .
“ D o n ’t a r g u e th e p o in t h e r e ,” s a id th e m an w ith th e
book.
“ A lr ig h t, ‘B a b y B lis s ,’ a m an ’s a r ig h t to ask a q u estion
h a s n ’t h e ? ”
' “ G et o u t, y o u ’re b lock in g th e
g a n g w a y .”
A nd h e g a v e M ick a p u sh .
,0 :
M ick trip p ed o v er on e o f th o se little p latform
t |
affairs w h ich cover ste a m p ip es aboard a ship.
H e h u n g on to th e d ix ie ; b u t to 110 a v a il; th e
ste w on th e d eck o u tw e ig h e d th e ste w l e f t on th e
d ix ie . M ick p ic k e d h im self u p , and p u t th e stew
b ack in to th e d ix ie w ith a m agazin e th a t w as
ly in g h a n d y .
D ow n a t th e ta b le th e m en
grow led a t th e sh o rt r a tio n s.
A fter th e y had
fin ish ed M ick to ld th em how h e had sa lv a g ed th e
sto w !
M ick h ad b een a coster in L ondon, in h is
early d a y s . H e w as “ down on h is u p p ers” one
m ornin g w h en h e m e t “.Snow y,” a p al of h is.
“H o w i t is ,” said “ S n ow y.”
“ Good fo r a
.lo a n ? ”
M ic k took h is p ip e from h is m ou th and e x ­
p ecto ra te d on th e p a v em e n t. “ Loan be d am n ed ,
.
I ’m stiff, a b so lu te ly s tiff .”
J u s t th e n M ic k ’s eye c a u g h t s ig h t o f a n o tic e
j
in th e w in dow o f a su b u rb an resid en ce—
“L o st a w h ite P om eran ian d o g ; fin d er rew a rd ed .’’’
He
sm ok ed
on in
silen ce.
S ud denly
th e bark­
in g
of
dogs
on
a
p ie ce
of
w a ste
lan d
by
th e
sid e o f th e road a ttr a c te d h is a tte n tio n . H e k nocked th e
ash es o u t of h is p ip ® p u t i t in h is p o ck et, an d scram b led
th rou gh th e fen ce. “S ee th a t S n ow y? T h a t’s him a lrig h t.
T h a t’s th e d a w g t h a t ’s lost. I ’ll fix himj in no tim e .
H e w alk ed across to w h ere the. d o g s w e re b esp ortin g
th em selv es on th e grass. T he d ogs stop p ed in th e ir p lay
and eyed h im s u sp icio u sly .
O ne m ad e off w ith h is ta il
b etw een h is le g s, th e o th er— a brow n and w h ite P o m e ra n ­
ian — stood h is grou n d .
M ick ap proachcd g in g e rly , and
en cou raged th e d o g to com e to him w ith en d ea rin g w ords.
The d og allow ed h im to com e w ith in a few y a rd s th en m ade
off across th e com m on. M ick in fu ll p u r su it, and n ev er a t
an y s ta g e did i t ap'pear th a t th e d o g w as a n y th in g b u t an
ea sy w in n e r.
R ou n d an d rou n d th e com m on th e y raced
u n til M ick w as o u t of b reath . B u t n o t d a u n te d , h e tr ie d
str a te g y . B y a p ie ce of m a r v ello u s lu c k h e corn ered th e
d o g ; th e only! way, of escape w as th ro u g h a fen ce an|d injib
th e ga rd en o f tl 10 h o u se n e x t d oor to w h ere th e n o tice w'as
d isp layed . T he d o g to o k i t . M ick clim b ed th e fe n c e and
th en b eg a n a .chase w h ich w a s m ore confined an d w h ich
sooner or la te r m u st endJ in a v icto r y for M ick. “ N ow I ’ve
g o t y o u ,” said M ick, as h e m ad e a grab a t th e d og. T he
d o g m ad e a q u ick tu rn an d escap ed o u t of b is hand s, raced
across a b ed of p an sies, an d d oubled b ack a g a in over th e
straw b erry b ed . O ver an d over th e b eds o f ch o ice flowers
an d v e g e ta b le s th e y w e n t u n til th e gard en show ed sig n s of
w ear an d te a r . T hen M ick w as p ersp irin g and o u t o f b reath .
B y a a n aster-strok e o f a g ilit y h e grab b ed h is q uarry,
tu ck ed h im u nder h is arm and w alk ed up to th e fr o n t
door o f the. h o u se w ith th e n o tic e in th e w in dow . H e ran g
th e b ell lou d ly. A m id d le-a g ed , cross-eyed w om an opened
th e door.
“ M o r n ,” said M ick.
“C an I se e th e m issu s? ”
She
h e s ita te d .
“ W h a t is i t yo u w a n t ? ” she asked.
“ I ’ve fo u n d .her d aw g, and I ’ve called for th e re w a r d ,”
M ick said.
Tho w om an d isap p eared and p resen tly th e “m issu s”
arrived . S h e eyed M ick ver y c r itic a lly th ro u g h h er eye-
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g la sses, th en said , “ W h a t i t is you w a n t? ” M ick tou ch ed
liis ca p .
“ I ’ve fo u n d y o u r d a w g , m um , and I ’ve called
fior th o re w a rd ,” Jie said , as h e str o k e d th e h ead o f th e
d o g tu ck ed u n d er h is arm .
“ T h a t’s n o t m y d o g ,” t h e lad y said: M y d og w a s pure
w h ite. That) d o g is brow n and w h i t e / ’
“ T h a t’s a ll r ig h t, m u m , h e ’s y ou rs r ig h t en o u g h . [He's
been cam ou flaged .
Y ou ju s t ta k e him an d g iv e h im a
b ath .and h e ’ll be a s w h ite a s a ball of w ool. Y ou ca n ’t
b eat th em ’ere d a w g fak ers. T h e y ’d m ake a d a w g so as
h is ow n m o th e r w o u ld n ’t k now h im .
I know s 'em , m um ,
I d o e s .”
T he la d y h e s ita te d . S h e b egan to feel for iher p u rse.
M ick w a s s in g in g in w a rd ly .
J u s t a t t h a t m o m e n t th e m an n e x t floor ap peared on
th e sce n e . “ W h a t th e d ev il are you d o in g w ith m y d o g ,”
lie sh o u te d .
“P u t h im d o w n .”
M ick w as s ta g g e r e d !
H e tr ie d a l i t t l e b lu ff.
“ T he
d a w g b elon g to th e la d y ,” h e said . “ A n ybod y can see lie ’s
been fak ed .
H e ’s all w h ite for su re.
Y ou ’v e o n ly to
b ath h im , m u m , an d — ’’
“ P u t h im d o w n ,” roared th e m an n e x t d oor. “ I f you
d on ’t le a v e go of th a t d og and m ak e yiourself s c a r c e ! I ’ll
sen d for 1 th e p o lic e .’’
M ick saw h is g a m e w as u p ; h e r e lu c ta n tly s e t th e d og
on th e grou n d.
I n sta n tly .it ran to th e m an n e x t door,
w a g g in g its ta il an d g iv in g u n m ista k a b le sig n s of b e in g h is
p ro p erty .
M ick tu r n e d aw ay in d is g u s t, m u tte r in g hard
w ords a g a in s t th e in g r a titu d e o f m an k in d .
in th e cam p of “ D o in g nuffin,”
I n th e tren ch o f “ W asted t im e ,”
H e r e is th e h a r d e s t lig h tin g sector
Of th e sh ell-h oled b a ttle line.
W a itin g for a T roopship sailin g,
W a itin g lo n g th rou gh id le d a y s;
T h a t’s, th e tim e w e sta r t a d riftin g ,
D r iftin g dow n th e alleyw ays.
D raw n b y g am es of crow n and. an chor,
T w o-up sch ools t h a t ru n u nfair,
W here you find th e d oub le-h ead er,
S u rely m en are d r iftin g th e r e ?
B o a t a t last. T ’is S lin g w e’r e lea v in g ,
B id fa r ew e ll to S alisb u ry P la in ,
S e tt in g o u t for dear N e w Z ealan d ,
L e t u s be ou rselves again.
N o , th e d eck s are strew n w ith g a m b le s :
B a n k er , tw o-u p , ch e a tin g , to o ;
A n d th e th e f ts bccoine ap p a r en t
W h en you search you r sea k it th ro u g h .
M iaoriland’s n o hom e for w asters,
T a k e i t k in d ly “ Turn th e p a g e ,”
S ta r t afresh and stop th e d r iftin g
D ow n th e S to n eh en g e-S lin g -C a m p a ig n .
— P . M . N klsey .
— R . F . J oyce.
“O u t ox® th e m ou th s of b abes eom eth w is d o m !”
D en n is, th e ten -year-old b lu e-eyed boy who had th e
fr e e ru n o f th e sh ip — str o lle d in to th e ed ito ria l d en.
“ H e llo , D e n n is ; ca n w e in terv ie w you ? W U at do
yiou d o aboard b esid e te a s in g th e b a b ies? ’’
“I d u n n o .”
(D en n is lo o k e d ro u n d .)
“ I s th is th e m agazin e office?”
“ Y e s .’’
“ W h o’s th e e d ito r ? ”
The ed ito r ack n ow led ged th a t lie w as g u ilty of
b e in g t h a t p erson age.
“N o , n o t r e a l ly !” said D en n is.
T he y o u n g ste r th o u g h t a m in u te and th e n cam e
to th e ed ito r.
“ S a y ,” h e said. “ I f y o u c a n ’t fill
up you r m a g a z in e, I ’ll go rou n d th e d eck s and
c o lle c t all th e m a g a z in es I can find. T hen you can
copy sto r ie s from t h e m !”
“ Good a d v ic e D e n n is, b u t then th e r e is alw ays
th e d a n g e r o f b ein g fou n d ou t.
And t h a t is th e
unp ard on ab le s in .”
She w as a second -saloon lady p assen ger and
m ad e a. rem ark th a t th e b oat ap peared to bo m ak­
in g a slow! tr ip .
“ T h a t is s o / ’ w as th e reply she re ce iv e d from
a n ear-b y D ig g e r .
“ Y ou see w e are g o in g up-hill
now to th e eq u a to r, b u t on ce w e p a ss th a t w e will
slid e dow n m u ch q u ick er !”
