i V.:,: - ' B=B ■Trooper L. S. Robertson (Wellington Mounted Rifles, killed) was well known . in Stratford, where ho resided for some 'years prior to moving out to Ohura, t-where lie was in. business as a builder iwhen the war broke out. Robertson, < who had seen service in Africa, loft his business at practically a moment's notice, as soon as it became known that {New Zealanders' services were being ' accepted," and .the Stratford Patriotic Committee presented liim with a horse, which enabled him to join the mountea »rm. He was a native of Sorn, in Ayrshire, and won the light-weight wresting championship of Scotland on more Uhan one occasion, and was undoubtedly one of the finest catch-as catcb«oyi \Vrcesftfet3 at bis weight ever seen on a ,|taat in New Zealnad. He was a thojough "sport" in the best sense of the A word—a ; clean, hard opponent, brtt generous to a fault when the battle was over. v After railway tunnels, gargle Pluenzol ind take away that ohokinu smoke tasta,^..
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 7
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168Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 7
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