TOPICS OF THE DAY.
CHILD'S DRAMATIC VISION. _ _—(K . BOY OF SIX SAW HIS FATHER SHOT. A remarkable story of a dead soldier appearing to his only child at the moment that ho was shot by a sniper comes from Hampton. Tho soldier, Corporal James M'Donald, of tho Surrey Regiment was hilled in tho trenches on January 30, and his widow, in an interview, stated that on or about that date her littlo boy told her that he had seen "Daddy" during tho night. The boy, who is six years old, was emphatic about his vision: " 1 saw him. Mamma, standing thorc, and ho called me 'John.' Ho was wearing bis uniform, but had a black badge in his cap. Corporal M'Donald was an engineer at tho Metropolitan Water Works, Hampton., boforo ho volunteered for active service, and a member of the Hampton Urban District Council.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11671, 11 April 1916, Page 4
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