Auckland War Memorial Museum€¦ · —Kipling. During our first weeks at sea the only war news of importance received by Mar- conigram had reference to the attitude of Woodrow Wilson

The

Waitemata WobblerONL Y EDITION- NO PARTI CU LAR DATE.

The W aitemata W obbler.

. A PO LO G IA PRO V IT A SUA.

A t F eath e rs to n and T rentham during a t lea st four m onths we liave served a sh o rt apprenticeship in th e trad e of w ar. T h ere m ost of us began life afresh under new conditions. I t did not take us long to shed our old responsibilities, and the n e w . ones sa t upon us lightly . The one th in g th a t m ay w ith t ru th be said of us a t th e beginning is th a t we saw in differing degrees, some dimly, some ^clearly, an idea—a vision of th a t ab ­s trac tio n we call the Em pire. W e saw as th rough a glass dark ly th a t .Empire assaile'd by th e powers of darkness, St. ■George a t grips w ith th e Dragon. So we to o k th e oath and bound ourselves for "better, for worse, in victory or defeat, t i l l dea th d id us p a r t, th a t we should s ta n d together in the Cause. W e have

failed in m any th ings during our m onths together, b u t we are s till on th e t ra i l of the D ragon. Along th e way we have m ade friendships w hich will stand to us through life. W e have had experiences w hich have welded us together in a way w hich would defy years of civil life, and; now we have some weeks of com parative quiet on a T ransport. W e are crossing th e oceans over which our fa the rs once b ro u g h t th e flag w hich guards our homes and over which our bro thers have al­ready repassed, some for th e la s t tim e, in the nam e of th a t law and freedom and good fa ith for w hich in th e ir belief the flag still stands.

I t is our object in th is publication to provide a memento of our w anderings. W e look forw ard to th e tim e when the w orld will have shaken off its nightm are. In those days we hope th a t our pages will rem ind the survivors of us of th e pressing in terests of these weeks, of the games we had together and of the

troubles w hich did no t get us down. We hope th a t th e Ship’s P o ll w ill keep in mem ory nam es w hich are so easily for­gotten , b u t w hich, recalled, w ill b ring back tim es and places we cannot afford to forget.

W e very m uch re g re t th a t we are un ­able to publish m uch m ateria l, p rinci­pally verse, sen t in , for i t represents a g re a t deal of m eritorious effort. Gamp l ite ra tu re has w earied the world of verse, however ingenious, Avhose sole v irtue consists of indescribable punning. We have selected our m ateria l, w ith in the lim its of our space, in th e order of general in terest and in trin sic m erit.

On behalf of the troops, to a ll friends a t home we send greetings. One and all we are glad to be here and would be no ­where else. B u t we look forw ard to the day of our re tu rn , and to those o ther days when in the distance th e “ W a ite ­m ata ” will b ring some of th e enchan t­m ent of a dream.

Dream R o ses,I dream ed th a t a rose, full-blossomed, H a d sprung from th e low, grey seas, W h e re its peta ls strew ed the w aters A nd its fragrance, filled the breeze.R ose of a m agical perfume,<Of th e fragrance of m emory—F o r every leaf was a message To- one m ost dear to me.D ream w ith in dream, my vision P ic tu re d you, fa ir and sweet,W here m y though ts made a bower of

rosesA n d a pathw ay for your feet.

G ISB O R N E.

An A rtistic Lie.(N ot en tered for th e C om petition.)

N ot a J .A f te r describing the m anifo ld t r a n ­

scendent and undoubted , unassailed an d unassailable v irtues of J Company, a cor­respondent concludes :—

“ Of course these are only a few in ­stances of th e ir superio rity over the o ther Companies, and , being a ttached to none of th e un its on board , I consider m yself to be in a very fa ir position to judge th e ir respective w o r th .”

P erhaps i t d id deserve the prize a f te r all.

A ccording to Hori.Said H ori to the Pakeha S ergean t:

“ How long you tirik before next pay-day, eh? A t to nex’ port! Py H arry , I- hope te wind blow dis ole ship ashore quick. I not. come here for te p icn ic; I come dis trip to fight te German. I got te two mate in France, an’ he owe me te few bob—’bout a couple of qu id ; if we never get there quick, m ight both th a t feller, lie’s dead, and I not get my couple quid.

“ How long you tink before we get te trip finish? Two m onth! Oh, H e rra ! Too long—’bout tree month on te trip an’ ’bout tree m inute in te trench, eh? _Oh, w erra, I hope we back at te N arrow Neck an’ get te fish two time a week.”

W aitemata W obbler^ / ) / > > /

The

ONLY EDITION- NO PARTI CULAR DATE.

T V io W n h h l ^ r failed in m any th ings during our m onths troubles .which did no t get us down. Wetogether, bu t we are still on th e tra i l hope th a t the Ship’s Roll -will keep in

------------ of the Dragon. Along the w ay we have m em ory names which are so easily for-A PO LO G IA PRO V IT A SU A . made friendships w hich will stand to us gotten , b u t w hich, recalled, will b ring

through ' life. W e have had experiences back times and places we cannot affordA t Feathe rston and Trentliam during 'vliicli have welded us . to g e th e r • in a w ay to forget.

:at lea st four m onths we have served a whlch w° uld detJ y ears, of f vl1 llte> anct ^ 'e very much reg re t th a t we are un-sh o r t apprenticeship in the trad e of w ar. ' now we have some weeks of com parative able to publish m uch m ateria l, pnnci-T here m ost of us began life afresh under <Iu iet on a T ransport W e are crossing pally verse, sent in, for i t represents an ew conditions. I t did not take us lono- 1 th e oceans over which our la th ers once g rea t deal of m eritorious effort. Dampto shed our old responsibilities and the ft b rought th e flag which guards our homes lite ra tu re has wearied the world of verse,W ones sa t upon us l ig h tly . ’ The one ’{ and over which our bro thers have al- however ingenious, whose sole v irtue

’ .thino- th a t m ay w ith t ru th be said of us ready repassed, some for the las t tim e, consists of indescribable punning. Wea t th e beo-innino- is th a t we saw in in, the nam e of th a t law and freedom and have selected our m ateria l, w ith in thediffering degrees” some dimly, some good fa ith for w hich in th e ir belief the lim its of our space, in the order of•c learlv°an idea—a vision of th a t ab- dag still stands. general in terest and in trinsic m erit,s trac tion we call the Em pire. W e saw I t is our object in this publication to On behalf of the troops, to all friendsas through a glass dark ly th a t Jvmpire provide a memento of our w anderings. a t home we send greetings. One and allassailed by th e powers of darkness, (St. W e look forw ard to the tim e when the we are glad to be here and would be no- 'George a t g rips w ith th e Dragon. So we world will have shaken off its nightm are. w here else. B ut we look forw ard to thetook th e oath and bound ourselves for f In those days we hope th a t our pages day of our re tu rn , and to those otherb e tte r , for worse, in victory or defeat, will rem ind the survivors of us ol the days when in the distance the “ W aite-t i ll dea th did us p a r t, th a t we should pressing in terests of these weeks, of the m ata ” wib bring some of th e enchant-

• s ta n d to g eth er in the Cause.v W e have ; games we had together and of the ment. of a dream.

Dream R o ses , An A rtistic Lie. A ccording to Hori.I dream ed th a t a rose, full-blossomed, (N ot en te red for th e C om petition.) Said H ori to the P akeha Sergeant:H ad sprung from th e low, grey seas, “ How long you tink before next pay-day,W here its peta ls strew ed the w aters jNot a eh? At te nex’ po rt! Py H arry, I hopeAnri its fragrance filled the breeze. A f te r describing tne m anifo ld trail- to wind blow dis ole ship ashore quick.Rose of a m aric a l nerfum e scendent and undoubted , unassailed an d I not come here for te p icn ic; I come dis% & ? £ £ £ ? o f £ Z y- : unassailable v W « . of J Company, a cor- “ owe £ X f™F o r every leaf was a message j respondent concludes . . b0b—’bout a couple of qu id ; if we neverTo one -m ost dear to me. 0* course -these are only a tew m- }̂iere qU;ck ; m ight both th a t feller

. j ■ ■ stances of th e ir superio rity over th e jie>s cicuc] an(j i not get my couple quid.D ream w ith in dream, m y vision t] Companies and , b e i n g attached to „ TT , , , , . ,Pipfnvprl von fa ir nnrl sweet “ How long vou tink before we get te

bower of 110116 ° f the u m ts 011 T ’ f trip finish? Two m o n th ! Oh. H e r r a ! TooW h e ie m y though ts made a bo^ ei of myself to be m a very fa ir position to long—’bout tree month on te trip an’ ’boutroses judge th e ir respective w o r th .” tree m inute in te trench, eh? Oh, w erra,

A nd a pathw ay for your feet. P erhaps i t d id deserve the prize a f te r j hope we back at te N arrow Neck an’ get, S ' GJSBORNK. all. te fish two time a w eek.”

2 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

America,“ And the God that ye took from a

printed book, uphold you, Tom linson.”—Kipling.

During our first weeks at sea the only war news of importance received by Mar- conigram had reference to the attitude of Woodrow W ilson towards the belligerents. W e do not believe that any responsible British subject would desire to dictate a policy to America, though we have a natural desire that our brothers-in-blood should act w ith frankness and courage. Mr. W ilson, however, does give us cause to protest when he makes a statement such as that attributed to him in the m essage, which runs :

“ The President asserts that, while the British persist in the war of starvation, they are merely accentuating in cold blood the sufferings of humanity, without re­gard to every command of hum anity.”

W e believe that we are voicing the feelings of every member of the 21st R e­inforcement when w e say that the man who made no protest against the doctrine that “ necessity knows no la w ,” who en­tered no protest against the violation of Belgium, who has remained inert and pas­sive at German methods of warfare, who has failed to declare where justice and eternal truth stand in the balance, has lost his right to give birth to such an “ aimless, hopeless, helpless ” generalisa­tion.

W e have, however, an answer to Pre­sident W ilson, given in a noble Puritan strain to which America- is now un­happily a stranger. Abraham Lincoln, in his last inaugural address to Congress, used words which combined mental vigour with moral enthusiasm, and they are words which have direct application to the present situation. President Lincoln saicl :

“ V ainly do we hope, fervently do we pray, th at this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass aw a y ; yet, if God wills it that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsmen’s 250 years of unrequited to il shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said 3,000 years ago, so still it must be said: ‘ The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous alto­gether.’ ”

In conclusion, it is our belief that Britain, w ith all her interests, took the heroic part, and it is not with patience that we read platitudes from a President whose many good intentions do not re­deem his ineffectiveness.

Consternation.“ And what next?” asked the comfirmea

grouser when the call went for all hands on deck for vaccination. “ First there was attestation, then we had innoculation, then there was embrocation, now we’re having to endure vaccination, and I suppose w e ll never' reach a finish until it comes to annihilation.”

Invocation,T o th e 13 th M aori R e in fo r c e m e n t.

Oh ! Maoris !C H IE F S OF T H E MAORI T R IB ES !

I address you through the ‘! Maga­zine, ’ ’

So that each of you, in calm mo­ments, may read my Precepts.

I entreat you to hearken unto m y Coun­sel,

Then you w ill have no Regrets.Soon you w ill be on foreign s o i l ;Your “ Mana ” w ill be put to the test. Many tem ptations w ill beset your path.

Remember, earlier Reinforcem ents have set a good example :

I t behoves you to follow their noble example.

Oh ! Maoris !Soon you will participate in a M ighty

War,A t which the whole W orld will

Wonder,N ot only w ill the eyes of your Tribes

be upon y o u ;The N ations of the Earth w ill watch

your Prowess.Oh ! Comrades !

Make not one false step,W hich can never be effaced.

Disgrace not the fair Record of your Warrior Ancestors.

Recall the brave and chivalrous Rewi, W ho said :

“W e w ill fight on for ever and ever !” H is blood flows through your vein s: You are of his noble House and

Lineage.Oh ! Maoris !

Be fa ith fu l in all things.Forget not your God ! Trust Him

im plicitly !Follow your Leaders ! Obey the Word

of Command !The Soul of Honour of a Soldier con­

sists of his obedience.O h! M aoris!

You are descendants of a Brave and Chivalrous Race.

Long has Peace reigned over our L and; Now the clarion cry of “ W A R ! ” rings

in the Heavens,And it rests with you to maintain the

Honour of your Sires.Be Loyal to one another,

A House divided against itself Falls.

See that you fail not- in the Em­pire’s Hour of N eed!

O h ! M aoris!Preserve your Health,

It is your most valued possession.Be clean; Be sm art; Be orderly:

A slovenly soldier is a disgrace to his Regiment,

A thorn in the side of his Com­mander,

An eyesore to his companions around him.

My Brothers in Arms!Follow these Precepts,Conquer yourselves, and you will con­

quer the fo e ;And as the day follows the night,So will Success follow your efforts.

He Whakahau,K i N ga Maori 0 Te Ope 13.

Ha ! Maori !E nga rangatira o te iw i Maori.H e kupu atu k ia koutou— i roto ite pepa nei,Hei whakaarohanga mai koutou, Whakarongo mai r a ! ki aku kupu—■K ia mau tika ai ia koutou.

H a ! M a o r i!Kua tata koutou ki te whenua tauhou. K ei reira to koutou mana te— W hakam atautauria ai,E nga whakawai maha o te ao..

Kakahuria e tam a ma e- Te Kakahu pai e mau mai ra—I nga ope o koutou w hiti ra.

H a ! Maori !Taro ake nei koutou te uru ai- K i te pakanga nui,E whakamiharotia nei ete ao- K ei te tau mai nga Kanohi0 to iwi ara te ao K atoa K i a koutou mahi.

