No grog .is served out to the men at a New Zealand _ camp, but' ori the ration sheet issued by the Government one of the items is, rum, l'-16ga1., not moi^e than, three times a week. -Sd the otlier day a. man called upon a quartermaster, and asked him for some rum," as- per, schedule. The. i "quartermaster was • ey m- 1 pathetic. The man Avas sent for a bottle, arid in the meantime the quartermaster makes'up a bott'le of edld tea. The quartermaster soleriinly measured out ;„a ration of "rum," and put it in the bottle, after' Avhich ho filled it for the rrian's mates; The man made.cr. joyfully, but was not seen again.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11839, 20 April 1909, Page 5
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