JO E W IL S O N
(The D ig g e r s ’ P ia n ist and (V ocalist).
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LESSON I.
N
OW i t cam e to p ass th a t th er e w as w ar b etw een th e
p eo p le of E n and th e ru ler s o f H u n .
A n d m an y w arriors cam e from a far to fig h t for
E n . ev e n from th e u tte r m o s t p a rts of th e ea r th . V e rily
in th e ir th ou san d s an d th e ir te n s of th ou san d s cam e th e y ,
even from A u ssie an d th e L an d of M oa.
H ow m an y re sted from th eir labou rs in th e L a n d of
M oa, and sojou rn ed for a w h ile w ith th em t h a t h ad cu sh y
jobs, even in th e city of L tm , and th e F ord of C od, an d
th e L and of O ats.
A n d th e y did ca st th e ir ey e s u pon th e w om en of Ein
a n d of S co t an d of Ire, and b eh old , th e y found th em ex­
ce ed in g ly good.
A n d th e y said to th e m s e lv e s : L o, th e w om en of E n
h a v e looked upon u s, ev e n w ith th e gla d ey e , an d w e h a v e
found m u ch jo y in th e d roop in g of an eyelid . L e t us th er e­
fore ch oose w iv es from th e w om en of E n and of S c o t and
o f Ire.
A nd le t u s h old con verse w ith M ac, who liv e th in th e
s tr e e t called S tra n d , to find o u t by w h a t m ean s w e m ay
co n v ey th em b ack to M oa.
A n d M ac sp a k e so ft w ords xmto th em , s a y in g : P a y m e
a ce rta in su m and i t is easy.
A n d th e y p aid th e su m , b u t i t w as ex c ee d in g hard ,
and th e y took th e ir w ives to th e v esse l t h a t should carry
th em b ack to th e L and of M oa.
N o w i t cam e to p ass th a t th e r e w ere also on th e vessel
c e rta in y o u n g m en w ho had n o t ta k en w ives u n to th em selv es.
A n d th e y did scoff aloud u n to th e oth ers s a y in g : L a, la,
w a it till y e land a t M oa, ev en in th e tow n of W e llin g or
th e lan d of of A uck. V e rily w e say u n to you t h a t you r s w e e t­
h e a r ts an d you r form er w ives w ill be th er e to g r e e t y o u .
O h! y e w orkers o f in iq u ity ! W h y did y e n o t rem ain
t i n e to th e g ir ls of M oa, ev e n as w e h a v e d on e?
B u t in th e so litu d e of th e ir cab in s t h e y did tu rn green ,
per a d v en tu re w ith en v y .
A nd th e w om en of E n an d of S cot an d of I r e did also
tu r n g reen , b u t n o t w ith en vy.
A n d th e y did m u tte r am on g th em selv es an d to th e ir
h usb and s s a y in g “ W h erefore d id y e b ring us ou t of th e
L a n d of E n in to a s tr a n g e land ? V e rily , the g irls o f M oa
a re an en viou s and a stiff-n eck ed l o t ? ’' A nd m an y oth er
h ard w ords did th e y speak A n d th e ir h u sb an d s, b ein g m arried , w e re s ile n t.
B u t of th e d ay of th e la n d in g in M oa, who sh all sp eak ?
Y e t p era d v en tu re th e r e w ill be sorrow w ith m an y of th e
y o u n g m en who w a ite d for th e d a u g h te rs o f M oa, ay, m u ch
w e e p in g and g n a sh in g of t e e t h .
F o r I s a y u n to y o u : H e th a t is ou t o f s ig h t v er ily he
is o u t o f m in d. P er a d v e n tu r e also som e of th o se who m ar­
ried w iv es of E n, of S c o t and of Ire w e re also ou t of th eir
m in d s.
LESSOM IL
(Through h is scrib e, T. L . S h e r m a n . )
N ow a t th o en d of th e g r e a t w ar th e H o s t of th e la n d
o f Z ea th a t w a s N ew w as en cam ped on a g r e a t p la in in
th e lan d E n g.
2. A n d th e n am e of th e p la in w as S alisb u ry a n d yea
v er ily i t was p lain .
3. A nd d u rin g th e g r e a t w a r a C ap tain o f th e H o s t of
Z ea d id st n a m e th e Cam p S lin g , for h e fe a red le s t th e 'men
of Z ea m ista k e i t for a P e s t C am p . W h ere fo re d id h e dis­
tr ib u te th e b reeze w hich w as v e r tica l a m o n g st th e S w in g e rs
of th e L ead .
4. N ow in th e Cam p w h ich w as called S lin g , th er e w e re
m an y m en of d ivers r e in fo r ce m en ts an d m a n y n a m es t h a t
were s tr a n g e did th e y h a v e.
5. A nd am on g th em w ere th e A n zacs an d th e D in k s,
lik e w ise th e R ain b ow s and th e Iviw is.
6 . N ow th e A n zacs w ere m ig h ty m en an d s tr o n g and
q uick of actio n an d w ere first in th e fray.
7. A n d th e r e w ere m an y th a t w e re jealou s of th e m en
of A n zac and sp ake am ong th e m se lv e s s a y in g : L o th e y
knew n o t w h a t th e y w ere to do,, w h ereas w e did .
8 . Y e a th u s d id th e y s tr iv e to ex c u se th e m s e lv e s fu rth e r­
m ore th e y lik en ed th e b a ttle s o f G allip oli, th e lan d of B u lly
B e e f an d flies, u n to p icn ic p a r tie s.
9. B u t th e m en of A n zac la u g h ed a n d rebu k ed th ose th a t
d id b ite s a y in g “ escot y m ar isles,-’ w h ich in te r p r e te d m ean s
“ H u sh d ear o n e s.”
10. A nd t h e y t h a t w ere jea lo u s d id “ E s c o t.”
1 1 . N ow th e D in k s h elped b y th e Y a n k s did su rely w in
th e w ar.
N e v er-th e-less th e y d id g e t th e ir n a m e in
m a n n er th a t w as str a n g e , y e t did th e n a m e b efit th em .
a
1 2 . A n d th is m anner w as lik e n e d u n to a fa ith cu re,
in asm u ch as P o o l th e son of L iv e r, th e b ack sh ee C ap tain
of th e D in k s H o s t did say u n to t h e m :
13. V erily I say u n to th e e — Y e are I T . Y e a re th e on ly
m en of w ar on th e earth. Go y e fo r th an d ren d th e m en
of H o h e n sons of Z ollern in tw a in .
14. N ow th e D in k s b eliev in g h im , sp ak e am on g th em ­
selv es s a y i n g : -Y ea w e are IT . T h erefore w e w ill go an d
clean u p th e m en of H o h e n a n d q u ick ly for i t is m eet th a t
we sh ould a tten d th e n e x t m e e t of th e horses th a t is called
th e G rand N a tio n a l w hich is in te n score d ays an d te n .
15. W h erefore th e y g o t th em selv es to th e L and of E g y p t
w h ich flows w ith m ilk and h on ey. (Y in k in .)
1G. A nd w h en th e y saw th e m en o f A n zac w h ich w ere
wounded of th e fig h t, th ey sp a k e to th em selv es, sa y in g :
“ B eh o ld w e are IP . W e arc com e to g e t y e from a corner
th a t is tig h t.
17.
W h erefore did th e m en of A n zac sn o r t o f th e ir n oses
and did th row th a t w hich is B o ra x a t th e s e m en. Y e a did
th e y w a x sarcastic sa y in g : “ L 0 y e are D in k u m soldiers.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
39
18. A n d th e D in k s did ta k e it as a com p lim e n t and ever
afterw ard s th e y w ere k n ow n by t h a t n am e and rejoiced in it.
19. N ow th o se t h a t w ere ca lled R a in b o w s g a t th eir
n am e b ecau se th e y did ap pear a t th e fray a fte r th e storm .
2 0 . L ik e w ise th e m en th a t did see k to im ita te th e birds
of th e air b u t fa iled to click w e re n am ed K iw is b ecau se
th ey lack ed w in gs.
21. N ow w h ereas th e w ar w as over, H o ri, K in g o f th e
B in es t h a t w ere of W ood , d id s t say u n to th e m en of Z ea :
“ G et th e e h en ce th o u D ig g er s, th o u and th e m aid en s th ou
has ta k e n u n to w ife and o th er w ise n ’ev e r y th in g , lik e w ise
th eir ch ild ren an d th in e ow n.
2 2 . For in asm u ch as w e d on’t w a n t to lose y o u , y e t w e
th ink you o u g h t to go.
23. So i t cam e to p a ss th a t th e y g a t th e m to th e sea
and th e y did ta k e sh ip . A n d th e sh ip w as called m an y
nam es, am on g th em w as “ B r ito n .”
24. N ow th e R u le r of th e s e m en of Z ea w as B ob, son of
L ee son of th e land w h ich (accord in g to th e m en of E n g )
was E rrin , an d C li son of S u m a v il did help B ob th a t w as
Ah E ss E m , lik e w ise did G eorge, son of K e ll.
25. N o w th e r e w as n o th in g , lik e w ise nobod y h e th a t w as
Ah E ss E m w ou ld n o t do.
26. A n d i t ca m e to p ass t h a t B ob th a t w as R u le r
d id ’s t g a th e r th e D ig g e r s u n to h im sa y in g : “ Go y e, yea
allez, u n to th e b ow els of th e sh ip an d b rin g y e up P o m m es
of th e T erre so th a t th e cook m a y p rep are th e m t h a t y e
m ay e a t.
27. B u t th e h o s t, d id la u g h a t h im s a y in g : “ N oth in '
d oin ’ B a ld y .”
28. W h ere-u pon h e t h a t w as E ss E m did w a x w r a th ,
s a y in g : “ H o p y o u r fram es o u t, in fou rs, on to th a t w h ich is
th e deck an d B a ld y w ill k nock y e b ack , y e a e v e n u n to th e
scu p ers.”
29. A n d th u s did h e is s u e th e m th e breeze v e r tic a l and
th e y g a t th em to th e w ork le s t h e sh ould k nock th e m b ack .
30. N ow on th e day t h a t w as th e first of th e vo y a g e
i t w as n ecessary for on e officer to be in a s ta t e th a t w as
ord erly.
