BOYS FOR SERVICE IN THE TRANSVAAL.
TO THE BDITOB. . ■ '■ ''■ ■' y'. '! SiK.-When it was first proposed to send & : sixth contingent to South Africa the lowest, age at whioh men , were to Lβ accepted W» : "s nid to be 80. yean. Non', 1 6e3 in the liet of those who have gone from Dunedin one whose "'■ age is 19 years. Another'. age i. given as ' only son of his mother, <md she is a widow. ~ aurely, Sir, men must te.scarce wheu boys ■ l.fce these are accepted. I fear there is Mβ **' climate and hardships they are going to have " too much for full-grown ro«Ll % Citizen. .■'••;.>!
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11937, 10 January 1901, Page 5
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103BOYS FOR SERVICE IN THE TRANSVAAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11937, 10 January 1901, Page 5
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