NO MARRIED NEED APPLY.
TO THE HDITOR. biE,—-When the news arrived that a conUngentfromNewZealandwastobeaenttothe Transvaal I, being of a martial spirit, made up my mind, with the approval of my wife (who could easily run the farm in my absencs), to offer my services. With visions of how I might distinguish myself, and perhaps gam the Victoria Cross (for I am a good horseman and one of the crack shots in our company), I said " Good-bye " to Jane and the children, and hastened to Dunedin when, to my great disgust, I was informed that married men could not be taken So now I must figure as w .„ „ THE ABSEKT-BHXDED VOLUNTEER. Wh fyf U J»"tt° W maDy yCara "« * And this war with Kruger always in your mouth " W So a uth e ? r broueht vou here - now, from the YoU remtmbe b r ent ' minde<i b ° ggar olse you would The m»n n -° Pkce to ° Ur kim I , ' n y f °r a married Tho defendher° eS n °' y ° U "* pre Bent *° So just clear out of this as quickly as you can. M^ n{ V ma s' Bt T Dg m . an - man with *« eagle eye, Man of undaunted spirit, ready to give his life ! .think of him domg his country's work, ready for her to die— Alas, he must stay at home 'cause he's cot a wife. wife, wife ! —I am, etc., A Volunteer. January 6.
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Evening Star, Issue 11132, 6 January 1900, Page 6
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237NO MARRIED NEED APPLY. Evening Star, Issue 11132, 6 January 1900, Page 6
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