31. A nd th e n am e of th e officer w as A rold son of R ich ,
and h e sp a k e u n to th e m e n s a y in g : “ I f y e find y e h a v e n o t
cream of th e cow served w ith th e b erries of th e straw y e
h a v e on ly to sp eak to m e of i t and v er ily sh a ll I see y e t g e t
it.”
32. A n d th o se t h a t w e re D ig s did h old cou n sel and
sp ake a m on g th em selv es s a y in g : “ V erily lie ’ll do u s, D ig s ,”
and y e a h e did , an d from t h a t d ay did th e y k now A rold son
o f R ich as sh ip ’s Q u arter-m aster.
33. N o w m o st of th o se th a t w ere m arried d id r e a liz e it,
b u t, w oe is m e, th e r e w e re th o s e w ho d id n o t and lo, th e
con d uct of th e s e w a s lik e n e d u n to p orrid ge t h a t is th in .
34. A n d o f th e s e it is w r itte n in th e B ook of A r tem u s:
“ A nd th e y did m ak e so ft n oises a t each o th er an d did
ca st look s from th e ir ey e s. A n d h e d id g r u n t fo r joy
b ecau se sh e p la y e d w ith h is ear, and sh e did m u rm ur h app y
m oan s t h a t h e sh ou ld g r u n t for jo y .”
35. A n d m a n y w e re th e str a n g e p la c es t h a t L ove d id ’st
find I ts w ay t o ; y e a ev e n u n to th e b oat deck an d th e b a th ­
room did L o v e find its w ay.
36. B u t of th e s e th in g s th is scribe k n ow eth
an d h ere en d eth .
n o th in g ,
“ A n y M ore for th e S w ee p .”
R e c r u it (to retu rn ed soldier) : “ W h a t did you go aw ay
w ith ?”
R e tu r n e d S o ld ie r : “ M ain b od y.”
R e c r u ft: “ W h at did you com e b ack w ith ? ”
R e tu rn ed S o ld ier : “ A ------ •— of a th ir s t .”
I t w as in an in te r n m e n t cam p ,in G erm any, and th e
D ig g e r had w atch ed t h e p o st in vain fo r d ays an d w eek s,
and n o th in g ever cam e for h im . A ll h is m a tes g o t p arcels
and le tte r s and p ap ers, b u t h e seem ed to be fo r g o tte n b y all.
A t la s t h e could s ta n d fit no lon ger, and in d esp eration
g o t p aper an d en velop e and w r o te : “ D e a r God, p le a se sen d
m e ten p o u n d s.”
H e ad d ressed
th e
e n v elo p e:
“ God,
H e a v e n .” T he G erm an a u th o rities, w ith u n u su al h u m o u r,
sen t i t to th e E n g lis h W ar Office.
W h en .it arr iv ed it
cau sed a good d eal of a m u sem en t, and th e m en in th e
d ep a rtm en t su bscribed b etw een th em and co llec ted th ree
poun ds, w h ich th e y d esp atch ed to th e D ig g e r p riso n e r of
w ar.
T hey received an ack n o w led g m en t also ad dressed to
“ God in H e a v e n .’’ T he rep ly sa id : “ D e a r G od,— M an y
th a n k s for sending: th e .money, b u t n e x t tim e db n o t send
it th ro u g h th e W ar Office, a s th e y h a v e p in ch ed seven
p o u n d s.”
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HOMEWARD BOUMDo
I TWO SUNSETS. !
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*
The air w as v er y s till w ith th e vesp er calm . T h e d a in ty
bow of th e b o a t ro se an d san k to th e caress of th e h ea v in g
bosom o f th e ocean. T h e g old en su n w a s w e ste r in g to its
re st, a g r e a t g lin tin g p a th w a y lea d in g to its o p a lin e bed
laced w ith p in k cirru s. On th e fa r aw ay horizon a sm u d g e
of sm ok e b esp oke som e tr u d g in g tr a m p , w h ilst n earer tw o
lo n e sea -g u lls, ch ildren of th e w a te r y w astes' w in g ed th eir
so lita ry flig h t on ste a d y p in ion . D istu rb ed by th e steam er
a flu tte r in g sh oal of flyin g fish , th eir w in gs flash in g g old en
fire as th e y c a u g h t t h e rain bow r a y s of th e d y in g su n,
so u g h t h a v en in th e cr e st of som e lazy b illow . A ll w as s till
w ith th e solace o f an E te r n a l P ea c e.
A n g rily red , th e sin k in g god of day flam ed in th e w est— a
carm in e b all of fire. B lood red an d p o rte n to u s w ith th e
m en ace of d e a th it fo u g h t th e tu m b lin g clou ds of cu m u li th a t
em braced i t . T h e air, ta in te d w ith th e acrid b rea th o f th e
gu n s, w as r e n t w ith th e ro c k in g con cu ssion of th e iron th in g s
of w ar b a r k in g d ea th to a su llen sk y, som bre w ith a sin iste r
spoil t h a t brooded over P ica r d y .
T he F o u r, o u tsid e th e
sh ell torn su gar refinery a t M lailly-M aillet w h ere th e sou l of
m an y a D ig g e r h a d w in g ed H om ew ard , w a tch ed th e d y in g
sun an d th o u g h t o f fa r aw a y A o -tea-roa, w h ere th e first
rays w e re alread y g r e e tin g lo fty A oran gi an d liftin g w ith
r o se a te fin gers th e m is ty v e il of n ig h t w h ich clo th e d th e
sh ad ow y v a lley s.
A su d d en sh riek a flash o f b lin d in g flam e a m id st a
ca ta cly sm of sou nd s th a t to r e th e s h iv e rin g air w ith one
b la st of exp lod in g ste e l.
B a th ed in blood red th e su n w e n t dow n.
B u t th e F o u r h ad g re ete d th e daw n of an E te r n a l
D ay.
Oh, G od! Suchj a th o u g h t m ak es m e fren zied ,
I t fills m e w ith sorrow an d p a in ;
A w ay w ith such thoughts:, th e y are fo lly ,
W e inever can be frien d s a g a in .
W ill I ever
W h en I
T h in k in g o f
W aitin g
fo r g e t t h a t M ay m orn in g,
stood a t th e a lta r afon e
h er I h ad lo v ed so—
to m ak e h er m y ow n ?
In stea d of m y love ca m e a le tt e r ,
A le tte r b oth cr u e l and cold,
T ellin g m e all w as d iscovered —
I had. b een lik e a w o lf in th e fold .
T he ibank h ad b een robbed, so th e y to ld m o,
A nd th e fa ls e k e y s w e re fo u n d in m y room —
I w as c a s t from th e th re sh o ld o f h ea v en ,
I n to th e v a lle y o f gloom .
O nly an hour I w a s g ra n te d
T o le a v e th o se I loved , an d m y h om e—
I p assed from th e p la c e lik e a shadow ,
A m on g str a n g e rs for e v e r to roam .
I on ce tr o d th e so ft p ath of roses,
A nd dream ed th a t m y joy m ig h t la s t;
B u t sorrow has b lackened m y life now
A nd ru in e d th e jo y fu l p a st.
M y riv a l h ad fa lsely accu sed m e
A nd b lack en ed m e in h er fair e y e s ;
B u t H ea v e n know s w e ll I w a s _guiltless
■As th e a n g e ls th a t d w ell in th e sk ie s.
D e a th I w ould w elcom e w ith g la d n ess,
A s a frien d in th e hour o f g r i e f ;
B u t d ea th th a t fr ees all from sorrow ,
H a s s till refu sed m e re lie f.
W hen I m e t h er to-d ay n ear th e fo u n ta in ,
M y h e a r t from m y b r e a s t seem ed to r n ;
L ove seem ed a word w ith o u t m ean in g,
A n d I cu rsed fa te th a t e ’re I w a s born.
— G .B .
I m e t h er to-d ay n ea r th e fo u n ta in ,
A n d a ta ll, d ark m an by h e r side,
T h a t d ark m an to m e w as a str a n g e r:
T he w om an — sh e once Was m y b ride.
C ould sh e h a v e k now n m e, I w on der?
I th o u g h t th a t h er ch eek tu rn ed red—
C an a fa c e in th e s tr e e t m ak e im pression
On a h e a r t t h a t to t r u e lo v e is dead ?
W hy h as sh e com e h ere to h a u n t m e,
W hen I ’d alm o st fo r g o tte n h er n am e?
Y e t how d o- I k now th a t m y d a rlin g
H a s ever b elieved in m y sh am e? ‘
Can sh e, to o , h a v e su ffered as I ’ve done,
B e lie v in g m e in n o ce n t s till—
B ru ise d lik e a reed in th e te m p est
C rush ed p ea tli a ty r a n t's fierce w ill?
Officer': “ I say, stew ard , did th is fow l com e o u t of th e
A rk?”
S tew a rd (a w it): “ .Nor, s ir ; i t ’s th e on e w ot crow ed
w h en A d a m picked th e a p p le .”
S om ew h ere in F ran ce a. y o u n g D ig g e r h ad been on th e
s ic k -list fo r som e tim e, and n ow , a fte r a good r e s t, looked
v e r y fit for ser v ic e. H o w ev e r, h e on ce m ore rep orted sick
on th e d ay h is b atta lio n wasi to le a v e for th e trenches^
“ C an you w r ite, m y la d ? ” ask ed th e m ed ical officer.
T ho b r ig h t p ro sp ect o f a n ice office job in se c u r ity a t
th e b ase opened up b efore h im , so h e an sw ered em p h a tic­
a lly : “ Y es, sir, I can. I w a s a clerk in civ il l i f e .”
“ V e r y w e ll. N ow y ou can w r ite a n ic e le tte r to you r
b e s t g irl, an d te ll h er you arei g o in g up: to th e tr en ch es to ­
n igh t!'’’
43
HOMEWARD BOUMDo
A FHAMTOM OF THE DEEP,
W o werei h ea d in g for p o rt w h en the in c id e n t h app en ed .
