The special trains for the convenience of relatives of members of iho 42nd Reinforcements will be run on Tuesday, 30th July, instead of the 31st, as originally announced.
An appellant before the Military Service Board in Christchurch this week was shown to have married just a. fortnight early enough to escape classification as a First Division reservist. His first child was born in Anril, 1916, the second in March, 1917, and the third in the first week of June, 1918. If his luck had been in at the beginning (says the Lyttelton Times) it -was out at the finish, for he was just caught in the two children ballot, the third child having arrived a few days too late to affect his classification. Ho was ordered to go into camp in October.
The thousands of readers of O. Henry's books will be interested in the screen version of this great writer's most famous volume, "Cabbages and Kings," to bo screened at Shortt's Theatre for one week, commencing Saturday next. —Advt.
Messrs. B. Johnston and Co. will sell furniture to-morrow at 1 p.m., in their room*. '
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 22, 25 July 1918, Page 8
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