E hoa ! Ma !Kaua e tapepa te hikoi,Hapainga- nga rongo toa.—Me nga mahi pai,A o Koutou tupuna.K ia mahara kinga kupu a Rewi,“ Ka -whawhai tonu matou ake ake.'"’’H e toto rangatira—toa kei roto—1 tenei i tenei o koutou.

H a ! Maori !Kia pai ta Koutou whakahaere ia,

koutou K ia mau ki te Atua.W hakawliirinaki atu kia Ia Kia mau ki nga kupu tohutohu—A to koutou kai arahi.K i te mau enei kupu ia koutou,.Ka wliakahonoretia koutou—- E to koutou kai arahi.

Ha ! M aori!E nga uri o te iwi toa e !Ahakoa te roa ote maungarongo,. e tau ana ki to tatou motu.Maranga ! m aranga!K ei te paku te whatitiri pakanga. Hapainga te patu a o koutou—

tupuna.K ia kotahi te haere, me te whakaaro. K ia tutuki ai ia koutou— te tono a to tatou kiingitanga.

Ha! Maori!Tiakina o koutou tinana.Koi na te tino mea,Hei tiaki ma koutou.Kia ma, kia kakama, kia mata ara-..Ko te lioia. ngoikore he taru—K ino ki tona ropu,He lataramoa ki le kanohi—0 tona kai arahi,A he puehu ki nga —Kanohi o ana hoa.

E aku Hoa ! Hoia !K ia mau ki nga kupu neiK ia kaha kite raupatu i nga kinoK ia hinga ai te hoa riri ia koutou1 whiti mai te ra i te pouriA ka per a ano te puta mai o te hua—-

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER. 3

Yield un to your great W h ite K ing of your best,

A nd your R ew ard will be a Crown of Glory.

L e t your W atchw ords b e :—Be Brave ! Be L o y a l!! Be T ru e ! !!

K IA ORA!A. T E W . G A N N O N ,

2nd L ieut. O.C. 13th M aori R egt. H .M .N .Z . T ransport No. 75,

F eb ru a ry 19th, 1917.

D eck Sports.TUG-OF-W AR.

Round I.M aori B team defeated J Company’s B

team.H Company A team defeated F Com­

pany’s A team.G 'Company A team defeated Artillery

team.Specialist A team defeated M aori A

team.J Company A team defeated Scratch

team.Specialist B team defeated F Company

B team.R ound II .

M aori B team defeated J Company A team.

Specialist A team defeated H Company A team.

G Company A team defeated Specialist B team.

Round III.Specialist A defeated G:- Company AM aori B defeated Scratch team.

Final.M aori B defeated Specialist A.

BOXIN G.Heavy-weight, Light-weight, and Feathe r­

weight contests were held.In the L ight-w eight contest P te. W.

Scott, Specialists, won after some good bouts.

The Heavy and Feather-w eight contests were* not concluded.

PILLO W F IG H T .

1st, P te . P . W. F irm an, H Company. 2nd, P te . Garlick, H Company,5-0 competed".

(Trophy presented by Sister Hay).

OBSTACLE RACE.This event created a good deal of

amusement, and was won b y P te . Morris, Maoris, w ith P te. J . Carruthers, I i . Com­pany, second. There were 28 competitors.

IN T E R -C O M PA N Y QUOITS

TO U RN A M EN T.On February 7.

A rtillery, 186, 1st; N.Z.M .C., 183, 2nd.; Specialist, 176, 3rd. Also com peted : J Company, 173; M aoris, 164; G Company, 151; ■ F Company, 145.

pai o a koutou mahi.W hakapaua o koutou k ah a katoa.

Mo to koutou kingi Nui.K ia w hiw hi ai koutou k i te— K arauna kororia m utunga kori.

K ia ora.N a to kontou apiha.

A. T E W . G A N N O N . 2nd L ieut. O.C. 13th.

The P sychology of Panic.“ N ow,” said the indignant sergeant to

his lifebelt paraders, “ an alarm is not m ere­ly a bit of the skipper’s humour. W hen an alarm is blown you’ve got to imagine there’s cause for a la rm ; nevertheless;, it is advisable not to get alarm ed when it is blown, for thereby you may alarm those who are easily alarmed, and they would alarm others, which would give cause for general alarm, and so, all being alarmed, discipline would be destroyed. So when you hear the alarm, don’t get alarmed, and there will be no cause for alarm. Carry on.”

T, P R..

D O L L -D E E .

W e have a nice clockwork O.C.W ho w orks ju s t as sm ooth as can b e : Though th e vessel m ay rock H e 1 continues-—tick-tock ,Oh, fol-de-rol-dol-de-doll-dee !

The M enagerie in No. 2 . |Gome, hark to the m enagerie of Dormi­

tory 2W hen “ L ights out ” blows, and from the

rowsOf all th a t noisy crewCome bleats and bawls and yelps and calls, Rem inding those th a t roam Of sentim ental calves and ewes They’ve left at home, sweet home.

I t ’s just a home-sick symptom T hat prompts this one to bark,And this mad loon to hoot th e tune Of moreporks through the dark-—Then comes the din, like hosts of sin.In furious remark,W hen all the farm yard stock blares out In frenzy sheer and stark.

A tom cat yowls in sympathy W hile the rooster madly crows,And lost lambs bleat and chickens tweet, The gobbler struts and blows.The festive frog from out his bog Croaks w ithout any lull,W hile from his pen bellows again The bold and blatan t bull.

Oh, come and hear these sounds of cheer F rom our m enagerie;I t ’s at its best when sunk in rest The sane would ra the r be.We have not mentioned half the beasts T hat lodge in No. 2,But, if you’d sleep, then clear you’ll keep— I would if I were you.

BELLE AMI.

Theatrical.

M AORI W AR-CRY.

As perform ed nightly with great success on the bridge of Troopship 75.

TA U K A TAU.L ea d er: Ringa pakia pakia p a k ia !

R inga pakia i torona kei waho mau to n u !

T au ka tau.A ll: H e i! Repeat.L e a d e r: Tau k a tau ki runga ite tunia nei—

W hangaia m ai r a !A ll: N ge—nge—nge ara tu.L e a d e r: Ara whangaia mai ra.A ll: N ge—nge—nge ara tu ara ta ara tau. L eader: Tahi ka riri to ru ka wha.A ll: Homai o puku kia wetewetea.

W etewetea wetewetea A te a ta ara tau.

L eader: Te keke i akina Ivi au e.

FA C IA L E X PR E SSIO N A SPEC IA LTY . (Copyrighted.)

To-night. To-night.(Date suppressed by the Censor.)

U nder the direction of R angitira Tinera.

E n tra n c e : Two lemonade bottles or one canteen ticket.

Leave early and avoid the dust.

pai o a koutou mam.W hakapaua o koutou kah a katoa.

Mo to koutou kingi Nui.K ia whiw hi a i koutou k i te—K arauna lcororia m utunga kori.

K ia ora.N a to kontou apiha.

A. T E W . G A N N O N .2nd L ieut. O.C. 13th.

The P sychology of Panic.“ Now,” said the -indignant sergeant to

his lifebelt paraders, “ an alarm is not m ere­ly a bit of the skipper’s humour. W hen an alarm is blown you've got to imagine there’s cause for a la rm ; nevertheless, it is advisable not to get alarmed when it is blown, for thereby you may alarm those who are easily alarmed, and they would alarm others, which would give cause for general alarm, and so, all being alarmed, discipline would be destroyed. So when you hear the alarm,„ don’t get alarmed, and there will be no cause for alarm. Carry on.”

L .P .R .

THE W A ITEM im /W OBB LEI

The M enagerie in l^o. 2,Come, hark to the m enagerie of Dormi­

tory 2W hen “ Lights out ” blows, and from the

rowsOf all tha t noisy crewCome bleats and bawls and yelps and calls, Rem inding those tha t roam Of sentim ental calves and ewes T hey’ve left at home, sweet home.

I t ’s just a home-sick symptom T hat prompts this one to bark,And this mad loon to hoot the tune Of moreporks through the dark—Then comes the din, like hosts of sin.In furious remark,W hen all the farm yard stock blares out In frenzy sheer and stark.

A tomcat yowls in sympathy While the rooster madly crows,And lost lambs bleat and chickens tweet, The gobbler struts and blows.T he festive frog from out his bog Croaks w ithout any lull,While from his pen bellows again The bold and b latant bull.

Oh, come and hear these sounds of cheer From our m enagerie;I t ’s at its best when sunk in rest The sane would ra ther be.We have not mentioned half the beasts T hat lodge in No. 2,But, if you’d sleep, then clear you’ll keep— I would if I were you.

BELLE AMI.

Theatrical.

M AORI WAR-CRY.

A s performed nightly with great success on the bridge of Troopship 75.

T A U K A TA U . ^L ea d er: R inga pakia pakia pakia !

R inga pakia i torona kei waho m a u ^ to n u ! ®

T au ka tau.A ll: H e i! Repeat.L e a d e r: T au lea tau ki runga ite tunia nei—

W hangaia mai ra !A ll: N ge—nge—nge ara tu.L ea d er: Ara whangaia mai ra.A ll: N ge—nge—nge ara tu ara ta ara tau . L eader: T ahi ka riri toru ka wha.A ll: Hom ai o puku kia wetewetea.

W etewetea wetewetea A te a ta ara tau.

L eader: Te keke i akina Ki au e.

FA C IA L E X PR E SSIO N A SPEC IA LTY . (Copyrighted.)

To-night. jj' To-night.(Date suppressed by the Censor.)

U nder the direction of R angitira Tinera.

E n tra n c e : Two lemonade bottles or one canteen ticket.

Leave early and avoid the dust.

D O L L -D E E .

W e have a nice clockwork O.C.W ho w orks ju s t as sm ooth as can be T hough th e vessel may rock H e continues—tick-tock ,Oh, fol-de-rol-dol-de-doll-dee !

Yield unto your g rea t W hite K ing of your best,

A nd your R ew ard will be a Crown of Glory.

L e t your W atchw ords be :—Be Brave ! Be L o y a l!! Be T ru e ! !!

K IA ORA!. A. T E W . G A N N O N ,

2nd Lieut. O.C. 13th M aori R egt. H .M .N .Z . T ransport No. 75,

F eb ru ary 19th, 1917.

D eck Sports.TUG-OF-W AR.

R ound I.M aori B team defeated J Company’s B

team.H Company A team defeated F Com­

pany’s A team.G Company A team defeated Artillery

team.Specialist A team defeated M aori A

team.J Company A team defeated Scratch

team.Specialist B team defeated F Company

B team.R ound II.

Maori B team defeated J Company A team.

Specialist A team defeated H Company A team.

G Company A team defeated Specialist B team.

R ound III.Specialist A defeated G Company A.M aori B defeated Scratch team.

Final.M aori B defeated Specialist A.

B OXIN G.Heavy-weight, Light-weight, and F eather­

weight contests were held.In the Light-w eight contest P te. WSS

Scott, Specialists, won after some good bouts.

The H eavy and Feather-w eight contests i were not concluded.

PILLO W FIG H T .

1st, P te. P . W. Firm an, H Company.2nd, P te. Garlick, H Company,SO competed.~ (Trophy presented by Sister Hay).

OBSTACLE RACE.This event created a good deal of

amusement, and was won by, P te . Morris, Maoris, w ith Pte. J . Carruthers, H . Com­pany, second. T here were 28 competitoi's.

IN T E R -C O M PA N Y QUOITS

T O U RN A M EN T.On February 7.

A rtillery, 186, 1st; N .Z.M .C., 183, 2nd.; Specialist, 176, 3rd. Also com peted : J Company, 173; M aoris, 164; G Company, 151: F Company, 145.

4 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

From the Mouths of the Mighty,

Talks with the Great and the Near Great.

(By Our Most Imaginative Interviewer.)

WHAT SAMMY SAID.No. 1 Routine Wireless Station having

issued a bulletin to the effect that the ship’s course had been altered for Aden, a special representative of the “ Wobbler” interviewed the Master in order to verify the report.

That genial optimist was discovered seat­ed in graceful negligence upon the ship’s log, enjoying a Penny Perfecto which he had just purchased from the cantoen- with a lemonade bottle.

“ The Empire is going to the dogs, sir,” said the Master in his bluff and hearty manner, as he welcomed the “ Wobbler’s ” representative.

“ Yes, of course,” our reporter agreed;“ but, regarding the ship’s course----- ”

“ Ah, yes! The ship’s course, of course, is set.”

“ Then you do not think the ship is heading for Aden?”

“ N o,” said the Master thoughtfully, as he spat with precision at a knot-hole in the deck, “ I don’t think so—in fact, I ’m almost certain that it is not so. I ’m sure the bosun would have told me if it had been

“ Then I suppose I am at liberty to say, sir, that there is, in fact, a probability of us going round the Cape?”

“ Ah! The Cape? Well, now, that de­pends on which Cape—you never can be certain at sea, you know; there are so many Capes.” The Master sighed wearily as he hurled another match on the deck, and continued: “ I think, perhaps, under the circumstances, that you’d better say nothing about the course. You understand?”

“ Yes, sir, perfectly—and about when do you think we will round the Cape?”

“ What Cape?” roared the Master, spring­ing to his feet and viciously hurling another match on the deck. “ Damn the Cape!” H e sank back on the log and listlessly struck another match, which he vigorously flung to the deck. For a while he sat; wistfully staring into the night; then he brightened visibly: “ I tell you what you might say,” he said eagerly—“ you might say I said that the Empire is going to the dogs, that the Admiralty is in a state of— what’s his name, inefficiency—ah, yes; scandalous inefficiency, of course, and that the money barons—that is, the power ofmoney—money—money----- .” His voicetrailed off in a weary sigh that ended in a sob. H e struck a match.