I t w as a s u ltr y n ig h t.a n d clou dy— tlie so rt o f a T rop ic n ig h t
t h a t cau ses th e b rain to re el and sw ish a b o u t in o n e ’s
c r a n iu m . B a n k s of clou d h id th e m oon, b u t th e p r o je c tin g
r ays d iffu sed a so rt of h a lf-lig h t th a t b a th ed th e sea an d
th e sh ip in a p h a n to m -lik e glow . I w a s on gu a rd a t th e
tim e in on e of th e ismall railed sp aces on th e starb oard side
o f th e vesse l. B e in g a warm n ig h t th e d eck w a s crow ded
w ith th e fo r m s o f s le e p in g m en, w hose u p tu rn ed faces
sh o n e g h o stly w h ite in th e sem i-dark. M ech an ically I p aced
tlie n arrow b e a t a llo tte d to m e, m y th o u g h ts fa r aw ay
back in th e land w e h a d le f t b ehind. L e a n in g d row sily over
th e sid e for a tim e 1 b ecam e aw are in an a b stra c t so rt
o f w a y th a t th e sea was fu ll of p h o sp h o r esce n t bulbs or
g lo b u les. L it t le blobs o f lig h t t h a t look ed lik e th e fishy
ey e s o f all th e drow ned a d v en tu rer s t h a t e v e r le f t th e ir
n a tiv e land to sail th e iSouthern S eas. E v id e n tly I w a s
g e t tin g n ervou s, fo r tr y as 1 w ou ld I ctould n o t h elp b u t
th in k of all t h e g h o s tly y a rn s o f D ick en s and tlie creep y,
w eird ta le s o f E d g a r A llen P o e . To co m b a t th is fr a m e o f
m ind I tu rn ed aw ay from th e s e a and g la n c ed a lo n g th e
d eck a t th e row s of u p tu r n e d faces. J u s t th e n th e m oon
slid in to a fe a th e r y clou d less d ark th an th e su rrou n d in g
on es, an d tliei sh ip w as lit with; a lig h t th e c le a rer b y com ­
p arison. F o r a few .seconds I cou ld n o t fo c u s m y e y e s to
th e new lig h t, but- w h en I did m y h a ir stood on end and m y
p ow ers o f locom otion ceased .
S p ellb ou n d , I ga ze d w ith •
s ta r in g e y e s a t a S h a p e— a h id eo u s, h ea d le ss S h ap e th a t
h overed o v e r a b u n ch o f sleep er s and seem ed to b e in q u e st
o f a. v ictim .
W h a t i t w a s I cou ld n ot te ll.
P er ch a n c e,
th o u g h t I , i t is th e S p ir it o f T yph oid m a r k in g o u t it s
fu tu re to ll a m o n g st th e sle e p in g m e n ; or m ayb e th e con­
ce n tra te d S p ir it of .all th e m u rdered m en w ho go d ow n tfc>
th e s e a in ships, and lo o k in g for v en g ea n ce am on g th e
liv in g . W h a tev e r th e T h in g w a s I realised t h a t I m u st a ct,
so fo r cin g m y te rro r -str ick en lim bs in to a ction I craw led
a lon g t h e deck to w a rd s t h e ap p a r itio n . Sliowly ra isin g its
arm s in a m e n a c in g m an n er and crou ch in g as for a sp rin g,
th e p h an tom w as tr u ly t e r r i f y in g ; b u t n erv in g m y se lf for
th e o n sla u g h t, and le tt in g ou t a y ell of m in gled h o p e an d
d esp air, I leap ed to th e en cou n ter.
T here w as a r e n d in g sound as w e crashed to th e d eck
to g e th e r .
A bliow on th e h ea d cau sed m e to re el. I fe lt
m y se lf s lip p in g in to ob livion , b u t w ith a fierce d eterm in a­
tion I clu n g lik e grim d ea th to — th e O .C .’s P y ja m a S u it.
T h a t w o r th y ’s batm an h ad h u n g it o u t on th e ra il to
a ir.
A n d now if a n y o n e can te ll m e a good w ay to re­
d uce th e lum p on m y h ead w h er e I h it i t on th e d eck I
w ill b e v er y th a n k fu l.
— W . B u llo u g h .
T h e E d ito r d esires to exp ress h is g r a te fu l in d eb te d n ess
to a ll th o se w ho a ssisted in th e com p ilation of th e M 'agazine,
an d d esires esp ec ia lly to m e n tio n M iss N a y lo r, M r F re n c h (of
th e Y .M .O .A .), P a d re G reen 3 G unner R . A . S m ith (o f th e
s h ip ’s ord erly room ), D o c to r A n derson , an d Corporal
C am eron.
W ell D ig g e r ! So a t la s t w e ’re hom ew ard bound.
T wo sim p le little w ords, y e t h ow sw eet th e y sou nd .
W e w a ite d long, b u t now our tu r n ’s com e round.
“ W e’re h om ew ard b o u n d .”
> out of the
w ot crowed
been
on the
rest, looked
(.ported sick
aches.
officersecurity at
a eir.pliatic'
ter to y°ur
trench^ ^
A n d s w iftly th e good sh ip covei'9 th e grou n d
W h ils t th e s p ir it of gla d n ess and jo y d!oth ab oun d.
Y e G ods!
H o w I lo v e to h ear th e s w e e t sou nd
“ S h e ’s h om ew ard b o u n d .”
A n d now as th e su n in th e W est g o e s dow n
I th in k o f m y folk s in th a t l it t le old to w n ,
N o w ords ca n b e sw e ete r to th em th a n th e sound
“ T h e y ’r e h om ew ard b ou n d .”
B u t th e r e ’s som e l e f t b ehind w h o. a s o ld ier’s g ra v e
fou n d ,
A n d in F ra n ce th ey lie sleep in g b en eath a sm a ll
m ou n d.
B u t in s p ir it th ey , to o , w ill h a v e h ea rd th a t s w e e t
sou nd —
“ H om ew ard b o u n d .”
— H . L. C o l w i l l ,
3rd Officer,
H .M .T . “ B r it o n /
J im J o h n ’s fr o m T aran aki.
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11/1100 Lt.-C ol. S o m m erville, C
(D.S.O.).
16/544 Lt.-Col. M abin, F . B.
3/3305 M a jo r (T,Lt.-Col.) M acD onald, W
M. (C.B.E.).
13/635 M ajor S m ith , H. W .
3/3942 C apt. A nd erso n , A. D.
23/1558 C apt. B iss, H. R
13/637 C apt. B la k e , T. A.
87059 C h aplain -C ap t. B u llock , W.
28617 C apt, Cody, D , G. (M.C.).
6/2894 C apt. F a w c e tt, E. J. (M.C.).
1217,1 Capt.. G rant, R, J. (M.C.).
50668 C hap lain -C ap t. G reen, S. S.
10514 C apt. J o n e s, W. H.
2/635 C apt. J o n es, If. T.
12/3217 Capt. M cGregor, A. G.
53841 C apt. M cK illop, J . C.
4/3197
C apt M elv ille, J. W .
15/77 C apt. R ich a rd s, H . (Q.B.E.).
8/3133 C ap t, T rea d w ell, C. A. L.
12702 L t. (T/Oapt.) B e n n e tt, R. E. (M C.).
4/1701 L t. (T/Capt.) K e lla w a y , G. T. (M.C.).
2/1367 L t. (T/C apt.) M ayer, J. (M.C.).
11/426 2nd L t. (T/Capt.) O ppenlieim , S. E.
18186 L t. B ark er, T. D.
6i/35 L t. D e M aus, K.
22605 L t. D in n ie , D. R.
3/109a L t. F reem e, G.
12704 L t. H u ll, G. B.
41209 L t H ar.rison, H. S.
11/1641 L t. L o ck y er, C. B.
14907 L t. L u cas, G. M.
3Q113 L t, L u ca s, R. B. McG.
24380 Lt. M a c a liste r , L.
18895 Lt. M cQ ueen, J , M.
16/1530 Lt. O verton, T. R.
30139 L t. Q uane, W . V.
9/965 L t. Q ua rto n, J.
2,1253 L t. R eid, D. McG.
23/1159 Lt. R e y n o ld s, A. W .
2 6 im L t, S h ep h erd , M', A. W.
12/2568 L t. S tew a rt, M. E.
8/2523 2nd L t. A d am s, J. A.
12,2532 2nd L t A ndrew s, W. T. (M.M.).
13/3000 2nd. L t, A sliw in. L. F. (M.M.).
24/45 2nd Lt. B ev erid g e, C. J.
4/691 2nd L t. B u rt, R, G.
25 1691 2nd L t C raddock, J.
8/2893 2nd Lt. D ale, D. S.
8/4068 2nd L t. D a vey, I.
12/339 2nd L t. D es F o rges, L. II.
14403 2nd L t. D ick in so n , J . S.
25483 2nd Lt. D ive, E.
12/3928 2nd L t. D o n a ld , E. J.
13 224 2nd L t, D u n n in g . A. 11.
38804 2nd Lt. E dw ards, W. T t S.
18645 2nd L t. F o ster, W. H. II.
23/762 2nd Lt. G illespie, O- A. (M.M.).
10 1242 2nd L t. Goldup, J. M.
2/218 2nd L t, G oudie, T.
8/3291 2nd L t. H e a le y , C. A.
81518 2nd Lt. J a co b , E. C. H. (D.C.M.).
12/3703 2nd L tr K n o tt, J.
24/654 2nd L t. L a tim e r , R. T. (D-C.M.).
3/2227 2nd Lt. Law s, W. X.
43445 2nd L t, M cN iven, R.
41442 2nd L t. M itch ell, D. II.
24;868 2nd Lt. N e ttle to n , J , L.
14321 2nd L t, P in ritt, M.
18583 2nd L t. R a n d e ll, W. E. (D.C.M.).
7/2133 2nd L t. R ea d in g, E. T ,
8/2465 2nd L t. R ich es, J F.
10470 2nd Lt. S cea ts, B. R.
23/1057 2nd Lt. S co tt, T. C.
11/1057 2nd Lt. S co tt, R : F.
1355 2nd Lt. Sm ith , A. S. B.
22201 2nd L t. S tr in g er, C. A.
16/856 2nd L t. W ero liia , W.
34545 2nd Lt.. W ilson , W. (i. G. R.
52759 Mr F ren ch , W . W. (Y.M.C.A.).
HOMEWARD BOOM'D.
