War Items.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 24 April 1902, Page 18

War Items.

' Ole Jim,' who I was beginning to think dead, haa written again, retailing a few items of news from the front. One of them relates an encounter which his son had with De Wet, in which the Boer commander nearly lost his life. The severe censorship exercised in South Africa must aocount for the fact that this item haa not appeared in any newspaper up to this. deer Quip,—Yule be glad To Leer as how My only son, what left As a kaptin in the 9st (ninteeth) Contingement, reeched to The end Of his destnashin safe, as This leeves me the same. He was pemoted and Is a major or Leftenen or sumthing, and is a G.P.O. or D.S.O. wich he Rites onto the end of his ortigraft. It was time the home guvnment Took noti3 of the Wescoste where Mr Seddon was a diger. My son ernd the rise Becaus when the ship was in a hurrykin he Made all the hosse3 lay on there backs and Burnd peaces of brown paper So they wooden smel the ile of the injins And Onct when he was at the Frunt he seen de Wet, and he wood, of Shot him, but he diden no what rainge to fix The site for. He put his gun down onto the velt and Waukd up to de Wet and askt him to holt 1 end of the Tape wile he mesured the distuns. He got the distuns, and fixt the site accordantly, and Was takin aim when bless me if De Web diden jist wauk off and take the Tape with him. The bores are orful theevs. No wunder they cant caotch the feller. When the prymeer retches the Cape my Son is goin to travvel with him to the Cornashin and see All the lords and ladys with vermin on their clokes and cornets on there heds. Ile let you now how he gets on. Till then Yours respectively, 4 Ole Jim.'