MAY BECOME OURS
Replying to Mr E. Newman in theHouse, Mr Massey said that when \n. England, he and Sir Joseph Ward made representations to the Imperial authorities concerning the importance of Ocean and Ngarue T slands as a source of procuring fertilisers for the land. They would not be cisposed of without consulting the Dominions.
THE NEW SLOGAN
An amusing instance of the bcli«:f entertained, oven by Germans, in the power of the V.M.C.A. to «'o everything, is recounted by a Colonel ,wJ»o took part in the attack on Vimy Ridge. When the enemy was eomir.g out of some dug-outs to surrender, one Boche .advanced with bid huiids upraised, and, instead of shouting " Kamerad I" he yelled " V.M C. A. .' -, and when he found lie was Safe, he continued in excellent Gnglish, " I am V.M.C.A., and I have 13 m< re men down there, all V.M.C.A. too."
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3338, 6 September 1917, Page 2
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