22/293 S iste r S m ith , A 15.
22/404 S iste r Beer, J. H. E.
22/538 S /N u rse E v e re tt, C.
22/537 S /N u rse E verett, D.
22/440 S N u rse H u n ter, C.
22/520 S/N u rse K now les, E. F.
22 535 S /N u rse Lew is, E. II.
22/4il6 S iste r Mac'Jarlane, C.
22/418 S iste r M c llw r a ith , M. H. P.
22/484 S /N u rse M cL ellan, E.
22,553 S/N u rse N ock, M. A.
22/556 S/N u rse Parkeir, (D. T.
22/523 S /N u rse Sm ale, M. R.
22/497 S /N u rse W a lla ce , B.
22/557 S /N u rse W righ t, J. M-_
22/431 Mrs B u sin g (nee A n son n e, M.,
m e rly N .Z .A .N .S.).
79294 P te A b b ott, A. C.
81366 P te A b b o t l, T. H.
2/653 D vr A dam s, H. McD.
80890 P te A hraclsen, A. (J. J. W.
75727 P te A llen , A.
16521 CSM A llen, C A.
10 574 P te A lliso n , R, W ;
81035 P te A ndersen, L. E.
42260 L/Cpl A nd erson , G.
79780 P t e A n d erson , J. II T.
10/2515 P te A nd erson , T.
62229 P te A n derson, W. II.
72699 P te A ndrew s, J. II.
75815 P te A rdern, W . C.
61979 P te A rm stron g, A.
73879 P te (T/Cpl) A rthur, T. W.
20375 Sgt A sh m an , F. T ;
59581 P ee A tk in son , E.
14551 P te A ttr ill, R. J.
80723 P te A u d in w ood , II. O.
54804 P te A uthor, A. T.
3 2610 P te A very, W. L.
63536 P te B a ile y , G. D t
40100 P te B a illie , W. McK.
50858 G nr B a ird , S.
56521 Spr B a ld w in , G.
71549 P t e B a ld w in , E. R.
38645 L/Cpl B a ll, W. E.
338,13 P te B an k s, T. W.
75999 P te B ark er, A , C.
81709 P t e B arker, H.
10/3831 P te B arr, 11. G.
11 971 S g t B arrel!, R. M.
43622 Cpl B a r re tt, E. N.
52363 Tpr B a r r e tt, J.
65863 P te B a r tle tt, F. W.
82481 P t e B a rto n , A.
81167 P te B a rto n , W . M.
486:15 B ash fo rd , H. V.
75919 P te B a te u p , N.
59499 P te B axter, A.
61889 P te B a y liss, S. F.
78143 P te B ea le, L. K.
2/1477 S g t Beck, S. L.
65258 P t e B eggs, J. E
61497 Gnr B ell, G. W.‘ S.
14574 Spr B ell, H. W.
20740 P te B ell, T.
56235 P to B eloe, C. G.
1 100 Cpl B'erendsen, C. A.
1;457 S /S g t B erg, L._ A.
5427tl P te B erry, P. T.
66090 P te B erry, R.
68661 P te B e rr y m a n , G.
78748 P te B est, L. J.
45973 S pr B ierre. II. S.
3/3197 P te B illcliir, C. W.
71439 P te B irm in gh am , j . J.
63709 P te B anks, W. T. B.
13/19 S g t B ishop, K.
81169 P te B isso n , W.
42021 S g t B la ck , G.
65330 P te B la k e le y , F . 11.
75760 P te B lu n d en , N.
49687 P te B oore, H. A65717 P te B ou lt, J.
70586 P te B o u sk ill, J.
21397 Spr B ow es, W.
56542 P te B ow m er, G. L.
10/936 A rt. Sgt B oyd, M. II.
65704 P t e B reen , J.
65938 P te B rem n er, W , G.
38483 P te B re n n a n , M. J.
50138 Gnr B rin d le, A. II.
75881 P te B rin k , J.
80733 P te B rogen, J
62001 P te B rook in g. G. E
8/2541 S gt B rooks, C. M.
49142 P t e B room s, T.
20825 P t e B r o tt, A ,
60058 P te B row n, F. J.
60060 P t e Brow n, II. J.
48438 L/Cpl B row n, II. J .
65589 P te B row n, J. C.
61521 P te B row n, N. R.
12/3569 S gt B row n, W i G.
4/1744 2nd Cpl B row n in g, C.
30172 P te B u ck ley, A. J.
01523 L/Cpl B u ck ley, F. C.
62249 P t e B udd, E. J.
80736 P te B u rch , G. R ,
2/1549 .Sgt Burden, J. A.
81252 P te B u rgis, J. S.
64437 P te B u rrow s A. E
21/651 F/’Sgt Ru.vt, O. C. II.
3/2502 Cpl B u ry , T.
3/986 Sgt B u sin g, E- A. J.
52145 P te B u tc h e r, J.
62250 P te B u tt, A. J.
21205 P te C adw alader, II.
3/2488 P te C aley, A.
62198 L/Cpl C am eron, A. B.
44252 P te C am eron, R.
31112 P te C am eron, V. D.
79314 P t e C am pbell, R. II.
42038 P te C am pbell, R
62013 P te C am pbell, r !
35106 P te C am pbell, W. S.
3/2681 P te C am pion, C\ A.
59318 P te C ann, J.
55908 D vr C annon, F. A.
28269 P te C an ty, T.
25/1115 L/Cpl C arey, A. A.
80741 P t e C arkeek, T. O.
65621 P te C arlson, C. W,
81324 P te C arm ich a e l, II.
48448 P te C arpenter, E E
71724 P te Carr, P.
7C239 P te Carri.gan, F.
24/1954 Sgt C arroll, J. D. F.
43503 T/Cpl Car&eidine, A- J.
59507 T/Cpl C arson, M. A.
5/186a W h eeler C arter, E. A.
65348 P te C artm er, I
65765 P te C asey, C. J.
59860 P t e C asey, K. McE.
11/2055 Dvr C asw ell, F.
66110 P te Cavell, G- B.
70442 P te C halm ers, T. B.
64445 P te C han d ler, F.
43613 Cpl C hapm an, C. E. G.
64019 P te C h apm an, P.
53473 L/Cpl C h esn u tt, C.
23089 Sgt C h ristophers, T. II65352 P te C lapham , H. F.
13,994 S/SM C larke, S. B
78002 P te Clarke, W. C.
65281 P te C leary, J. J.
64450 P te C leary, P.
38661 P te Cliff, II.
69834 P te C lifton , E. M.
65551 P t e O lim o, F. A.
56736 Cpl C linch, W. S.
48623 P te Close, 0.
10167 S /S gt C loth ier, G. R.
69835 P te Coe, J.
41491 P te C offey, E ;
73915 P te C oggravc, II.
34030 Sgt (j'ole, A. W. E.
13315 Tpr Cole, N. L."
12/3959 Sgt C oles, J.
45
HOMEWARD BOUMD.
15693 P te C on aglen , W.
55431 P te C ondliffe, T. R.
81170 P t e Oook, A , A.
8/3887 P t e Cook, T. McL.
57882 Gnr Cooke, A . II.
42295 P te Cooper, G- P.
6/2407 P te C orcoran, M.
64457 P te C orlett, W.
25672 P te C ornes, P. G.
64455 P te C o ttera ll, H-. J .
52384 Cpl C oulter, J . J.
12/333 Cpl C ou lter, M.
32821 P te C oulter, W. G.
60079 P te C ourtney, A. J.
25680 P te C ow dell, S. W.
32943 D vr C owey, E A.
44900 P te C ow ley, J. W.
34336 L/Cpl Coxon, G. E.
65259 P te C oyle, C.
62515 P te C raw ford, II. I.
31230 Cpl Crocker, T. R.
14/12 S g t C rookbain, W-. S.
39685 T/Cpl Crow, W . A.
82515 P te C row ther, L. C.
6818? P te Crozier, II. W.
3/662 L /S gt C um m ing, W. B.
71135 P te Cunlift'e, P. J
33845 P te Curie, D- T.
25676 P te C urrie, J.
38355 P te C urrie, J .
80917 P t e D a lto n , C. T.
12/2262 L/Cpl D a n iels, G. W . T
40522 L/Cpl D a n zey , J .
57044 L (Cpl D a u lto n , G. M.
17971 Gnr D av en p o rt, A. C. R.
55926 P te Davfty, 1'
81499 P te D avey, R T. G.
45483 P te D avies, R. H.
78013 P te D a v ie-, \V E.
17883 Cpl D a v is, A. S.
12/3606 P te D a -is , A W.
79029 P t e D a v is, R. F.
41760 S /S m ith D avy, W. H.
45835 P te D ay, A.
44262 P te D e C ent, H.
33851 R fm D eem in g , H
68194 P te D em p sey . J . J.
53908 P te D enb y, J. II
3/2458 T/Cpl D ick, F.
35665 D vr D ick el, G. C. L.
61086 P te D ick en s, S.
40670 P te D ickeson , C. G.
50870 Cpl D iL on, J . J.
28445 P te D iv e h a ll, II L. R,
25824 Sgt D ixon, B. L.
59623 P te D ixon, G.
61566 P te D ob byn , L. J .
64037 D vr D ock ery, II. A. S. L.
19225 P te D o nald son , C. E
63577 P t e D o n a ld so n , P . G13/178 S gt D on a ld so n , T. A. S.
81741 P te D oreen , E. A.
65365 P te D o m e , G. W.
16158 D vr D o y le, P
3/lOOa S /S g t D rake, E. A.
62278 T pr D u n n in g , A. McA.
25827 P te D u rh am , W.
62526 P t e D u th ie, J.
44633 R fm D yer, A. L.
37618 Spr D yer, W. J .
9/1826 D vr D y m ore B row n, R
63840 P te Ea>rp, A. M.
12/2277 T /Sgt E a th er, V. W.
33529 Cpl Eden, II.
63841 Cpl E dgecom be. S.
78160 P te E dm ond, A. C.
28002 B d r E dm ond, J.
67839 P te E dm onds, P.. A
71652 P te E dw ards, J. P.
52396 P te E dw ards. L J.
21/18 W O .l (SSM) E g ley , B.