“ Yes, sir,” said our representative, after a sympathetic pause, “ and would you care to give your views on the criminal careless­ness of smoking and striking matches on ■deck after dark?”

“ Shocking. crime, sir,” growled the master—“ put the beggars in irons!”

“ Aye, aye, sir,” said our representative obediently, and, pointing an accusative finger at the flashing end of the skipper’s Penny Perfecto, he yelled “ Sentry! ”

At the word the Master sprang to his feet and waved his arms; his features as­

sumed the colour of a royal flush, and for a while he seemed in danger of asphyxiation from a rush of language to the mouth. Then, when the words issued at last, heroared “ Bosun! put t h i s ----- in irons.”H e also remarked— ! * * : : : ! / / / shrdl mfwy ahmrdl acmfw awy aluan aon vbgk cmfwy ahdl au ardl akq annahmrdi wypkqjdlu then z i hrdl aua? '■(“ ‘ala au cf au ardlu a ap ardluakrbg alyuanah ard when he stopped, and long after our reporter had crashed across the match-encumbered deck the Master was still deeply engaged in his solitary missing word competition.

THE P.M .O.’S' OPINION.

When it became known that an out­break of trench feet had occurred among the cookhouse fatigue men we despatched our office boy to the P.M.O. to learn what steps were being taken in the matter by that energetic officer. The captain was bright and bristling as ever. H e had just returned from his third tour of the ship in half-an-hour. H e stated that it was only by rigorous training, careful dieting, and a good deal of head and foot-work that he could keep abreast of things. Yes, he smoked a little, it counteracted his tend­ency to overtrain. After the usual courtesies had been exchanged and our representative was wrestling with an ex­cellent cigar, the genial captain softly closed one eye and replied to the question of the moment, “ my dear sir,” said he, “ my staff is perfectly well able to cope with the situation. Ginger Mick is a host in himself. I haven’t had to utter a prayer since his advent. The ship was never cleaner. Why, I killed 5 rats to-day with my own scalpel. “ F ive,” echoed our re­presentative, “ not much on a population basis, but speaking of this epidemic. By gad, yes,” continued the medico, summon­ing all his professional reserve, “ my staff is very highly qualified, and very badly paid, and there is no contingency it is not prepared to meet from Chips to the owner. You should have heard Sammy go off to-day when I told him to pull up some decking. I don’t wonder he goes off sometimes. W hy,” and this was said meditatively as from the far off virtue of childhood. “ Why, I did not know how to swear till I came aboard this ship.”

“ If I may change the subject, sir, did you enter for our artistic lie com petition?” interrupted _ our scribe. “ As for trench feet,” continued the P.M.O. a little tes­tily, “ as for trench feet, damn ’em. The cookhouse fatigue doesn’t peel potatoes with its feet anyhow.” “ I take it, then,” per­sisted our representative, with characteris­tic presence of mind, “ that your staff has on hand a sufficient quantity of ‘ Usher’s ’ _— Usher’s Patent Anti-Toxic Prophylactic Serum (taken internally every three hours)—to deal with the whole sh ip ? ” “ Take anything you like,” said the P.M.O. wearily, “ from the rotten vac­cine in the corner to the hook on the door, only spare one or two of those cigars; they are ‘ Rothschilds.’ ” “ I thought so,” smiled our representative, closing his book with a snap. “ Thank you, I have at. least acquired something from the . interview. ” “ Ah, yes,” replied the victim, carefully removing a germ from his persecutor’s coat-sleeve. “ Mine, I think.”

SAID THE MAJOR.

“ No, I can’t say that I ’m altogether satisfied with the—er—general standard of virtue displayed by the troops on this transport,” said the Major to our inter­viewer. “ This card-playing, you know—it’s bad for the morals—bad! ” H e shook his head sadly, and continued: “ I believe many of these men would drink if they had the chance—yes, drink!! ” H e said it in a sob-choked whisper. “ This game of ‘ house ’ they play—how often have I gone to rest early and sobbed myself to Seep thinking of the young men who imperil their futures on the turn of a card. Y et what can I do? ” he murmured, after a pause. “ I couldn’t hurt the men’s feelings by speaking to them about it .”

“ Of course not,” our representative agreed with sympathy. “ I suppose you have been accustomed to troops of much higher moral standards? ” “ I have in­deed,” said the Major. “ With our troops in Egypt and on Gallipoli I am proud to say I never saw a card or heard a bad word—I thought it best, not to ,” he added.

“ Do I understand,. sir, that you believe bad words are sometimes used by the men on board? ” asked the interviewer in shock­ed surprise.

“ Alas! I know it ,” replied the Major, furtively dashing away a tear, “ and if Ica.tch any of t h e ----- * * ! ! I ’ll shovethe —— in clink! ”

“ Is. there, no other way? ” . asked the interviewer in a frightened whisper.

“ I think not,’’ said the Major. “ I have asked Buffalo Bill—you know Buffalo Bill, the Protestant padre? I call him that so that I can remember him. And I have asked the other padre—I call him Punch­ing Pat—but they treat me coldly; they even rudely suggested I shoidd join the .Salvation Army after the war. No,; I don’t know what to do.”

“ Don’t you think,” our representative suggested timidly, “ that you might ask the Y.M .C.A. man to assist you in holding a revival meeting for the men? ”

Hope? came into the Major’s eyes. “ My dear young friend,” he said, “ I thank you for that noble idea.” f ie took the inter­viewer’s hands in his. “ Oh, thank you, thank y o u ! ” he added fervently, and dashed the tears of gladness from his eye with one hand, while he slammed the door with the other. Our representative retired feeling strangely uplifted.

T H E W R A T H OF “ C H IP S .”

It was wild, it was fitful—as wild as the breeze—

It wandered about into several keys.It was jerky, spasmodic, and harsh, I ’m

aware;But still it distinctly suggested an air.

W. S. GILBERT.

As soon as he stepped over the footlights, and someone said “ Chips,” and almost be­fore he had fitted the nipes into it, the Editor had murmured, “ We must have that face.” Accordingly our representative was instructed to interview the carpenter. “ Do you mind my taking a sketch of you?” asked our cartoonist. “ Wha’ for ye want m e,” he sniffed suspiciously, “ is it for my beauty?” “ Ah, no,” ventured our discreet" one. “ It’s your industry and your virtue. Just glue your eye on that little fluffy

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

From the Mouths of the M ighty,

Talks with the Great and the Near Great.

(By Our M ost Im aginative Interviewer.)

W HAT SAMMY SAID.No. 1 R outine Wireless Station having

issued a bulletin to the effect tha t the sh ip ’s course had been altered for Aden, a special representative of the “ W obbler” interview ed the M aster in order to verify the report.

T hat genial optimist was discovered seat­ed in graceful negligence upon the ship’s log, enjoying a Penny Perfecto which he had just purchased from the cantaen with a lemonade bottle.

“ The Em pire is going to the dogs, s ir,” said the M aster in his bluff an I hearty m anner, as he welcomed the “ W obbler’s” representative.

“ Yes, of course,” our reporter agreed;“ but, regarding the ship’s course----- ”

“ Ah, yes! T he ship’s course, of course, is set.”

“ Then you do not think the ship is heading for A den?”

“ N o ,” said the M aster thoughtfully, as he spat w ith precision at a knot-hole in the deck, “ I don’t think so—in fact, I ’m almost certain tha t it is not so. I ’m sure the bosun would have told me if it had been so.”

“ Then I suppose I am at liberty to say, sir, th a t there is, in fact, a probability of us going round the C ape?”

“ A h! The Cape? Well, now, th a t de­pends on which Cape—you never can be certain at sea, you know ; there are so many Capes.” The M aster sighed wearily as he hurled another match on the deck, and co n tin u ed : “ I think, perhaps, under the circumstances, th a t you’d better say nothing about the course. You understand?”

“ Yes, sir, perfectly—and about when do you th ink we will round the Cape?”’ “ W hat Cape?” roared the Master, spring­ing to his feet and viciously hurling another m atch on th e deck. “ Damn the C ape!” H e sank back on the log and listlessly struck another match, which he vigorously flung to the deck. For a while' he sa£ wistfully staling into the n igh t; then he brightened visibly: “ I tell you w hat you m ight say,” he said eagerly—“ you m ight say I said th a t the Em pire is going to the dogs^ th a t the A dm iralty is in a state of— w hat’s his name, inefficiency—ah, y e s ; scandalous inefficiency, of course, and tha t the money barons—that is, the power ofmoney—money—money----- His voicetrailed off in a weary sigh th a t ended in a sob. H e struck a match.

“ Yes, sir,” said our representative, after a sym pathetic pause, “ and would you care to give your views on the_ criminal careless­ness of smoking and striking matches on deck afte r dark?”

“ Shocking crime, s ir,” growled the- m aster—“ put the beggars in irons!”

“ Aye, aye, sir,” said our representative -obediently, and, pointing an accusative finger at the flashing end of the skipper’s Penny Perfecto, he yelled “ S e n try !”

At the word the M aster sprang to his feet and waved his a rm s; his features as­

sumed the colour of a royal flush, and for a while he seemed in danger of asphyxiation from a rush of language to the mouth. Then, when the words issued at last, - he roared “ Bosun! put this —— in irons.” H e also rem arked— i * * ; : : \ J J J shrdl mfwy ahm rdl acmfw awy aluan,. aon vbgk cmfwy ahdl au arcll akq annahm rdi wypkqjdlu then z i hrdl a u a ? ( “ ‘ala au cf au ardlu a ap ardluakrbg alyuanah ard w hen he stopped, and long af te r our reporter had crashed across the match-encumbered deck the M aster was still deeply engaged in his solitary missing word competition.

T H E P.M .O .’S O PIN IO N .

W hen it became known that an out­break of trench feet had occurred among the cookhouse fatigue men we despatched our office boy to the P.M .O. to learn what steps were being taken in the m atter by tha t energetic officer. The captain was bright and bristling as ever. H e had just returned from his third tou r of the ship in half-an-hour. H e stated th a t it was only by rigorous training, careful dieting, and a good deal of head and foot-work th a t he could keep abreast of things. Yes, he smoked a little, it counteracted his tend­ency to overtrain. After the usual courtesies had been exchanged and cu r representative was wrestling with an ex­cellent cigar, the genial captain softly closed one eye and replied to the question of the moment, “ my clear s ir,” said ke,< “ my staff is perfectly well able to cope with the situation. Ginger Mick is a host in himself. I haven’t had to u tter a prayer since his advent. The ship was never cleaner. Why, I killed 5 ra ts to-day with my own scalpel. “ F ive ,” echoed our re ­presentative, “ not much on a population basis, bu t speaking of this epidemic. By gad, yes,” continued the medico, summon­ing all his professional reserve, “ my staff is very highly qualified, and very badly paid, and there is no contingency it is not prepared to m eet from Chips to the owner. You should have heard Sammy go off to-day when I told him to pull up some decking. I don’t wonder he goes off sometimes. W hy,” and this was said meditatively as from the far off v irtue of childhood. “ Why, I did not know how to swear till I came aboard this ship.”

“ If I may change the subject, sir, did you enter for our artistic lie com petition?” interrupted our scribe. “ As for trench fee t,” continued the P.M .O. a little tes­tily, “ as for trench feet, damn ’em. The cookhouse fatigue doesn’t peel potatoes with its feet anyhow .” “ I take it, th en ,” per­sisted our., representative, with characteris­tic presence of mind, “ that your staff has on hand a sufficient quantity of ‘ U sher’s ’ — U sher’s P aten t Anti-Toxic Prophylactic Serum (taken internally every three hours)—to deal w ith the whole ship? ” “ Take anything you like,” said the P.M .O. wearily, “ from the ro tten vac­cine in the corner to the hook on the door, only spare one or two of those cigars; they are ‘ Rothschilds.’ ” “ I thought so,” smiled our representative, closing his book with a snap. “ T hank you, I have at least acquired something from the interview .” “ Ah, yes,” replied the victim, carefully removing a germ from his persecutor’s coat-sleeve. “ Mine. I th ink ."

SAID T H E M A JO R.

“ No, I can’t say th a t I ’m altogether satisfied with th e—er—general standard of virtue displayed by the troops on this transport,” said the M ajor to our in ter­viewer. “ This card-playing, you know—it’s bad for the morals—bad ! ” H e shook his head sadly, and con tinued : “ I believe many of these men would drink if they had the chance—yes, d r in k !! ” H e said it in a sob-choked whisper. “ This gam e of ‘ house ’ they play—how often have I gone to rest early and sobbed myself to sleep thinking of the young men who imperil . their futures on the tu rn of a card. Y et what can I do? ” he m urm ured, after a pause. “ I couldn’t h u rt the m en’s feelings by speaking to them about i t .”

“ Of course n o t,” our representative agreed with sympathy. “ I suppose you have been accustomed to troops of much higher m oral s ta n d a rd s? ” “ I have in­deed,” said the M ajor. “ W ith our troops in E gypt and on Gallipoli I am proud to say I never saw a card or heard a bad word—I thought i t best not to ,” he added.

“ Do I understand^ sir, th a t you believe bad words are sometimes used by the men on board? ” asked the interview er in shock­ed surprise.

“ Alas! I know i t ,” replied the M ajor, furtively dashing away a tear, “ and if Icatch any of t h e ----- * * ! ! I ’ll shovet h e ----- in clink! ”

“ Is there no other w a y ? ” asked the interview er in a frightened whisper.

“ I th ink n o t,” said the M ajor. “ I have asked Buffalo Bill—you know Buffalo Bill, the P ro testan t padre? I call him that so th a t I can remem ber him. And I have asked the other padre—I call him Punch­ing P a t—but they trea t m e coldly; they even rudely suggested I should join the Salvation Army after the war. 'N o ; I don’t know w hat to do.”

