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Nelson Evening Mail, 24 July 1916, Page 7

;In a marriage registry office not 100 miles from Christchurch, an old sailor, a widower, brought his intended' bride, a widow, for the purpose of going through the nuptial ceremoay. The sailor was small and wizened, the lady was plump and big; in fadfshe weiglied no less than IS stone. The weather outside was inclement, and so after performing the ceremony the Registrar, ia view of the bridegroom's profession, indulged in nautical language : "Bit squally to-day," he remarked. "Yes," remarked the old salt, "but what do you think of my barque?" and he cast a look of endearment upon his blushing bride. "You .ought to be able to weather any storm with that stout craft," replied' the Registrar. It is notified in the Gazette that the colonial auxiliary forces officers' decoration has been awarded, to the following for the periods of service named :—"Lieu-' tenant Robert Watson, retired list (21 years and' 68 days); Lieutenant-Colonel O. Hareourt Turner, sth, -Wellington Regiment (20 years and 83 days) : 'Colonel G. J. Smith, Canterbury Infantry Brigade (20 years and 20 days). The colonial auxiliary forces long-service medal has been awarded to Hon. Lieutenant (Quartermaster) ,C. P. Oowley, 4th, "Waikato, Mounted- Rifles, with a total service of 27 years 155 days. Those who have no relatives righting at the front have nevertheless, some idea of the apprehensive tigtening of tne heart strings which heset the fathers, mothers, wives and sweethearts of "our boys" when they see a uniformed telegraph boy enter the gates of their homes, says Otago Daily Times. There appears, however, to be a formal redtape procedure which must accentuate such feelings. On Tuesday the relatives' of a Dunedin soldier, who is lying- in an English hospital "dangerously ill," received no fewer than three telegrams, all notifying the fact—one from the Prime Minister, another from the Minister of Defence, and another from the Minister of Finance. The receipt of the first telegram was badi enough news ; but when the second- telegram came, an hour or two later, a deadly fear oppressed the mother and the rest of the family that the worst had happened. At an interval of another hour or so, the hou.-o hold was again quite upset by the receipt of the third notification. ' The relatives of the soldier referred to have no doubt been thoroughly assured that he is really "dangerously ill," but tbera does not appear any good reason why their feelings should have been harrowed in such a manner.

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