61090 P te E lliso n , 11. E.
52074 S /S m ith E lvy, C. II
9/464 W O .l SSM. E n g lish , C.
64630 P te Evan s, J .
70714 L/C pl E vans, S.
6k;282 P te E vans, W. J.
63583 P te F a m ilto n , A. L.
79519 P te F a rg ie, C C.
62038 P t e F a r n e il, P . W.
65810 P te F arra r, A.
41775 P te F a r th in g , R
57674 Gnr F a u lk n er, A. J.
3/3151 S g t F e n w ick , C. C.
203)18 T pr F ergu s, J McL.
79321 P te F ield , E. H.
555^2 Cpl F ifield, F. •
54485 Cpl F in c h a m , J. L
42935 Gnr F in la y , H. J.
57903 Gnr F in la y so n , M. A.
69213
P te F ish er, J.
53488
P te F la tt, L. J.
60266
Cpl F la y , C; E.
3/1700 P te F lem in g , J . L.
10/2134 P te F ly n n , H. M,
70046
P te F ly n n , R. II.
80347
P te F orbes, R. J.
26592
P te Ford, R, E.
65582 P te Ford, W- J. W .
63728
P te Forde, J. E.
50912 D vr F o rsy th . R. A.
58503
P te Fox, T. W.
64269 P te F ran cis, W. C.
55942 Cpl F r a n c is, W . C.
63850
P te F raser, A.
27080
P te F raser, J. E.
7/1844B dr F red erick son , C. E.
48C13 L/Cpl F r eem an , II. J.
74867 P te Fite w in, F. R. D.
46330 P te F rip, E. Y.
63592
P te F u ller to n , R.
7C621
P te F u rey, J . P.
22531 P te F u rlon g, P. S.
63853P te G arm onsw ay, E. W37800 P te Gea.nge, A. V.
59262
P te G eary, D.
79899 P te G eddes, C E.
46331 P te G edye, S. W.
75630
P t e Geros, F.
10978
Cpl G errard, C.
38521
P te Gibb, J.
75738
P te Gibb, R.
38520
S g t Gibb, R.
79/11
P ee G ibbons, J.
80351
P te Gibbs, C. E.
80767 P te G ibson, J. B.
10/2946 Sgt G iffney, J.
69844
Cpl Gigg, A. C.
65380 P te G ilbertson, J. G59264
Spr G ilfillan, M.
57067
P te G illies, R.
36281 Spr G illigan , J. S.
79791 L/C pl G oatley, A. II.
30796
P te Goble, L. R.
17,69 Sgt G oldsm ith. J.
42086 P t e G oonan, I’. II-.
9/1558 S g t G ordon. 1U. O. J.
54868
P te G ordon, D.
44272
P te G ordon, L
23/152 R fm Gordon, W . II
35441 P te G oscom be, W.
.44471
P te Goss, O. S8/970
S g t G ough, F.
54492
P te Gough, S.
23/1056 2/Opl Gow an, W59895
P te G rant, A.
81178 P t e G ray, R. J K.
13180
F tr Green, C. W.
40547 P te G reenaore, A- J.
68822 P te G riffith, F. C.
75925 P te Griffith, L. J.
48767 P te G riffiths, G. E.
49084 P te G rin lin g to n , W. L.
25/1037 R fm G ully, S. J.
65260
P t e Gunn, D.
65886
P te Guy, W. J.
26832
P te H adden, G.
59519 P te H addon, C. W
81939
P te H a g a n , R. J.
81779 P te H aggie, C. II.
24/1674 P te H ale, G.
78895
P te H ale, P ; J.
4/1930 Ci)l H a lib u rto n , G. L.
81045
P te H a ll, N C.
71486
P te H a ll, W. A.
63732 P te H a llg a r th , G.
54430 P te H a lp in , C. A.
70279 L/Cpl H a m ilto n , j . T
6/303J1 Cpl H am m on , J. D.
55309 Cpl H a n n a y , J. Y.
81124
P te H anover, E.
67743 P te H a n r a h a n , P.
63867 P te H a n sen , H. F.
51S96 R fm H ard in g, J. E ;
5S903 P te H argreaves, F.
60114
P te H arris, A.
61899
P te H arris, A. J .
64270 Cpl H arris, J. P.
3/683 S g t H arrison , F. C.
42753
Cpl H arrison , P.
69236 P te H arrison , W-. R.
61631 L/Cpl K artell, A. E.
34J67 L/Cpl H arvey, II. G.
10/3591 P te H asem an , E.
57074 L/Cpl Ila stie , D. II.
9/1062 Sgt I-Iaugh, E. A.
31778
P te H a v ill, L.
65585 P te H aw ken, I. B.
79215
P te H arw orth, J.
57085 P te H axton, C. A.
12038 S /S gt H ay, T.
3/3143 P te H ayd on , V.
27088 P te I la y le s , Y. II.
56435 P te H ayn es, S. J.
60386 P te H elfeirnan, J. P,
70048 P te H em y, F. S.
50061 P te H enderson, F. A.
55310 P te H en ley, W. G.
23/169 R im H enry, II J.
54428 L/Cpl H enry, R,
63739 P te H eppner, R. E.
54246 P te H erbison, S.
57087 P te H e rlily , J.
4-3/3030 Tpr H ew etson , J. F.
59645 P te H ickey, D. W.
57715 Gnr H icks, T.
69897 P te H iggin s, W18563 D vr liig g o t t, H . G.
6/206 WO.2 R yM S H igh et, R.
57940 T/W O .l Sgt H ill, A. E.
64763 P te H ill, R. C.
73839 P te H ill, W.
5/161a S g t H in d s, S, H.
61643 P te H islop , J .
22701 T/W O .l Sgt H itch, L J . VV.
75580 P te H oare, R.
59117 P te Hobbs, J. R.
62065 P te H odges, F. J.
48720 P te H odgson, A . E. F.
72903 P t e Hodgson!, R. B.
26/804 R fm H olland, E. J. L.
69545 P te H ollis, H.
69239 P te H olm es, R, A.
33367 P t e H on eytield , \V. A . C.
78lto8 P te H o o k s , J. A.
70487 P te H ookw ay, J.
63742 P te H opkinst F. J.
56^88 P te I lo p K in s , W.
81273 P te H orne, J.
10834 Kgt/Cook H orne, W .
25/391 Cpl H ubner, P. A.
56/68 P te H u gh es, A. J.
4/llioi Sgt n u g lie s, A.
64072 L/tJpl llu g n e s, it . T.
508/7 Gnr llu g n e s, ii . a . .vl. D.
55502 P te H u gn es, T.
54690 Spr H u ll, ii . R.
74091 P te H u n t, T. A.
4ZO.JO P te H u n t, W65387 Gn,v H unter, F. L
51168 P te H u tcln n s, G. T.
2/2760 S gt H u tch in son , J,. W
6y593 P te H ides, W. E.
71334 P te In g lesb y , A. J.
11,1170 Tpr lre m o n g e r , H.
50212 D vr Irvin e, \ v . K.
25164 Spr Irw m , J. G.
17719 Pee Isa a c , R. C.
70288 P te Ja ck so n , A.
70055 P te J ack son , E. S.
71226 P t e Ja m e s, J. H.
3/3076 P te J am es, J.
64521 Pee Ja m es, R, F.
3/1398 P te Jam es, H. C.
33139 Spr J am es, V. N.
78105 P te J a r r e tt, Mi ■
60133 P te Jefferson , H. H.
65710 P te J en sen , J .
13/3124 S gt Jep son , H. J.
65019 D vr Jerm y n , L. F.
71223 P t e J ille tt , A R.
7<51<j8 P te J o h a n n e sso n , J. R
50880 Gnr J o h n s, E. W.
42S>ol G ar Joh n son , A. W.
50387 Tpr Jo h n so n , J . R.
60155 P te J o h n sto n , j .
71224 P te Joh n sto n , R. W.
54518 P te J o n n sto n , s . C.
53876 P te J o h n sto n e , J.
51U48 G n .r J o n e s,
it .
84128 P te J on es, d1. in.
63890 P te J on es, J.
6^7U4 P te J on es, J.
12407 R fm Jon es, vV.
64076 P te Jon es, W . Ht
24b23 P te Jord an , A. i i .
79245 P te J o yce, H. N.
5j244 Gnr Joyce, R. F.
26/1083
S p r .J u a d , R , H .
77317 P te J u lia n , L. 1<\
43418 Gnr J u ll, E. H.
59386
75192
64077
38406
79827
78041
23393
17013
L/Cpl K ane, J. H.
P te K asper, C.
P te K ay, Iv. T. J. T.
P te K een, Ji D.
P te K em sley, E . B.
P'te K en n ed y, H.
P te K en n ed y, J. F. T.
Spr K en n ed y ,J . W.
46
34390
P t e L a in g , R. P.
46362
P t e L a m b ert, W.
31864 T /S g t L a n e, C, II. C
2/2462
Opl L an e, H.
54433
P te L a n g , T. E.
79664 P te L a n g d o n , 6 .
72669
P te L a st, W. II.
79665 P te L a tim e r , E. W.
2/899 S /S g t L aud er, W . C.
50217 Gnr L aw , A. M.
62342
P te L a w ler, J. L.
19863
P te L a w son, H.
43515 D vr L e C om te, H . W.
46461
Sg t Lee, A. C. K.
48338 W O .2 CSM Lee, R. C.
81330
P te Leek, H.
1/501
P t e L eers, M.
4/909
Spr L egg, P . R.
41584
P te H sitcli, M
33388 S g t Le P ro u , H. M.
74547
P te L eslie, R. H.
74590
P t e L evejis,
38182 L /Cpl L e V erne, J .
36159
A rt L ew is, L. T.
57682
S g t L ig g in s, W. O.
10084
S g t L in d en , W- II.
63624
P te L in d sa y , W. A.
62207
P t e L in d sey , H.
61463
Spr L lo y d , C. R.
65033
Sp r L o g a n , V. A.
13/3045 Cpl L qjnas, A. R.
57233
G nr L ong, C J57107
P te Lord, W. J.
61691 P te L oren zen , H. C.
482:31
P'te L o u g lin a n , J .
2/87
Gin" L o u isso n , W. A.
69413 P te L o v e n d g e , T. W. S»
39070
S g t Low, R . S.