“ Don’t you th in k ,” our representative suggested timidly, “ th a t you might ask the Y.M .C.A. man to assist you in hoffling a revival m eeting for the men? ”

H ope came into the M ajor’s eyes. “ My dear young friend ,” he said, “ I thank you for tha t noble idea .” He took the in ter­viewer’s hands in his. “ Oh, thank you, thank y o u ! ” he added fervently, and dashed the tears of gladness from his eye with one hand, while he slammed the door with the other. Our representative retired feeling strangely uplifted.

T H E W R A T H OF “ C H IP S .”

I t was wild, it was fitful—as wild as the breeze—

It wandered about into several keys.I t was jerky, spasmodic, and harsh, I ’m

aw are;B ut still it distinctly suggested an air.

W. S. G ILBERT.

As soon as he stepped over the footlights, and someone said “ Chips,” and almost be­fore he had fitted the pipes into it, the E ditor had m urm ured, “ W e must have th a t face.” Accordingly our representative was instructed to interview the carpenter. “ Do you mind my taking a sketch of you?” asked our cartoonist. “ W ha’ for ye want m e,” he sniffed suspiciously, “ is it for my beauty?” “ Ah, no,” ventured our discreet one. ““ I t ’s your industry and your virtue. Ju s t glue your eye on th a t little fluffy

thing in the p icture .” “ Eh, mon, she’s unco: bonny. Mon, I ’ve ane o’ the best collections of Bobby Bur-r-ns in p rin t.” “ Burns, Burns, who is Burns? ” m uttered the artist abstractedly. “ Here, what the deevil ar-re ye doing there—whose that ye’ve got—my hair’s not as rough as that, give me th a t,” and he cast the sketch through the porthole, em itting a warcry resembling the skirl of the bagpipes.

As its mangled remains floated aft on the breeze, the irate Scotty continued:“ By G----- if ye put me i n i ’ll have ye up.Last time it was a decent paper. Y e’ll never do it; None of this b—— r o t ! Last time they had good men on it.”

“ Well, well, Chippy, you’re just as en­terta in ing as ever, and as for the map of Scotland you threw' overboard— B ut Chips was addressing an erring fatigue-man in his own inimitable Scotch.

SM OKE SA ID .

“ H o! y eh !” said “ Smoke” to our spe­cial representative (engaged at enormous cost). “ I know these Maori. They go on fatigue to hose and scrub te deck at crorter te fife in te morning. Ivlisser Gannon, he have te fatigue trying to catch te men working. You come wit me early tom orrer —I show you Cassidy O’Heke, te champeen dodger. Dodge te work, te broom—every- ting. H e like te broom wit no hair on bes’. You send te Maori to find te broom ; he look, an’ bymeby Ke find te broom. W erra, he go hide that broom, an’ go look for him some more.

“ B ut te Maori, he neffer late for te K ai. By korri, n o ! You see him at te canteen for te tin fish?” Te M aori he te tin fish king orright. ”

“ Yeh, I te champeen M aori fighter on this ship. You see my style, ehoa?” T hat style I make all my own. Aw! I te cham ­peen all right. I fight anybody in te woiT my weight.

“ Misser Gannon? H o! he te great officer for te fatigue. H e get up at four— fife o’crock to see te M aori do his work. H e like to see te Mario work. I crean his buttens, make him look smart. H e pretties’ officer on te ship, you tink? I make him like that. He not do w ithout me. I te bosker orderly, too. You want know anything about te Maori you come to me. W erra, I go now—I mus’ find te broom. S’long.”

A N O TH ER IN T E R V IE W .

This is a vision, bu t don’t th ink any the worse of it for th a t—it is quite bad enough as it is. Well, then, in a vision, I spoke with a carcase of m utton in the privacy of the butcher’s sanctum, and it said to me, or seemed to say, w ith a re­gretful a ir: “ Si, senor, I am an Argen- tino. Once, ah, bow many years ago, I roved the pam pas of my native land with my m any brothers—A i! di m i! dondte estan mis amigos—but, pardon, senor, I forget you understand not the Spanish. Yes, I was once a sheep who am now m utton, and, ah, the many years of monotony I spent in the cool stores of Buenos Ayres. But then comes the war. I was com­mandeered despite my cold neutrality, and

I join this transport w ith many other m uttons—I travel, I see life. Y es; twice round the world I have been on this ship in two years. Ah, bu t those—what you call? W harf-lum pers?...yes! Ah, but they are harsh, unfeeling. Twice in London they hurl me on the wharf, and twice they throw me back. And in your country, too —in Invercargill—there they throw me ashore, bu t they think once more, and I am throw n on board again. Well, what m atters it—I am indeed very o ld ; I have been m utton a long while. To-morrow all will be over, but at least I have travelled,I have seen the world. . . . To-morrow I shall be eaten a t last, and then—ah, then— for all the indignities I have been made to suffer there will be revenge—revenge!!

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLEK.

A plum p Sergeant-M ajor nam ed M ardon, W e say i t w hile begging his pardon, W ill sleep n ig h t and day,Save when d raw ing his pay,W hen he w akes up to _ count every fa rden .

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V aledictory.A pleasing little function took place on

th is T ra n sp o rt on the eve of h er arriv a l a t Cape Town, a few o f th e personal friends of Sergeant-M ajor H enry Vernon Condell, of “ J ” Coy., 21st R fts ., m eet­ing to b id him farew ell. T h is genial N .C .O . had acted as Ship’s Sergeant- M ajor since d ep artu re from N ew Zealand and had succeeded in insp iring his superior Officers w ith im plic it confidence in him and a t th e same tim e endearing him self to all w ith whom his du ties b rough t him in contact, a fea t difficult of accom plishm ent fo r one in th e position of S hip’s Sergeant-M ajor. I t was singu­la rly u n fo rtu n a te th a t an inflexible M edical B oard was unanim ous in its opinion th a t Sergeant-M ajor Condell’s h e a r t would not .stand th e s tra in of A ctive Service conditions, and the R hadam an th ine fiat w ent fo r th th a t he re tu rn to M aoriland.

A d j u t a n t : “ N o t feeling w ell? T h e re ’s no th ing like exercise and h a rd w ork to shake off th a t sea-sick fee lin g .”

T h e P r iv a t e : “ Yes, sir, sorry you are. no t looking well yourself th is m orn­ing, s ir .”

thing in the p icture .” “ Eh, mon, she’s unco’ bonny. Mon, I ’ve ane o’ the best collections of Bobby Bur-r-ns in p rin t.” “ Burns, Burns, who is Burns? ” m uttered the artist abstractedly. “ Here, what the deevil ar-re ye doing there—whose that ye’ve got—my hair’s not as rough as that, give me th a t,” and he cast the sketch through the porthole, em itting a warcry resembling the skirl of the bagpipes.

As its mangled remains floated aft on the breeze, the irate Scotty continued:“ By G------ if ye put me i n i ’ll have ye up.Last time it was a decent paper. Y e’ll never do it. None of this b—— r o t ! Last time they had good men on it .”

“ Well, well, Chippy, you’re just as en­terta in ing as ever, and as for the map ofScotland you threw overboard----ButChips was addressing an erring fatigue-man in his own inimitable Scotch.

SM O K E SA ID .

“ H o! y eh !” said “ Smoke” to our spe­cial representative (engaged at enormous cost). “ I know these Maori. They go 011 fatigue to hose and scrub te deck at crorter te fife in to morning. Misser Gannon, he have te fatigue trying to catch te men working. You come wit me early tom orrer —I show you Cassidy O’Heke, te champeen dodger. Dodge te work, te broom—every- ting. H e like te broom wit 110 hair on bes’. You send te M aori to find te broom ; he look, an’ bymeby Re find te broom. W erra, he go hide th a t broom, an’ go look for him some more.

“ B ut to Maori, ho neffer late for te K ai. By lcorri, 110! You see him at te canteen for te tin fish?” Te Maori he te tin fish king orright. ”

“ Yeh, I te champeen M aori fighter on this ship. You see my style, ehoa?” T hat style I make all my own. Aw! I te cham­peen all right. I fight anybody in te worl’ my weight.

“ Misser Gannon? H o! he te great officer for to fatigue. H e get up at four— fife o’crock to see te M aori do his work. H e like to see te M ario work. I crean his buttens, make him look smart. H e pre tties’ officer on te ship, you tink ? I m ake him like that. H e not do w ithout me. I te bosker orderly, too. You want know anything about te Maori you come to me. W erra, I go now—I mus’ find te broom. S’long.”

A N O T H E R IN T E R V IE W .

This is a vision, bu t don’t th ink any the worse of it for that—it is quite bad enough as it is. Well, then, in a vision, I spoke-' with a carcase of m utton in the privacy of the butcher’s sanctum, and it said to me, or seemed to say, w ith a re­gretful a i r : “ Si, senor, I am an Argen- tino. Once, ah, how many years ago, I roved the pam pa§ of my native land with my many brothers—A i! di m i! donde estan mis amigos—but, pardon, senor, I forget you understand not the Spanish. Yes, I was once a sheep who am now m utton, and, ah, the many years of monotony I spent in the cool stores of Buenos Ayres. B ut then comes the war. I was com­mandeered despite my cold neutrality , and

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

I .jo in this transport with many other m uttons—I travel, I see life. Y es; twice round the world I have been on this ship in ’two years. Ah, but those—what you call? W harf-lum pers?...yes! Ah, but they are harsh, unfeeling. Twice in London they hurl me on the wharf, and. twice they throw me back. And in your country, too —in Invercargill—there they throw me ashore, bu t they think once more, and I am throw n on board again. Well, what m atters it—I am indeed very o ld ; I have been m utton a long while. To-morrow all will be over, but at least I have travelled, I have seen the world. . . . To-morrow I shall be eaten at last, and then—ah, then— for all the indignities I have been made to suffer there will be revenge—re v en g e! !

A plum p Sergeant-M ajor nam ed M ardon, W e say it while begging Iris pardon, W ill sleep n ig h t and day,Save when draw ing his pay,W hen he wakes up to count every farden .

A pleasing little function took place on th is T ransport on the eve of her arriv a l a t Cape Town, a few of th e personal friends of Sergeant-M ajor H enry V ernon Condell, of “ J ” Coy., 21st' R fts ., m eet­ing ̂ to bid him farew ell. T h is genial N .C .O . had acted as Ship’s Sergeant- M ajor since departu re from jN ew Zealand and had succeeded in insp iring his superior Officers w ith im plic it confidence in him and a t the same tim e endearing him self to a ll w ith whom his du ties b rought him in contact, a fea t difficult of accom plishm ent fo r one in the position of Ship’s Sergeant-M ajor. I t was singu­larly un fo rtu n a te th a t an inflexible M edical B oard was unanim ous in its opinion th a t Sergeant-M ajor Condell’s 'hea rt would not .stand the s tra in of A ctive Service conditions, and th e Rhasdam anthine fiat w ent fo rth th a t he re tu rn to M aoriland.

A d j u t a n t : “ N ot feeling w ell? T h ere ’s no th ing like exercise and hard work to shake off th a t sea-sick fee lin g .”

T h e P r iv a t e : “ Yes, sir, sorry you are no t looking well yourse lf th is m orn­ing, s ir .” „ /

V aledictory.

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6 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

Indoor Games.EUCHRE TOURNAM ENT.

1st, Pte. W. Phyland, F Company.2nd, Pte. B. Bass, J Company.3rd, Pte. S. Ross, J Company.

Company Results.1st, PI Company, 84 games.2nd, Specialists, 83 games.3rd, G Company, 83 games.Also started: J Company, F Company,

Maori and Artillery.

INTER-COM PANY EUCHRE TOURNAM ENT.

1st, 13th Maoris, 42 games.2nd, F Company, 41 games.3rd, G Company, 40 games.Also started: Artillery, 40; J Company

36; H Company, 33; Red Cross, 32; Specialists, 27.

INTER-COM PANY 500 TOURNAM ENT.

1st, N.Z.M.C., 22 games.2nd, F Company, 21 games.3rd, H Company, 19 games.Specialists, 19; Maori, 18; Artillery, 17;

G Company, 14.

CRIBBAGE TOURNAM ENT. Sergt.-Major R. McCracken, Sergt. J.

Walker, G Company, 1st.L.-Corpl. G. Skatt, L.-Corpl. W. Newell,

H Company, 2nd.

IN TER C O M PA N Y BRIDGE TOURNAM ENT.

1st, H Company, 2,060.2nd, Artillery, 1,706.3rd, F Company, 1,680.

DRAUGHTS TOURNAM ENT. (Entries, 44.)

jc’rivate J. Macaw, H. Co.Gunner PI. E. Jessep, Artillery.Private C. M. Worner, G. Co.These three were declared winners in

their different classes.

CHESS TOURNAM ENT.A Chess Handicap Tournament, open to

all troops on board, was held during the rim between the first and second ports of call. Thirteen entries were received from representatives of all companies. The players were, for purposes of handicapping, divided into eight classes. Competitors showed much interest in their games, with the result that though the tourney was commenced rather late, very few 'games remain unfinished. Some promising play­ers have been revealed by the tournament, and several of the games provided close and interesting finishes. The winner proved to be Private E. H. Severne, of the Spe­cialist Company, who from scratch scored 11-5 points cut of a possible 12, the half point representing a drawn game with Corporal F. PI. Cumborworth of the same Company.

A nsw ers to CorrespondentsThe Alphabetical F iends.— In the words

of the poet :“ Even if I would I could not,Even if I could I would not . . . !”

You are too numerous, too uniform, too darn monotonous. W hen we begin at A we have a presentim ent amounting to certainty that you wi-ll survive to Z. In poetry, he that surviveth to Z, the same shall be damned. You should make good soldiers.

