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The mob were sitting about under the shade of a tree, talking about home and old folks. “ I’ll be jolly glad to see the old folks again,” young Simpson remarked. “ You know my pater is such an interesting man to converse with. He is a navigator, and has had a wide experience.” “Cripes, that’s a coincidence,” “ Ginger ” said. “My old man’s in the same sort of a job.” , < “A navigator, too?” asked Simpson. ; “ Yairs,” “ Ginger ” replied. “ He works on the railways.’ "..i. , “ But they don’t have navigators on the railway,” Simpson told him. “ Too right, they do!” “Ginger” asserted, “ but they call them 4 navvies ’ for short.” • / * * * Major-general H. W. Lloyd is again in charge of recruiting. Everything should now be Al at Lloyd’s. *** ' . ‘ ’J* ■ ■ •’ I •'■ • •• ’ '■ ' •* -. ! I • Small use the country crying out for more children, while the children are crying out for more consideration.