75836
P te Low , R. S.
5/602
P'tei Low, W. A.
71890
P te L ow e, If. II.
74101
P te L ow rie, II.
2/164
Sgt L y n c h , A. P .
65693
P t e L y o n s, A. J.
64086
Cpl L y o n s, J.
80801 P t e Lythbverg, A. E. W.
17935 P te Ma^Dionald, J. F.
81138
P te M acF ie, J.
63647 L/Cpl M cGregor, A S.
47911 S g t M acK ay, W. J.'
10/3633 P te M acK ie, D. E.
64089
P te M a cK inn on, J.
65674
P t e M cA lley, A. E t
62600
P t e M cA n ea n ey, J.
66067 T /Cpl M cB eath , W. II.
64731 P te McCalSium, W . R .
717225
P'te M cC arten, 1ST.
3/1232 P t e M cC arthy, I.
75891 P t e M cC arthy, J. J.
63757 P t e M cC arthy, 1 \ F.
65517
P t e M cC onaghy, S.
67999 P te M cO ullam , C. D.
65419 P t e M cC ullough, W. J
64329
P te M cD onald, F.
54767 P t e M cD on ald, W. B.
11316 P t e M cD onald , W. J. N.
21875 L /S g t M cD onou gh, P.
61098 P te M cD ou gall, S W.
3/428S g t
(T/W O .l) M cD ougall, W. 1>
61909 Spr M cE n irn ey , J. F.
52860 P te M cF adyen, F. J.
43519 Gnr M cG avin, J. A.
23/2536 CQMS M cG laslien, D. It.
56333 P te M cG oram , E. R.
62452
L/Cpl M cG rath, D.
69264
P t e McGrath., P. J ;
56(639
P t e M cG rath, S.
62595 P te M cG regor, J . W.
47919 P te M cG regor, W. T.
41860 P te M cG uinness, O.
81798
P te M cGuire, S. M.
62365 P t e M cH arrie, F. W,
34897
S g t M cH utchun, A.
65687 P te M cIn to sh , T. K.
32216 P te M c In ty r e D. P.
7C)179
P t e M cK ain, J.
8081.8
P u t M'oKar. W . A.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
22070 P te M cK echnie, W. B>
69268 Pte!. M cK elvie, J. T
30831 L/Cpl M cK enzie, D. E.
25 281 P te M cK enzie. II. H.
74203 P te M cK enzie, .T. M-.
16572 P te M cK illop, R, W.
3/2174 P te M cK night, J. B
64105 P te M cL aehlan, A.
42954 Gnr M cLean, D. J.
2Ct'859V L/C pl M cL eay, X.
48147 P te M cLeod, ,L M.
4/1184 P te M cLisky, J. P .
76467 L/Cpl M cM anem in, F E.
64106 P te M cM illan, R. W.
42149 P te M cM ullen, F.
62368 Tpr M cN eil, K. L.
79344 P te M cQueen, C. W-.
44649 P te M cQueen, D.
78053 P te M cQuoid, F. C.
49728 P te M cQuoid, M. T.
52445 P te M cSw eenev, T. R.
64088 P te M ace, P. W.
69504 L/Cpl M ace, J , G.
68213 P te Mack, T. E.
81618 P te M adsen, H. B.
61472 P te M agee, J .
21043 P te M ain. J. W.
78050 D vr M aney, C. Y.
70181 P te M anuel, C. R,
22168 P te M arple, C.
48660 P te M arsh, G. B.
72676 P te M arsh, T. S. A.
56(105 P te M ai-sliall, J. R.
61904 P te M arsh all, L A29182 P te M arsh all, W. J.
70314 P te M arten, G. W. S.
65669 P te M artin, A G.
75839 P te M artin , E .'R .
17661 Gnr M artin, Gi
63634 P te M artin , G. E.
44650 P te M artin, II. W.
70745 P te Ma.rtin, H J.
59139 P t e M artin, P. J
16/662 CQMS M ason, D.’
33255 Cpl M ason, F. C76719 P te M ason, II.
69382 P te M ason, H.
2/769 Dvr M ather, E.
64094 P te M atlieson , R.
18461 Spr M athew s, S. C.
40031 P te M atthew s, A.
35290 D vr M atth ew s, W.
36291 D vr M aule, G. P.
52631 S gt M axw ell, J. E.
54915 L/Cpl M ay, W. A.
10,2701 L /Sgt M ayes, J.
59274 L/Cpl M ead, II. II.
31868 P te M eade, G.
54795 Spr M ead ow cm 't, L. L.
21520 P te M eagher, J. G.
53593 P te M eehan, P. P.
2/2198 BQMS M enzies, E. S.
75895 Spr M ercer, G. W.
59689 P te M eyrick, E. M.
38194 L /S gt M ichie, P.
77336 P te M iddleton, A.
10/3955 T /S gt M illigan , II. A.
46470 P te M ills, V. II.
60545 P te M ita, T.
51759 P te Moir, J. A.
41411 P te M oje, J-. A.
68075 P te M oney, A.
64653 P te M ontague, J.
63649 P te M ontgom ery, A.
48535 P te M ontgom ery, T. T.
42166 P te M ooney, W.
78202 P te Moore, G. A.
12/2585 P te M oore, R. C R75595 P te M organ, H. V.
6/510 P te M organs, E. J.
52455 P te M orrell, W. J. S.
61709 P te M orris, A.
63907 P te M orris, J-. J .
51596 P te M orris, R. D.
61712 P te M orrison, A. E.
44758 P te M orrison, J. D. B.
65774 P te M orrison, R. J.
49779 P te M ortim er, W. II- II.
11/639 P te M osen, R. J.
51055 Cpl M oves, D.
50514 P te M udge, G- A.
71455 P te M udgw ay, T. W.
65231 S/S m ith M ullan, P . .1.
50886 Dvr M ulvay, J. O.
71693 P te M unroe. F. T.
61718 P te M urphy, G. F.
63912 P te M urphy, J. E.
48055 P te M urphy, M. J
H525 P te M urray- IL J
63913 Spr M urrell, W . A.
79686 P te M u sgrave, H.
81672
71660
64216
65436
20397
60181
80824
68008
48557
59703
59701
41608
81339
64658
57690
70119
64112
59702
2/718
41990
64659
71522
30689
P te N a ir n , F. T. W.
P te N a irn . II. D ;
P te N a y lo r, A. E. P.
P te N a y lo r , W.
S g t N eed h a m , D. G.
P t e N e le y , R.
P te N else y , F. M:
P te N elso n , J. E.
P te N e sb it, V. H.
P te N e w ton , C. E.
,
N ew ton , J . W.
P te N ich o l, E. W.
P te N ic h o la s, J. P .
P te N ic h o la s, W. E. D.
P te N ic o l, L. S.
P te N ielse n , A .
P te N ielse n , N. J.
P te N itsc h k e , L. G>
CSM N o rth , J. H.
L/Cpl N o rto n , E. A. B.
P te N orton , P . J.
P te N o rto n , J. J.
S g t N y h a n e , G.
47238 Cpl O’Connor, B. C.
69807 P te O’Connor, T.
82550 P te O 'D onnell, J t T.
61751 P t e O lausen, W. R.
74560 P te O ldershaw , G L. II.
12/3771 S pr O liver, II. G
2/244 P t e O'lsen, W. J. '
3/3385 P te O rchard, F t
75844 P te Orr, G.
72117 P te Owen, II. H.
2/1874 Owen, T. E.
79286 P te O zanne,' C.
13/2356 Gnr P a c e y , J.
3/3840 P te P a g , L. D.
48068 P t e P a lm er , il.
65724 P t e P a lm e r, W.
58086 P t e P a r fe c t, E. E.
38578 P te P a r k h u rst, J.
64569 P te P a rk in so n , ]<!. G.
33596 P te P a rm en te r, G.
10/3362 P te P arr, R . J.
39880 S g t P a rr , W. II.
4/1633 Spr P a r so n s, J. L.
3/833 Sgt- P a s sell, R.
80831 P te P a te r so n , A.
46485 R fm P a tte r so n , E. C.
64114 P te P a ttin so n , W. J.
64339 P t e P a u l, J. C2/1658 Gnr P a u l, S.
64117 P te P a w so n , B. E. .
33256 P te P e a rc e, A. j .
13/2071 Gnr P earce, P. G.
61911 P te P ea rce, T. W.
78075 P te P e a rso n , A.
44656 S g t P e n n e y , A.
13/2276 S gt P en n e y , B58462 G nr P e n n y c o tt, T. D.
58052 Gnr P er rin , J. E IC
3/3727 P te P erson , P. L.
80832 P te P ete rs, W.
72677 P te P eth e r, A. E-.
3/1415 P te P e tr ie , W. A.
25583 S pr P e ttit, C. A.
25/514 P te P e tty , P II.
52463 P t e P evreal, R A69629 P te P ick e rin g , H E
11/813 S/QMS P ik e, R
38745 P t e P itm a n , R
16471 D vr P lih o n , V .’
10/976 P te P lo w m a n , IT O
34140 P te P oi, W . IC.
58417 P t e P o r te o u s, R Ii.
64122 P t e Post-, C. A. '
6/976 S gt P r a tt, W. S.
62635 P te P-vendergast, D C.
5'80S D vr P rew , J. W
24491 P te P rice, F.
79698 P te P rice , W II.
65448 Cpl P r in c e , F.
66071 P te P r itc h a r d C. IL
47
HOMEWARD) BOUMD.
22196 S /S g t R ice, E. J. G.
25314 P te E ic e , L.
63936 P te R ich a rd so n , A. C.
17901 Sg t-F a r R ic h a rd so n , A. W. A.
56024 S g t R ich m o n d , II.
55088 Cpl R idd ick , M. L.
61784 P te Robb, W.
61786 P t e R ob erts, R.
7;1863 P te R o b erts, W. P .
20237 D vr R o bertson , G. D..
16584 L/Cpl R ob ertso n , II. J.
18706 L /S g t R ob ertso n , W .
10/1968 P te R obson, J. F.
64719 P te R obson, R.
53525 S /S g t R ogers, W . J.
60362 P t e R ogerson, F.
48085 P te R oigard, II. A67696 G nr R oos, E.
73927 P te R oss, J.
11/2508 Cpl R oss, W. IC.