The Punsters.—W e admire your persist­ence, we deplore your cause. You are as numerous as the Alphabet gang, and even more ingenious. The vigour of your intellects is attested by the fact that you retain your sanity through it all. The man who went through the whole of T Company and survived is a hero, but the P .M .O . refuses to allow us to put the strain on our readers. H e states that the disease is infectious, and might interfere w ith leave at the next port. •

The Author, “ Gospel of the Twenty- first.”—Your contribution is a little bit crude, my son. You should try again after steeping yourself in H oly Writ. W e think that the Major could find you an unused Testament.

Mum’s the W ord.—Yes. I t .shall be a secret between us.

H .C .G .—Your tribute to the Mess Order­lies has been embodied in “ De Pro- fundis.”

Bung’ole.—Your epic entitled “ The Cork­screw and the R oll,” with the exception of your reckless habits, has been em­bodied on your cover design.

Ptom aine.—A fter all,- we cannot resist giving an ungrateful world the fruits of your genius, so here goes w ith your Futurist poem (or is it prose ?) holus bolus :

. 4 Salmond Tin Episode.Who is this softly stealing Towards the canteen counter ?’Tis crafty Croft, the Salmond-tin

King. ■'The tins he has are two in number.He gets near the Sergeant’s ear with

ease,A nd. paused a tick or so,Then ordered “ Two cigars, please,” But the Sergeant said “ Off you go.” [A fter all, why shouldn’t a tin be as valuable as any other returned em ptv ? —E d.] #

36942.—Joke Competition. W hiskers !

E .L. (N .Z .F .A .).— Idea worth another trial. M etrical lapses spoilt its chanoes this time.

G .L.C .— Your imagination is too potent for your verse.

Where Rust doth Corrupt.

A D issertation on S ea Water.“ S trange! to think how the Rust-

Kings lay up treasures for the rust.”—John Ruskin.If you wish to see life, go where we are

going—so they say. If you wish to see sea water, and little else, try the life of the sea in a transport, and you’ll see enough sea water to change your mind about it. Sea water and salt sea air disadvantages, and one is their property of turning rusty every scrap of iron they touch, and our language has long sinoe gone too rusty for proper description of the depredations of these two sea agents.

Some of us who jealously guard our iron­ware mess utensils from material decrease by ample application of emery paper and “ Shino, the great mirror-maker,” have been able to Jive up to the P.M .O.’s splen­did precept regarding “ the keeping of a clean knife,” but the rest of us, despite his injunctions and injections, have had this iron transfused into our blood, as well as eaten into our souls, by the plain-cooking method of wiping the rust off knife or fork on to the bread, or into the stew, at each meal. The knife-blade, bereft of its cov­ering of red oxide, assumes a blackness matching the handle after each meal, and we are at a loss to tell at a glance which is one edge and which is the other. Fur­thermore, these quantities of iron 111st which daily are tipped into our bilges, have set up a sympathetic corrosion of our iron constitutions; and, to rub it in still more, the corrosive element which surrounds us is not even useful as a drink. Its only known use as an article of human con­sumption is as a cheap preventive of sea sickness—recommended by some, and actually tried by a few bravos at the com­mencement of the voyage, with certain results one way or another. The theory is that if one is strong enough to keep it in its place it will, in turn, help to hold one together. But if you should be faint­hearted and give it up, then it is touch- and-go with you—you to go.

Salt water won’t wash, and neither can we—not effectively, which is cause for much bitterness and wrath, and therefore sea water is liable, under section 6, part 1, Army Act, 011 conviction by 001114 Martial, “ to_ suffer penal servitude, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned,” for creating unnecessary alarm and des­pondency.

A further grievance is that it is taking all the shine from our moral characters by the_ depredations of its rust inducing a desire, contrary to the teachings of Scrip­ture _ and the_ Chaplin, to discard with loathing our ironware and to lay up for ourselves treasures of silver plate, alu­minium, or even enamel, which glittering things, though they may be corruptible, are a coveted approach to the incorrod­ible.

OXIDE.

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

T H E A D JU T A N T .O ur A d ju ta n t’s th row n off his boots A nd taken to sho rt-trousered suits,A nd th e sisters bo th stare A t his legs brow n and bare,A nd exclaim , “ W e agree, they are

b ea u ts.”

The Library.The ship’s company is m uch indebted to

the Society responsible for supplying the library w ith books, and the best thanks we can give is to tell them w hat good use the men have m ade of the ir gift, and w hat a popular institution the library is.

T he old magazines have provided a great deal of reading m aterial, and the sixpenny editions have proved a God-send. The librarian remarks th a t a good Book Selection Committee would certainly have filled in more completely the mean be­tween M eredith’s “ Tragic Comedians” and N at Gould’s “ Odds on the F av o u rite / ' and perhaps have dispensed w ith the ex­tremes. The librarian, too, has not dis­covered th a t enthusiasm for devotional lite rature which was evidently expected in some quarters. Altogether, however, the library has proved a good and useful institution. Floreant Dondres.

Those who easily tire of the ubiquitous gram ophone congratulate themselves tha t the records on board have not been used, and, in fact, are not usable. The pu r­veyors should at least decorate their packets w ith th e legend “ Caveat E m pto r.’

F arew ell the Twenty-first.

T here was little of official pomp and cerem ony, no th ing of m artia l display, when we of the T w e n ty -F irs t em barked fo r A ctive Service on fields h a lf th e w orld aw ay, b u t in th e res tra ined fe r ­vour of th a t g re a t assem bling of m others and wives, sisters, fa th e rs and friends a t th e quay-side we read all th e hopes and fears, th e p rid e and affection th a t the w arm h earts of our country held fo r us.

F rom an all* too b rie f leave we came from our homes in tow n and country, from th e cities and from th e bush, to em ­bark a t la s t upon th is g rea t adven tu re fo r w hich the h ea lth y routine of th e camps had prepared us. W e w ere not unduly proud of ourselves, b u t could we help reflecting a l ittle of th a t p ride so ob­viously shown by our m others, our wives, our sw eethearts? W e were ju s t an ord inary assortm ent of N ew Zealanders, b u t we knew th a t ju s t such o ther New Z ealanders had gone before us and had m ade the nam e of our country a nam e of honour, and th a t it was our task to do as w e ll ; some to fa ll in th e doing. A t th e back of each one’s th ough t lay th a t “ P e ra d v en tu re I shall no t re tu r n ,” and we knew th a t i t lay also in the h ea rts of th a t b rillia n t th ro n g gathe red to farew ell us, b u t it was not allowed to obtrude i t ­self into th e cheerfulness of the brave h ea rts we le f t behind.

Y et i t was a qu iet leave-taking. E arlie r re inforcem ents had been farew elled w ith cerem ony, w ith m ilita ry parade th rough crow ded stree ts gaily beflagged, b u t th is was a people of changed tem per, a people who had realised a t la s t th a t somewhere “ beyond the skyline, where the strange, toads go dow n,” th e re was serious work confronting th e ir men. T he farew ell was as fine a trib u te as any reinforcem ent had received, and th e m ore appealing because of its very re s tra in t. W e w ent, w ithou t flourish of trum pets, w ithout e ither pagean t or panegyric, from the land of our b irth or our adoption. W e said good-bye to our Avomen folk, and knew th e ir though ts as th ey compelled the smiles to th e ir lips and* looked a t us w ith eyes b rig h t w ith th e tea rs th ey would n o t shed, and we knew th a t, for m any of them , th e irs was th e harder p a r t—for us the excitem ent and a d v e n tu re ; for them “ th e lonely vigil and all th e p a in .”

Oh! women of New Zealand, we salute you from half a world aw ay, and when we forget your brave farew ell, th a t b ril­lian t w harf-side throng, all w ill be fo r­go t ; and you, our good folk of N ew Zealand, “ who by your fires to -n igh t sit close and praise th e red , red w ood,” to you also our h ea rts go out, as your warm though ts reach out to us. F o r each of us th e re is someone—someone who, re a d ­ing these pages, m aybe, will send a th o u g h t across th e w o r ld : for each of us there is a place in someone’s hea rt.

G ISB O R N E.

Thanks.We beg to acknowledge our indebtedness

to the P.M .O. for the use of the O perat­ing T heatre for our staff, and to the Company Officers for guaranteeing the cost of printing.

W e have to thank the Orderly Room Staff, and especially Sergt. Waddy, for listening to our cries, and rewarding our importunities. The Chief Stew ard was the indirect source of m uch genial inspira­tion.

We are indebted to our correspondents in the various units, viz., Serg't. Lee (F ■Coy.); Sergt. Goldfinch (G Coy.); Sergt. Gibson (Ii Coy.); P te. Johnstone (J Coy.); Sergt. Os win (A rtillery); Corpl. Gibson (Specialists); Sergt. Ferris (M aoris); Corpl. Anderson (M edical); for efforts which have given such exorcise to our powers of discrimination, and to Mr. C. R. Edmonds, of the Y .M .C.A., for supplying us with records of the sports results.

Finally, we wish to express our thanks to those contributors whose work we_ have been able to use, and not less heartily to those whose work we have not been able to use, though they have given time and trouble, and in some cases considerable ability to our common cause.

“ C H IP S .”H e ’s a m an of th e sea and its ships I s ou r tough old sea-carpenter,

“ C h ip s / A nd w ith sk irls and w ith reels On the bag-pipes he squeals W ith a noise a fu ll gale can’t

eclipse.

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F arew ell the Twenty-first.

T here was little ' of official pomp and cerem ony, no thing of m artia l display, when we of the T w e n ty -F irs t em barked fo r A ctive Service on fields ha lf the w orld aw ay, b u t in th e restra ined fe r ­vour of th a t g re a t assembling of m others and wives, sisters, fa th e rs and fr ien d s a t th e quay-side we read all th e hopes and fears, th e p ride and affection th a t the

_ w arm h earts of our country held fo r us.

F rom an all too b rie f leave we came from our homes in tow n and country, from th e cities and from th e bush, to em ­bark a t la s t upon th is great adven tu re fo r w hich the h ea lthy routine of th e camps had prepared us. W e were not unduly proud of ourselves, b u t could we help reflecting a little of th a t p ride so ob­viously shown by our m others, our wives, our sw eethearts? W e w ere ju s t an ord inary assortm ent of New Z ealanders, bu t we knew th a t ju s t such o ther New Zealanders had gone before us and had m ade th e nam e of our country a nam e of honour, and th a t it was our task to do as w e ll : some to fa ll in the doing. A t th e laack of each one’s th o u g h t lay th a t “ P e radven tu i’e I shall not re tu r n ,” and we knew th a t i t lay also in the hea rts of th a t b rillia n t th ro n g gathered to farew ell us, b u t it was no t allowed to ob trude i t ­self in to the cheerfulness of the brave hea rts we le f t behind.

. ,^ ,--4 -H ^W A IT E M A T A w o b b l e r .

Thanks.We beg to acknowledge our indebtedness

to the P.M.O. for the use of the Operat­ing T h e a tre ' for our staff, and to the Company Officers for guaranteeing the cost of printing.

Wo have to thank the Orderly Room Staff, and especially Sergt. Waddy, for listening to our cries, and rewarding our importunities. The Chief Steward was the indirect source of much genial inspira­tion.

We are indebted to our correspondents in the various units, viz., Sergt. Lee (F Coy.); Sergt. Goldfinch (G Coy.); Sergt. Gibson (H Coy.); Pte. Johnstone (J Coy.); Sergt. Oswin (A rtillery); Corpl. Gibson (Specialists); Sergt. Ferris (Maoris); Corpl. Anderson (Medical); for efforts which have given such exercise to our powers of discrimination, and to Mr. C. R. Edmonds, of the Y.M .C.A., for supplying us with records _ of the sports results.

Finally, we wish to express our thanks to those contributors whose work we_ have been able to use, and m ot less heartily to those whose work we have not been able to use, though they have given time and trouble, and in some cases considerable ability to our common cause.

T H E A D JU T A N T .Our A d ju ta n t’s th row n off his boots A nd taken to short-trousered su its,A nd th e sisters bo th s tare A t his legs brow n and bare,A nd exclaim , “ W e agree, they are

b ea u ts.”

The Library.The ship’s company is m uch indebted to

the Society responsible for supplying the library w ith books, and the best thanks we can give is to tell them w hat good use the m en have m ade of th e ir gift, and w hat a popular institution the library is.

The old magazines have provided a great deal of reading m aterial, and the sixpenny editions have proved a God-send. T he librarian remarks th a t a good Book Selection Committee would certainly have filled in more completely the m ean be­tw een M eredith’s “ Tragic Comedians” and N a t Gould’s “ Odds on the Favourite ,” and perhaps have dispensed w ith the ex­tremes. The librarian, too, has not dis­covered th a t enthusiasm for devotional lite ratu re which was evidently expected in some quarters. Altogether, however, the library has proved a good and useful institution. Floreant Donores.

Those who easily tire of the ubiquitous gram ophone congratulate themselves that the records on board have not been used, and, in fact, are not usable. The p u r­veyors should at least decorate their packets w ith th e legend “ Caveat E m pto r.’

e^nn-eitOyuC! lw .

Y et i t was a qu iet leave-taking. E arlie r reinforcem ents had been farew elled w ith ceremony, w ith m ilita ry parade th rough crowded stree ts gaily beflagged, b u t th is was a people of changed tem per, a people who had realised a t last th a t somewhere “ beyond the skyline, where the strange toads go dow n ,” there was serious work confronting th e ir men. T he farew ell was as fine a trib u te as any reinforcem ent had received, and the more appealing because Q of its very re s tra in t. W e w ent, w ithou t flourish of trum pets , w ithou t e ither \ ' pageant or panegyric, from the land of \'--; our b irth or our adoption. W e said good-bye to our women folk, and knew th e ir though ts as th ey compelled the smiles to th e ir lips and looked a t us w itK U eyes b rig h t w ith the tea rs th ey would{j)C not shed, and we knew th a t, for manvx V'~ of them , th e irs was th e harder p a r t—iorV ' ; us the excitem ent and ad v e n tu re ; for-', ■ them “ th e lonely vigil and all th e p a in .”r *.

O h ! women of New Zealand, we salu tef) you from half a world aw ay, and when ( - ! we forget your b rave farew ell, th a t bril-C A / lian t w harf-side throng, all will be f o r y ( ^ go t; and you, our good folk of New, Zealand, “ who by your fires to -n ight s it close and pra ise th e red, red w ood,” to you also our h ea rts go out, as your w arm thoughts reach out to us. F o r each of us th ere is someone—someone who, re a d ­ing these pages, m aybe, will send a though t across the w o r ld ; for each of us there is a place in someone’s hea rt.

G ISBO RN E.

“ C H IP S .”H e ’s a m an of th e sea and its ships Is our tough old sea-carpenter,

“ C h ips,” A nd w ith sk irls and w ith reels On th e bag-pipes he squeals W ith a noise a fu ll gale can’t

eclipse.

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8 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

Our Provost.T here’s a funny little chap,

Who wears a cap,W ith M .M .P. in brass

Upon the fla p ;H e is always spick and spank,And he puts on lots of swank,H as no time for “ Crown and A nck,”

Likew ise nap.

H e has cleared the ship of gamblers, I don’t th in k ;

Has threatened all and sundry W ith the clink;

I f you meet him looking blue,W ith his cap on all askew,You can bet he’s on a clue,

Or a stink.

H is upper lip it bristles W ith a mow,

W hich took him just about Six weeks to grow :

H e’s a Frenchman of some m ettle, W ith the Germans going to settle, And he looks like “ Captain K ettle ,”

Our Provost.F. C o y .

Chanson Triste de la mer,From tattoo till reveille, from dawning

until dark,There’s nothing else to see except the

sea—A windy waste of water monotonously

stark—It seems a frightful waste of so much

sea.

The “ deep and dark blue ocean” that Byron saw, you’d think

Must have been a sea he saw from shore.

I t can’t be made to lather, and it isn’t fit to drink,

And it hasn’t any end—there’s always more.

Yon stand to a ft or for’ard, you lounge about the deck,

And pass the tim e by staring at the se a ;

Your soul is sick of seascape, untouched by spot or speck,

But all that you can see is just the sea.

On Greenland’s icy mountains, in any other scenes,

Just so, i t ’s somewhere else you’d rather be.

The sea you see w ith loa th in g; you could pray for submarines,

Just to save you from the boredom of the sea.

L .P .R .E .W .H .

The Maoris.j-jWe first noticed the Maoris on the

wharf just before our inspection by the D efence Minister. They were marching along in file, well closed up, when the order came : “ Mark Time ! ” Now “ mark­ing time ” is the simplest movement in infantry training to perform, but our pakeha soldiers have a deep-rooted objec­tion to liftin g their feet when they are not going ahead; they believe it to be purely and simply an effort on the part of their officers to make them waste their valuable energy to no purpose. But these dark-skinned warriors in “ shorts ” actually seemed to enjoy doing it. They picked their feet up smartly, and brought them down in perfect unison and with plenty of noise. Tho Maori likes to make a noise. On the word “ H alt ” they all stood stock still, until they were told to “ Stand easy .” (Yes, it sounds simple, but try to teach it!) W hat little we saw of them that day gave us the impression that in squad drill, at any rate, they have nothing to learn from the remainder of the Reinforcement.

A fter we had been at sea a day or two, the Roman Catholic padre produced a set of boxing gloves, and from then on the fistics of the Maoris kept the ship in roars of laughter. Two gladiators would don the gloves ; each would examine the padding and lacing with m inutest care, make careful note of the extent of the ring, then stand up and take stock of his opponent. They would then approach each other to within striking distance, and commence pawing the air in the most approved scientific manner. Finally, one or the other, cheered on by the throng which always collects when a bout is in progress, would make a lunge. After that no encouragement would be required. All pretence at science would disappear, and the two adversaries would dissolve into a whirling mass of arms and legs until one drew blood. This would be sufficient. W ith an air betokening complete victory, he would turn round and have his gloves taken off. The resumption of hostilities was apparently a thing unthought-of.

In financial matters the Maori believes firmly in the truth of the proverb that a bird in the hand is worth tw o in the bush. Last pay-day their officer ad­dressed them, saying : N ow, boys, you owe seven shillings each for new hats. You w ill be paid a pound to-day and another ten shillings before you get to England. You can either pay four shil­lings now and three shillings then, or the other Avay round. How much will you give now ? ” As one voice came the answer from the whole platoon : “ Three shillings, s ir .”

Two of the Maori soldiers have been teaching - the officers a war-dance. Our main trouble is that we don’t put enough energy into our facial contortions. One of our instructors- viewed this fault with considerable concern, until at last, grow­ing tired of our diffident way of perform­ing what was in the good old warrior

times the overture to a fight and subse­quent feast, he abruptly stopped the per­formance. Sternly eyeing the Major in command of the Reinforcem ent, the P r i­vate said : “N ow, if you w on’t stick your tongue out further than that I ’ll put you on the mat, and you’ll have to do extra fatigues. ” ' %

B y order of the P.M .O. the meat ration of the Maoris was discontinued altogether for a time, and that of the others re­duced. One of our men complained to his officer that the sergeants were getting meat tw ice a day, while the men got it only once. “ W ell,” was the reply, “ i t ’s just a matter of degree. The officers get it three times a day, the sergeants tw ice, the privates once, and the Maoris get none at a ll.”

A fter a pay the Maoris attend in force at the school on the forward hatch, the slogan of whose leader is : “ W ho’ll have another card ? ” Here, for a while, he enjoys him self to the uttermost. A tin of pineapple to eat, cigarettes to smoke, and a chance to make money without working for it— what more has life to offer? But, a la s ! after the flow of the tide there conies the ebb, and all too soon Mother N ecessity helps our unsophisticated brown brother to discover a w ay of raising money which even brainy politicians, w ith the experience of centuries to guide them, have not been able to improve on. He floats a loan. The Maori has no security to offer except his word, and by next pay­day memories become cloudy. Then th e matter must be referred to arbitration. Corporals and sergeants adjudicate in vain— the dispute must be settled by th e officer in charge of the platoon. So along go Henare and Timi to his cabin, con­voyed by an N.C.O. Here they state the case at length, and the Court gives its decision. And, which is unusual w ith arbitration courts, the decision is obeyed.. The Maori officer enjoys the Divine Right, of Kings.

If this particular Maori Reinforcement (the 13fch) is a fair sample of those who have gone before and of those to follow, N ew Zealand need never fear that the- Maoris will be lacking in the soldierly at­tributes which have made her sons famoua. These men are a credit to their race, to- their instructors at Narrow Neck, and to the officer whose parental care for them has earned his title of “ Father Gannon.”"

W. R. K IN G , 2nd Lieut.

Patriotic Gifts.The Committee set up, under L ieut.

D aldy, to distribute the g ifts received on board, wishes us to express its thanks and the thanks of the men for contributions, which have greatly helped in making th e trip such a pleasant one. Every case has been distributed under the . instructions and direction of the Committee, and it is believed that each unit (including the Ser­geants’ Mess) has received its fair share, and only its fair share, of the good things so generously given.

8 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

Our Provost,T here’s a funny little chap.

Who wears a cap.W ith M .M .P. in brass

Upon the flap ;He is always spick and spank,And he puts on lots of swank,H as no time for “ Crown and A nck,”

Likew ise nap.

He has cleared the ship of gamblers, I don’t think ;

H as threatened all and sundry - :W ith the clink;

I f you meet him looking blue, T ' i W ith his cap on all askew,Y ou can bet he’s on a clue.

Or a stink.

His upper lip it bristles W ith a mow,

W hich took him just about Six weeks to g ro w ;

H e’s a Frenchman of some mettle, With the Germans . going to settle,And he looks like “ Captain K ettle ,”

Our Provost.F. C o y .

Chanson Triste de la raer,From tattoo till reveille, from dawning

until dark,There’s nothing else to see except the

sea—A windy waste of water monotonously

stark—It seems a frightful waste of so much

sea.

The “ deep and dark blue ocean” that Byron saw, you’d think

M ust have been a sea he saw from shore.

I t can’t be made to lather, and it isn ’t fit to drink,

And it hasn’t any end—there’s always more.

You stand to aft or for’ard, you lounge about the deck,

And pass the time by k taring at the s e a ;

Your soul is sick of seascape, untouched by spot or speck,

But all that you can see is just the sea.

On Greenland’s icy mountains, in any other scenes,

Just so, it ’s somewhere else you’d rather be.

The sea you see with loathing; you could pray for submarines,

Just to save you from the boredom of the sea.

L .P .R ,. E .W .H .

The Maoris.We first noticed the Maoris on the

wharf just before our inspection by the Defence Minister. They were marching along in file, well closed up, when the order came : “ Mark Time ! ” Now “ mark­ing time ” is the simplest movement in infantry training to perform, but our pakeha: soldiers have a deep-rooted objec­tion to- lifting their feet when they are not going ahead; they believe it to be purely and simply an effort on the part of their officers to make them waste their valuable energy to no purpose. But these dark-skinned warriors in “ sh o rts” actually seemed to enjoy doing it. They picked their feet up smartly, and brought them down in perfect unison and with plenty of noise. The Maori likes to make a noise. On the word “ H a lt ” they all stood stock still, until they were tola to “ Stand easy .” (Yes, it sounds simple, but try to teach i t !) W hat little we saw of them that day gave us the impression that in squad drill, at any rate, they have nothing to learn from the remainder of the Reinforcement.

A fter we had been at sea a day or two. the Roman Catholic padre produced a set of boxing gloves, and from then on the fistics of the Maoris kept the ship in roars of laughter. Two gladiators would don the gloves ; each would examine the padding and lacing with minutest care, make careful note of the extent of the ring, then stand up and take stock of his opponent. They would then approach each other to within striking distance, and commence pawing the air in the most approved scientific manner. Finally, one or the other, cheered 011 by the throng which always collects when a bout is in progress, would make a lunge. After that no encouragement would be required. All pretence at science would disappear, and the two adversaries would dissolve into a whirling mass of arms and legs until one drew blood. This would be sufficient. W ith an air betokening complete victory, he would turn round and have his gloves taken off. The resumption of hostilities was apparently a thing untliought-of.

In financial matters the Maori believes firmly in the truth of the proverb that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Last pay-day their officer ad­dressed them, saying : Now, boys, you owe seven shillings each for new hats. You will be paid a pound to-day and another ten shillings before you get to England. You can either pay four shil­lings now and three shillings then, or the other way round. How much will you give now ? ” As one voice came the answer from the whole platoon: “ Three shillings, s ir .”

Two of the Maori soldiers have been teaching the officers a war-dance. Our main trouble is that we don’t put enough energy into our facial contortions. One of our instructors viewed this fault with considerable concern, until at last, grow­ing tired of our diffident way of perform­ing what was in the good old warrior

times the overture to a fight and subse­quent feast, lie abruptly stopped the per­formance. Sternly eyeing the Major in command of the Reinforcem ent, the P r i­vate said : “ N ow, if yon won’t stick your tongue out further than that I ’ll put you on the mat, and you’ll have to do extra fatigues. ” *

B y order of the P.M .O. the meat ration of the Maoris was discontinued altogether for a time, and th at of the others re­duced. One of our men complained to h is officer that the sergeants were getting meat tw ice a day, while the men got it only once. “ We'll,” was the reply, “ i t ’s just a matter of degree. The officers get it three times a day, the sergeants twice, the privates once, and the Maoris get. none at a ll.”

A fter a pay the Maoris attend in forc& at the scliooi on the forward hatch, the' slogan of whose leader is : “ W ho’ll have another card?” Here, for a while’, 'h e enjoys himself to the uttermost. A tin of pineapple to eat, cigarettes to smoke, and a chance to make money without working for it—what more has life to offer ? B at, alas ! after the flow of the tide there comes the ebb, and a ll too soon Mother N ecessity helps our unsophisticated brown brother to discover a way of raising money which even brainy politicians, with the experience of centuries to guide them, have not been able to improve on. H e floats a loan. The Maori has no security to offer except his word, and by next pay­day memories become cloudy. Then the matter must be referred to arbitration. Corporals and sergeants adjudicate in vain— the dispute must be settled by the officer in charge of the platoon. So along go Henare and Timi to his cabin, con­voyed by an N.C.O. Here they state th e case at length, and the Court gives its decision. And, which is unusual w ith arbitration courts, the decision is obeyed. The Maori officer enjoys the Divine R ight of Kings.

If this particular Maori Reinforcement (the 13th) is a fair sample of those who- have gone before and of those to follow, N ew Zealand need never fear that th e Maoris will be lacking in the soldierly at­tributes which have made her sons famous. These men are a credit to their race, ta their instructors at Narrow Neck, and- to the officer whose parental care for them has earned his title of “ Father Gannon.”"

W. R. K ING , 2nd Lieut..

Patriotic Gifts.The Committee set up, under Lieufi-

Daldy, to distribute the g ifts received on­board, wishes us to express its thanks and the thanks of the men for contributions, which have greatly helped in making the trip such a pleasant one. Every case has been distributed under the instructions and direction of the Committee, and it is believed that each unit (including the Ser­geants’ Mess) has received its fair spare, and only its fair share, of the good things so generously given. | \ / j . v

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER. 9

A dvertisem ents.