65614 P te R o u n tree, R. H.
69287 T/Cpl R um ble, W. II.
61796 P te R n slin g , A. C.
31044 P te R ussek, G- J.
65003 P te R u ssell, G. W.
64145 P te R,utter, T.
64245 Spr R y a n , M.
26/1714 P te S aies, J.
6/2360 P te S a m w a y s, P. J.
75607 P t e S ap sford , H.
79224 P t e S avage, B. F . C.
64149 F ar S a v ille , F.
75850 L/Cpl S a y w ell, M. T.
15799 P te Scarrow , N. D.
54603 P te Schw abe, P. A.
24/2085 Rfm S cott, C. II. J79847 P te Sco tt, D. D.
81238 P te S ea to n , A . S.
65461 P te S eaton, E. C.
65615 P te Seerup, II. G.
56864 L/Cpl S eldon , II N.
42956 P t e Sen io r, T. S.
74C28 P te S h a n a g h a n , J. G.
63682 Spr S h earer, J . D.
53564 Spr Sh earer, S. D.
70001 P te S h ea rm a n , A.
61811 P te S h eeh y , M.
8/3400 Cpl Shepard, A L.
74898 P te Shepherd, L.
65300 Cpl S hires, W. P. F. E.
3/3034 P te Short, C. H.
71824 L/Cpl Short, H. J.
64152 P te , S h u ttle w o r th , R.
56857 P te S id d a ll, C81898 P te S ig n a l, C. II.
32082 P te S im m ond s, L. T.
12/4088 P te S in cla ir, R.
81408 P te S in cock , E. F.
11/1368 S g t Sk erm an , T. L.
23/1487 P te S la te r , W . L.
2/(1375 G nr S m ith , G. C.
71283 P te S m ith , H.
75645 P te S m ith , II. E.
79246 R fm Sm ith, J . E.
75691 P t e S m ith , J. H.
35323 Gn.V S m ith , R. A.
69308 P te S m ith , V.
65680 P t e S m ith, W.
48415 P te S m ith , W. J.
18036 G nr S m ith , W. S.
23/1191 Sgt S m itln vick , G.
65841 L/Cpl S m y th , C. C.
79850 P te Snow , C.
79756 P t e S om erv ille, Si C.
65470 R fm Spargo, II. S. C.
65133 Spr Sparks. A. M.
8/4491 P te Spark s, C. II.
57872 L/Cpl Speck, E. W.
S e co n d -C la ss:
F . P . A ndrew s, ju n io r e n g in e er.
J. M. B uckn or, ju n io r officer.
II. W. Cocks, C.M.M.
J. D a v ies, ju n io r officer.
0 . A. D r y la n d , C.MiM.
E. C. E v a ns, C.M.M.
D. T. F o r sy th , W .R.O. (1st class).
J . T. G eddes, E-R.A. (1st class).
.
G. C. H ay, c h ie f e le c tr ic ia n .
B en . H ow ell, M. o f M.
N . I. J o h n s. EiR.A.
R, L eith , C.M.M.
B ig g s, J . H., L/A.C.
41272 P te Spencer, R,
10/3745 Cpl Springer, Hi W.
41654 P te Spurdle, F. W.
70555 P te S tan d en , II.
63229 P te Sted m an , L. A.
54613 Sgt S teffart, II- F.
26472 . Spr Steele, R.
4
77232 P te S ephens, A. E.
70989 P te Step h en s, B ; O.
60340 Sgt. S tep h en s, W. I.
53613 P te Steven s, C. C.
3/1199 (Cpl) T /S gt S tevens, L.
56119 Cpl Steven s, I j. J.
13/440 Tpr S tew art, A.
65158 P te S tew art, A.
64160 P te S tew art, D. Y-.
18934 P te Stewa.rt, T. J.
69892 P te Stock, II. C.
52489 P te S tockbridge, J.
65041 P te Storey, R, 0.
61831 R im S to tt, P. V.
69798 L/Cpl S tra tfo rd , Gt
40463 P te S trong, E. A.
78158 P te S u ck lan d , M. J.
6/1411 P te Sum m ers, J.
68850 P te S u tton , R, A.
71356 P te S w eeney, E.
47481 P te Sw ift, A.
19776 P te T a ih u k a , Ilori.
19357 P te T a ip a n a . W* H.
57162 P te T alb ert, N . A.
13582 2/Cpl T alb oys, R. G.
29510 Tpr T a r ra n t, P.
31544 P te T a y lo r , P. E.
50165 Gnr Tem m , A . W.
35490 D vr T hom , H. L-.
10115 Cpl T hom as, A. L.
13/544 S gt T hom as, C. W.
64170 P te T hom as, W . F.
12290 P te T hom pson, G.
70563 P te T hom pson, C. S.
1723S Cpl T horpe, E. G. G.
81410 P te T im m s, L. W.
22887 L/Cpl T in n ey , N.
57167 P te Todd, J.
16/80 Sgt T ok ara, H.
59487 P te T oll, II. H. W.
75752 P t e Tow n, C. II.
75211 P te T rem b ath , W-. F.
56050 Gnr T rezise, L. A.
80861 P te T rip n ey, J.
52496 P te Troup, A.
82477 P te T ru m an , R, J.
65273 P te T u rk in g to n , G.
69320 P te T u rley, A. E.
48300 P te T u rley, F. C;
12/3174 Cpl T urner, J. F.
80863 P te T urner, J. IT. J.
16/773 P te T u ta h i, T.
79110 P te T yler, G. T.
W . M orris, C.M.M.
W. II. M atthew s, C.M.MC. E. P iper, C.M.M.
J . W. P olglaze, O.MJVL
A. F. P riddy, en g in e er , M .F.A.
II. D. P u r ch a s. C.M.M.
J. E. P eacock , C.M.M.
R. II. R odney, gu n n er, R.M ;A.
II. Spooner, elec . artificer.
W. A . S m a ill, C.E.R.A.
J. IC. C. Spooner, C.M.M.
W m. W ilson , ju n io r en gin eer.
C. L. S im pson, C'.M.M.
II. II. Toom bs, G.E.A.
43115 H alford . A. J., L/A.C.
P . C. L oasb y, C.M.M-.
Wi F. W illcox, C.M.M.
Mrs E. i 1. D rylan d .
Mrs J Y. D avies.
Mrs IIcwia n d ch ild (2i years).
Mrs A. G J o h n s.
Mrs C. B. P ip e r
Mrs M. W, B. Spooner.
Mrs E. M S m a ill and R eg. J. (2 years).
T h ir d -C la ss:
D. L 'in am P te R ;M .L.I.
John S P ool. L e ad in g S eam an .
H en.-y F. B r a g g Q uarterm aster,
110421 A ldons, B. N ., 2/A.C.
158060 L ew is, S. N., 2/A-C.
M.M.R
48
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Pa§§®inig©!r§ p@ir §o§o 66Briteinuw
LYTTELTON
FI1RST CLASS •
A nderson, Mrs If. O. an d in fa n t.
B u llock , Mrs M. an d in fa n t.
D e M aus, Mrs W. G.
A UCK LAND.
A ndrew s, Mrs J. M. and in fa n t.
A sh w in , Mrs W. F.
D es F o rges, Mrs K. F.
H a rriso n , Mrs M. T.
K n o tt, Mrs M. H.
P o tts , Mrs W . C.
M elville, Mrs E.
N e ttle to n , Mrs P . L.
Sm ith , MiT's M. A.
W ero h ia , Mrs D.
S w \v
POET CHALMEES.
E eid , Mi-s E. B.
SECOMD CLASS s
W ELLING TON.
LYTTELTON.
B everid ge, M rs V. G.
B la k e, Mrs M. C. an d in fa n t.
B urt, Mrs L. L.
C orkhill, Mrs M. M.
D a v e y , Mrs E. 0D a w so n , Mrs M. B.
E dm ond, M iss O.
•Jon es, Mi's N . an d in fa n t.
M cK illop, Mrs E. 0 .
M abin, Mrs B„ K en n eth (age 6 yre) and
M ason. Mi- G., M rs M. B.,
(a g e 3 y e a rs).
N a y lo r , Mrs L. K.
an d
USE® S - ewnnE e y n o ld s, M rs I.
E ic lie s, Mrs B. K. a n d in fa n t.
S h eph erd , M rs N. H.
S tein , Mr E. N .
T read w ell, Mrs I. G.
W a lls, M iss L.
G eorge
O k r th ier ^ 'M ir A .‘ S.
D rake, Mrs H. B.
H itch, Mrs M.
P ike, Mrs J l
P r a tt, Mrs G. F.
E ogers, M iss C. B. M.
W ilk in son , Mrs F . B.
W ilson, Mrs C. an d in fa n t.
PO ET CHALMEES.
B rooks, Mrs E. M.
Cowey, Mrs ft. T.
E n glish , Mrs IC. E. an d (2) in fa n ts.
G ough, M rs L.
H au gh , Mrs D. M.
M oD ougall, Mrs A . J.
M cGregor, Mrs C. F.
M cH utchon, Mrs H.
N orth , Mrs G. E.
P earce, Mr A. L.
W atson , Mrs J.
W ELLINGTON.
B a r re ll, Mrs M. N. an d in fa n t.
B urdon, Mrs G.
M
L V b.
G oldsm ith, Mrs H.
A.
G oldsm ith, Mrs H. A*, an d in fa n t.
G oldsm ith, ch ild (on© year).
H igh et, Mrs M.
H inds, Mrs J.
L ane, Mrs L. B.
M axw ell, Mrs B. A.
M ayes, M rs J.
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K obertson -H en d erson , Mr3 Kt a n d in fa n t
T eulon, Mr A. G. and Mrs B. G.
W hitoom be, Mrs G.
AUCKLAND.
Allsoppv Mrs I.
A rth u r, Mrs A-. L.
I S M . C- M-
Cum m ing, Mrs I. a n d in fa n t.
Everest, M iss L. G.
Lander, Mt’s D. M. a n d in fa n t.
Lee, Mrs M.
Lee, Mrs B. C-.
Lynch, Mi's C. M.
M cH arrie, M iss A. B.
Mason, Mrs F. E. an d in fa n t.
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