LOST AND FOUND.

LOST.—Tunic, prayer-book in one pocket, corkscrew in the other. Will finder please re tu rn to Sergt. Day, T Coy.

LOST.—Ship’s Sergt.-M ajor, last seen go­ing ashore at Cape Town. Rew ard on re turn ing to Troopship W aitem ata.

LOST.—From Sergeant’s Mess, one Mess Sergeant. Last seen leaving Troops Galley hurriedly.

FO U N D .—On poop deck, one Cook’s Boot. W ill finder re turn . to Troops’ Galley Cook.

LOST.—A P a ir of H a ir Clippers. Will the barefaced Signal Sergeant who was seen using same on his upper lip, kindly re tu rn them to Provost Ser­geant, F Coy?

LOST.—A Case of Antipon. W ill finder please re tu rn to Sergeant-M ajor Mar- doiij IT Coy.

LOST.—On the bridge deck, a Sam Browne Sword Belt. Reward on re ­turning to Sergt.-M ajor McClacken.

LOST.— Half-dozen Lace Handkerchiefs, card attached, “ W ith love from Gor­don.” F inder kindly re tu rn to Miss Nicolson, H Coy.

FO U N D .—On board Troopship W aite­m ata,—H Coy.

LOST—On board Transport 75 (W aite­mata)—J Coy.

F O U N D —Aft, Le M aitre d’un ’ecole Francaise qui parle des mots donees et petites en la lumiere de la lune.

[If this advertisem ent has been insertedby the M aster or by a pupil, perhaps ithad been better to lose him again.—Ed.]

Our Crime Sheet,

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time,To m ake_ the punishment fit the crime, The punishm ent fit the crime.

—“ The M ikado.”

The following crimes were dealt w ith dur­ing the voyage, and awards were made as s ta te d :

Chief Engineer.—For exceeding the speed limit. Awarded: Three re turn journies on troop-train between Featherston and W el­lington at such time as shall be deemed expedient.

The Skipper.—For pinching from the chief steward a lemonade bottle with which to purchase a cigar at the canteen. A w ard­ed : Seven days’ fatigue picking up matches.

The A dju tan t.'—For neglecting, on the 18th inst., to pat a mess-orderly on the head. A w arded: Four hours on deck for four days, w ith legs covered.

“ Sparks.”—For squandering his m onth’s salary on two pounds of apples and a bottle of lemonade at Albany. A w arded: Seven days during which he is to w ear his face shut.

P adre B.—For trying to convince Padre L. tha t R afferty’s rules had superseded the M arquis of Queensberry’s. A w ard : Con­demned to hold five revival m eetings per m onth in the stokehold.

O.C. Troops.—F or refusing to take part in a game of “ house.” Awarded: A fine of 10s.

The M ajor.—For taking part in a game of “ h o u se ” on No. 2 hatch. A w arded: Consolation prize of 10s.

P ay Sergeants.—F or failing to attend bathing' parade in officers’ bath-room. A w arded: Compulsory washing with com­mon soap in salt-water until such time aa they can raise a lather.

Ship’s Record Sergeant.—For m alinger­ing. A w arded: Admission to hospital, but: refused all attention by nursing sisters.

Church S erv ice .Sundays.

Church Parade at 10 a.m.U nited Service, conducted by Chaplain

C apt. Lopdell.Roman Catholic Service, conducted by

Chaplain Capt. Bartley.V oluntary Services—Sundays.

U nited Service, in the Mess Room, 7 p.m. Roman Catholic, in Sergeants’ Mess

Room, 7 p.m.Daily.

U nited Service, 8.30 p.m.Roman Catholic, 6.30 a.m.

Bible Class.Is held on Sundays at 2 p.m. and on

Thursdays 7.15 p.m ., in the Sergeants’ .Mess Room.

T here is a young Sergeant in J — W ho always looks m erry and gay, H is nam e i t is G race—W hich ju s t su its hi.s face,A nd the charm of his delicate way.

T H E SO FT A N S W E R .O f f i c e r : H a ! N o shave la te ly ! W h a t ’s th e m eaning of th is?W il e y W il l ie : W ell, S ir, me h a t’s too big, and the w e ath er’s w indy, and if

' shave. I ’m a fra id me ch in-strap w on’t grip .

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

A dvertisem ents.

LOST AND POUND.

L O S T —Tunic, prayer-book in one pocket, corkscrew in the other. Will finder please re turn to Sergt. Day, T Coy.

LOST.—Ship’s Sergt.-M ajor, last seen go­ing ashore at Cape Town. Reward on re turning to Troopship W aitem ata.

L O ST.—From Sergeant’s Mess, one M tss Sergeant. Last seen leaving Troops Galley hurriedly.

FO U N D .—On poop deck, one Cook’s Boot. Will finder re turn to Troops’ Galley Cook.

LOST.—A P a ir of H a ir Clippers. Will the barefaced Signal Sergeant who was seen using same on his upper lip, kindly re turn them to Provost Ser­geant, F Coy?

LOST.—A Case of Antipon. W ill finder please re turn to Sergeant-M ajor M ar­don, PI Coy.

■LOST.—On the bridge deck, a Sam Browne Sword Belt. Reward on re­turning to Sergt.-M ajor McClacken.

LOST.—Half-dozen Lace Handkerchiefs, card attached, “ W ith love from Goi1- ■ don.” F inder kindly re turn to Miss Nicolson, H Coy.

FO U N D .—On board Troopship W aite­m ata,—II 'Coy.

LOST—On board Transport 75 (W aite­m ata)—J Coy.

FO U N D —Aft, Le M aitre d’un ’ecole Francaise qui parle des mots donees et petites en Ia lumiere de la lune.

[If this advertisem ent has been insertedby the M aster or by a pupil, perhaps ithad been better to lose him again.—Ed.]

Church S erv ice .Sundays.

C hurch P arade at 10 a.m.U nited Service, conducted by Chaplain

C apt. Lopdell.Roman Catholic Service, conducted by

Chaplain Capt. Bartley.V oluntary Services—Sundays.

U niled Service., in the Mess Room, 7 p.m. Roman Catholic, in Sergeants’ Mess

Room, 7 p.m.Daily.

U nited Service, 8.30 p.m.Roman Catholic, 6.30 a.m.

Bible Class.

Our Crime Sheet,

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time,To make the punishment fit the crime, The punishment fit the crime.

—“ The M ikado.”

The following crimes were dealt w ith dur­ing the voyage, and awards were made as s ta te d :

Chief Engineer.—For exceeding the speed limit. Awarded: Three return journies on troop-train between Featherston and W el­lington at such time as shall be deemed expedient.

The Skipper.—For pinching from the chief steward a lemonade bottle with which to purchase a cigar at the canteen. A w ard­ed : Seven days’ fatigue picking up matches.

The A dju tan t.—For neglecting, on the 18th inst., to pat a mess-orderly on the head. Aw arded: F our hours on deck for four days, with legs covered.

“ Sparks.”—For squandering his m onth’s salary on two pounds of apples and a bottle of lemonade at Albany. A w arded: Seven days during which he is to wear his face shut.

P adre B.—For trying to convince P adre L. that R afferty’s rules had superseded the M arquis of Queensberry’s. A w ard : Con­demned to hold five revival m eetings per month in the stokehold.

O.C. Troops.—For refusing to take part in a game of “ house.” Awarded: A fine of. 10s.

The M ajor.—For taking part in a game of “ h o u se ” on No. 2 hatch. A w arded: Consolation prize of 10s.

P ay Sergeants.—For failing to attend bathing parade in officers' bath-room. A w arded: Compulsory washing with com­mon soap in salt-water until such time as they can raise a lather.

Ship’s Record Sergeant.—For malinger­ing. A w arded: Admission to hospital, but refused all attention by nursing sisters.

Is held on Sundays at 2 p.m. and on ’ Thursdays 7.15 p.m ., in the Sergeants’ Mess Room.

T here is a young S ergeant in J — W ho alw ays looks m erry and gay, H is nam e i t is Graces—W hich ju s t su its h is face,A nd the charm of his delicate way.

T H E SO FT A N S W E R .O f f i c e r : H a ! N o s lrave l a te ly ! W h a t ’s th e m e a n in g of t h i s ?

W il e y W il l ie : W ell, S ir, me h a t’s too b ig, and the w eath er’s w indy, and if I shave, I ’m a fra id me ch in-strap won’t grip .

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The Army of the Dad.They had returned, their honours earned*

And. every surging street Cheered as they came the men whose fame

The flags flung out to greet Above the town, and their renown

And honours earned were sweet.

Y et, as I stood and watched the flood Of lavish welcome cast

To these whose meed was just indeed— These men come home at last—

I heard a voice: “ Y e that rejoice, Remember yet the past.”

What of the graves Beyond the waves. Where rest from all mischance

The men who died and sanctified The Anzac soil—and France?

They fought as well, the men who fell. Your honour to enhance.

They have their due of honour too JThose hearts to joy denied,

Whom grief has taught; for these take thought

And cast away your pride,And hush the cheers to heed the tears

That fall for those who died.

And, all a-dream, I saw a stream Of men with listless tread,

Who marched along without a song,Their youth and valour fled.

Their haggard eyes without surmise—The army of the dead.

Until the soil give up this spoil.Until these dead arise,

Good folk rejoice (so- spake the voice),But yet in humble-wise.

Nor once forget the graves that set Their fields of high emprise—

The true hearts gone, and they that mourn. Theirs was the sacrifice.

E.L.E .W .H .

The Fed-Ups.“ W e’ve got a long journey before us,” Says 0 . to his pal, Sergeant B.“ So I ’ve hit on a schem e; it is really a

dream,And will suit you, my boy, to a T. Between meals, you know, is a long' way

So we’fl lay in provisions a store,And instead of the usual three meals a day We’ll quietly make it a score.”

“ A score,” quoth friend B., “ will exactly suit me,

And herewith I make this suggestion— We’ll purchase a store of_ sardines> galore, They’re such excellent aids to digestion. Of fruits not a few, potted beef and ham,

too,On our tummies we’ll never be stingy,For a man to keep fit, and to do his best

bit,Must carry a load in his bingey.”

So there they both sit, each doing his bit, In a spot on the deck that’s secluded, Away from the din, each man dips in a tin, Till the contents therein_ are denuded;And B. with a sigh to his comrade nearby, Says, “ This soldiering life’s now all honey. ” But O.’s one regret is the fact he can’t get A few more sardines for his money.

F COY.

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

De Profundis.[The Mess Orderly bears the burden and

all the heat of the day. No one on the ship has done better work. Numer­ous tributes, here epitomised, bear wit­ness 'that this work is not unappre­ciated.]

Not theirs to strive for glory and for prizes, They snatch no laurel in the race they

run;Not theirs the glow which follows exer­

cisesBeneath the sun.

But ’neath the hatches—dark it is and lone, They work their elbows through the

weary row, _ [Bon-Wasting their summer on tin plates. Pro

-o Publico.

Ah, not for pelf they toil like ancient heroes,

Those faces are by duty’s vesta lit.They signed them on as immolated zeros,

And, grimly, do their bit.

Sports and Pastimes.The organisation of sports and pastimes

has been in the hands of a committee made up as follows: Captains Bartley and Lop- dell, Lieuts. Thomas and Gannon. Mr. C. R. Edmond, Gunner Tilley, Privates Mur­ray (N.Z.M.C.), Walker (Specialists), Huria (Maoris). Nicholson (E Coy.), Lloyd (G Coy.), Winteringham (IT Coy.), and Johnstone (J Cov.). The committee has worked energetically, and has been backed up in every way by the Powers Above, amongst whom we may single out for special mention the expert responsible for the weather.

All hands are under great obligation to the Y.M .C.A. Mr. Edmond has been able to supply material for many games, and his efforts have been greatly appreciated by the men.

The results of the various competitions are as follows:

The Unit for Duty.“ The greatest amongst you shall be he

who serves the best.” - When the ship was taken over in W el­

lington its condition was easier smelt than described. The Medical Officers began by explaining what cleanliness meant, and what uncleanliness would mean in port in case of disease. The Officers and N .C .O .’s began by finding the dirty cor­ners. The fatigue parties began by get­ting into them. In course of time, form and comeliness issued out of chaos. A t last, despite wash-days, wet and weary days, despite the chronic cook-house door, despite the numbers working and the num­bers looking on, the ship draws faint mur­murs of applause from the P .M .O ., and even Sammy’s sunset flushes are unencrim- soned. W ell done, fatigues. U n its for duty, we salute ye. But— stick to it.

The T w entyfirsts.“ For ye are the wefts of our family web,

The spans of our Empire-bridge.”

From North and from South at the call they came

From New Zealand’s shore so free: They answered the call in freedom’s name

And sailed for the open sea.A thousand men from hill and fen,

With the strength of the race alive, Sent forth to fight in the cause of right,

In Transport Seventy-five.They followed the steps of the men whose

fameA t Anzac had been won,

And eager were they to test the game With the flag numbered twenty-one.

And they shall be there when the bugles blare,

And fiercest the fight shall rage,For they follow the' trail till the Huns

shall fail At the end of their pilgrimage.

And then in the end, when the war is won, When its horrors are heard no more,

The children shall 'tell how the deed was done

On far New Zealand’s shore.They shall say that the game was played

the same,From Anzac the whole way through;

That the last shell burst when the twenty- first

Got going at Waterloo.J.R .J.E.

New Zealand’s Day.Dedicated to Major W. C. Sinel, O.C.,

21st Reinforcements.Oh ! Maoriland ! Oh ! Maoriland !

“ Farewell” to you I say;To other scenes and shores I go

To join the battle fray.O h! Maoriland ! Oh ! Maoriland !

I love our Maori lore,Our legends, songs and war-cries too,

Also our Braves of yore.The ardent flame that kindles now

Within my fiery brain,It spurs me on to emulate

My own Forefathers’ fame.In Flanders and Gallipoli

Our honour’d brave lie dead.The zephyrs of the early morn

Breathe prayers for them o’erhead.Oh ! “ Waitemata” ! Transport Ship !

Your living freight I gauge,The Maori will be with you when

The battles fiercely rage.I see you every day, my lads!

I ’m proud to be' with you.Remember that, though much be done,

There’s much more still to do.I know you’ll push .the Hun well back,

And curb his “ Hymn of ITate” ;Our women-folk will cheer you well,

Whatever bo your fate.When we have licked the Germans, boys,

And foes no longer stay,W e’ll charge our glasses freely then

Anri toast New Zealand’s Day.A. TE W. GANNON,

2nd Lieut., Officer Commanding 13th Maori Reinforcements.

TI-IE WAITEMATA WOBBLER. 11

T H E MAJOR,H e’s a “ lias-been” and “ come-again ’

stager.And he isn’t averse to a wager—To the place he calls “ H ell ”W e would follow Sinel—Our word-painting, innocent Major.

Albany,

Extract from Routine Orders No. 12.— Major Sinel, Officer Commanding the 21st Reinforcement, desires to express bis ap­preciation of the admirable conduct of the troops while ashore on leave at Albany, W.A., and is especially pleased at the ex­cellent behaviour of those who were de­puted to do guard and picquet duties, such duties being performed faithfully and with credit to all concerned.

Sic transit gloria Albani.

It is a relief to be able to whisper the word. Yes, gratia censoris—it was to A l­bany we came. We saw and some of us were conquered. We took charge for the time being, but we left too soon to dis­cover the effects of our invasion. The rear­guard on our strategic retirement bore traces of the fray, though our losses were unimportant.' Albany, with its outcropping hills, its weather-worn rocks, its hinterland of stunted Australian bush, is a very wel­come resting-place for sea-worn troops. It is the health resort of Western Australia— hut to us it was terra firm a. We lined the two main streets, we filled the shops, the eating-houses, the one hotel and the five pubs. The more enterprising sallied forth to Middleton Beach and King River, and received, their reward. The people were much disposed to kindness and friend­ship, condoned our frailties and said things which prepared us for routine orders of our next day at sea. When we fell in for the march home the markers stood steady, and most of the men were able to do so with a little effort. Our casualties amounted

.to a few broken heads. We took no broken hearts with us. Perhaps it is too much to hope that we left none behind. If you -doubt it—look at our illustrations.

The Name.The members of the Editorial Committee

acted as judges of the Name Competition. The prize offered was awarded to Sergeant Piper, of H Company, though the name finally adopted was the suggestion of a modest and anonymous non-competitor. The Censor allows us to disclose something of the discussion which took place round the Editorial Table. It was remarked that “ The Waitemata Wobbler” harmonised with the Prize Cover Design. The Press Representative confessed that if modern journalistic traditions were followed, “ Wobbler” was the ideal name. The popu­larity of the idea as applied to Transport 75 is supported by the evidence of certain expressions heard on board (suppressed by the Censor and excluded for want of space), and also by such names, submitted and re­jected, as “ The Corkscrew Roll” and “ The Steam Roller.” Sergeant Piper’s name was “ The Waitemata Examiner,” described as “ a little magazine that is sure to go off,” and it was accompanied by a cover design depicting a bespectacled N.C.O. examining the live—very live—fuse of a high explosive shell. The author of “ Jonah’s Witness” condemns himself bv one and a half pages of explanation. The competitor who de­scribed us by inference as “ The Innocents Abroad” did not enter .for the “ Lie Com­petition,” or he might have secured a place. We feel that had we adopted any such name the “ Ulimaroas” would justly claim that we had trespassed on their pre­serves. “ The Twenty-first Birthday Book” is also a name which is not exclusively our own, a defect it shares with “ The Majority R ag” and all such names as “T he Volun­teer,” the “ Tramp Courier,” “ The New Selts.” “ The N.Z. Expeditionary,” “ Drift­wood,” “ Advance,” “ The Ocean W ide” and “ Progress.” A similar criticism applies to the names of New Zealand birds sub­mitted. Several competitors sent in “ The H uia,” and we hope to reproduce, if space and time and the other omnipotent (though not omni-present) element—cash—permit, a cover design which gave effect to the idea. Another name sought to immortalise the Horiroriro, that pretty little New Zealand native whose effort is ever upwards and whose constant aim is to reach the topmost bough. As we say, the Horiroriro is always at the top of the tree. It was thought that tlie name of old No. 75 must be incorporat­ed, and from a chaos including “ The Waite- matan,” “ The Waitemata War-Cry,” “ The Waitemata Warrior,” “ The Waitemata V entilator”— the old “ Wobbler” evolved. To its critics (if any) the staff sadly pre­sents “ the other cheek” and replies in the name and to the' roll of the ship, “ A poor thing, my lord, but mine own. ”

And Perhaps Not.The subaltern in charge of the Sabbath

fatigue was making his leisured round of inspection, and paused to consider the debris between the cook’s galley and the mess-room companionway. “ There seems to be rather a bad odour about here,” he said, with the air of one making a new discovery. And, as the chant of “ We are his sheep, H e doth us feed,” burst through the skylights from the vociferous worship­pers on church parade, the depressed lance- jack murmured: “ Yes, sir; I think it must be the odour of sanctity! ”

" Wobbler ” Competitions.The following are the results of the

Competitions, and prizes w ill be awarded accordingly.

Nam e.— Sergt. A. C. Piper.Best Joke.—Lance-Corpl. E. W. Harris. A rtistic L ie.—Washout. Many liars, few

artists.Best Verse.— Corpl. A. J. Gibson. Cover Design..—-Private E. S. C. Miller.

11 SAM M Y.”Oh, he hasn’t come straight from his

mammyW ith his high-lighted crimson and

damme !W ho’ of routes tips the wink When we ask— I don’t think,

But we all love our all-four-square “ Sammy.”

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

Extract from Routine Orders No. 12. Major Sinel, Officer Commanding the 21st Reinforcement, desires to express bis ap­preciation of the admirable conduct of the troops while ashore on leave at Albany, W.A., and is especially pleased at the ex­cellent behaviour of those who were de­puted to do guard and picquet duties, such duties being performed faithfully and with credit to all concerned.

Sic transit gloria Albani.

The Name.

Albany,It is a relief to be able to whisper the

word. Yes, gratia censoris—it was to Al­bany we came. We saw and some of us were conquered. We took charge for the time being, but we left too soon to dis­cover the effects of our invasion. The rear­guard on our strategic retirement bore traces of the fray, though our losses were unimportant. Albany, with its outcropping hill's, its weather-worn rocks, its hinterland of stunted Australian bush, is a very wel­come resting-place for sea-worn troops. It is the health resort of Western Australia— but to us it was terra firma. We lined the two main streets, we filled the shops, the eating-houses, the one hotel and the five pubs. The more enterprising sallied forth to Middleton Beach and King River, and received their reward. The people were much disposed to kindness and friend­ship, condoned our'frailties and said things which prepared us for routine orders of our next day at sea. When we fell in for the march home the markers stood steady, and most of the men were able to do so with a little effort. Our casualties amounted to a few broken heads. We took no broken hearts with us. Perhaps it is too much to hope that we left none behind. If you doubt it—look at our illustrations.

Tho members of the Editorial Committee acted as judges of the Name Competition. The prize offered was awarded to Sergeant Piper, of II Company, though the name finally adopted was the suggestion of a modest and anonymous non-competitor. Thfe Censor allows us to disclose something of the discussion which took place round the Editorial Table. It was remarked that “ The Waitemata Wobbler” harmonised with the Prize Cover Design. The Press Representative confessed that if modern journalistic traditions were followed, “ Wobbler” was the ideal name. The popu­larity of the idea as applied to Transport 75 is supported by the evidence of certain expressions heard on board (suppressed by the Censor and excluded for want of space), and also by such names, submitted and re­jected, as “ The Corkscrew Roll” and “ The Steam Roller.” Sergeant Piper’s name was “ The Waitemata Examiner,” described as “ a little magazine that is sure to go off,” and it was accompanied by a cover design depicting a bespectacled N.C.O. examining the live—very live—fuse of a high explosive shell. The author of “ Jonah’s Witness” condemns himself bv one and a half pages of explanation. The competitor who de­scribed us by inference as “ The Innocents Abroad” did not enter for the “ Lie Com­petition,” ̂ or he might have secured a place. We feel that had we adopted any such name the “ Ulimaroas” would justly claim that we had trespassed on their pre­serves. “ The Twenty-first Birthday Book” is also a name which is not exclusively our own, a defect it shares with “ The Majority Rag” and all such names as “ The Volun­teer,” the “ Tramp Courier,” “ The New Selts,” “ The N.Z. Expeditionary,” “ Drift­wood,” “ Advance.” “ The Ocean W ide” and “ Progress.”' A similar criticism applies to the names of New Zealand birds sub­mitted. Several competitors sent in “ The Iluia,” and we hope to reproduce, if space and time_ and the other omnipotent (though not omni-present) element—cash—permit, a cover design which gave effect to the idea. Another name sought to immortalise the Horiroriro, that pretty little New Zealand native Avhose effort is ever upwards and whose constant aim is- to reach the topmost bough. As we say, the Horiroriro is always at the top of the tree. It was thought that the name of old No. 75 must be incorporat­ed, and from a chaos including “ The Waite- matan,” “ The Waitemata War-Cry,” “ The Waitemata Warrior,” “ The Waitemata Ventilator the old “ Wobbler” evolved. To its critics (if any) the staff sadly pre­sents “ the other cheek” and replies in the name and to the roll of the ship, “ A poor thing, my lord, but mine own.”

T H E MAJOR.H e's a “ has-been” and “ come-again ”

stager.And he isn’t averse to a wager—To the place he calls “ H e l l”We would follow Sinel—-Our word-painting, innocent Major.

11

And Perhaps Not.The subaltern in charge of the Sabbath

fatigue was making his leisured round of inspection, and paused to consider the debris between the cook’s galley and the mess-room companionway. “ There seems to be rather a bad odour about here, ” he said, with the air of one making a new discovery. And, as the chant of “ We are his sheep, H e doth us feed,” burst through the skylights from the vociferous worship­pers on church parade, the depressed lance- jack murmured: “ Yes, sir; I think it must be the odour of sanctity! ”

“ Wobbler ” Competitions.The following are the results of the

Competitions, and prizes will be awarded accordingly.

Nam e.— Sergt. A. C. Piper.Best Joke.—Lance-Corpl. E. W. Harris. A rtistic L ie.—Washout. Many liars, few

artists.Best Verse.—Corpl. A. J. Gibson. Cover D esign.—Private E. S. C. Miller.

“ SAM M Y.”Oh, he hasn’t come straight from his

mammyW ith his high-lighted crimson and

damme !Who of routes tips the wink When we ask—I don’t think,

But we all love our all-four-square “ Sammy.”

12 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

else, but suddenly remembering that there are nurses aboard, who may also desire to be in the swim, modesty returns to him overwhelmingly, and he dashes below in great haste to repair his omissions.

Thus even a night alarm has its humour, but when, shivering at our stations, we learn the cause of all our frenzied haste and quaint costuming, we are dimly con­scious of some resentment against the whims of chance and the ways of a ship— a feeling that the effects of their causes may be humorous, but are sometimes past a joke—for an official voice from the bridge had said:. “ Dammit! that wind-sail’s fouled the siren line.”

H.C.G.

‘ G IN G ER M IC K .”And here you behold

“ Ginger M ick.”W ith a thatch like an overbaked brick. H e can give you at w ill

A tract or a pill,Save your life , or a soul, in a tick.

The Alarm."Midnight, clear and star-lit, the spars

and rigging a silhouette against the sky, and just enough of a breeze to sway the wind-sails. With the exception of _ the officers on the bridge and the military police at their posts, every soul is below decks and asleep.

Suddenly the midnight silence is shattered by the hoarse bellow of the siren sounding the alarm, and the quietude is transformed into haste and action. The sleepers awakened, hurry into their life-belts, ad­justing them regardless of deficiencies in other clothing, and all hands vie with each other in energetic endeavour to get to their several stations in the shortest possible time. It is distinctly an undress parade, and there is much variety of co stu m e- many display themselves simply clad in shirt and life-belt; though one cheery soul presents himself clad in life-belt and hat, and another comes on deck in his shirt, and immediately returns, for his life-saver, presumably—but n o ! when he re-appears his costume is supplemented, but only by his money-belt. Still another, evidently with the idea of making a prospective voyage per life-belt as comfortable, as pos­sible, returns to his bunk for his cigarettes and nv tehes; and yet another races along the dt^iv garbed in his life-belt and nothing

Sparks from the W ireless Stations.

T H E LIM IT IN PATHOS. In the gloaming, Oh, my darling,

When the siren loud doth blow, Picture me inside a life-belt,

Waiting for the word to go.

ROUTINE ORDERS.For the future, on Sabbath days the mess

orderlies will use holv-stones in scrubbing the mess tables, and not sand-soap.

’TIS TRUE.The sermon on the evils of gambling

which the Padre recently preached had a great efi'ect on the men. They imme­diately discarded the game of “ house ” and took to that more innocuous parlour game—Two up.

CENSORED.A stalwart young farmer named ----- ,Did enlist in the township of ----- ,He fought like a hero,Crying “ dum spiro spero,”But was wounded three times in the

(Name deleted by the Censor.)

AS IT SOMETIMES IS.N.C.O. to very restful fatigue trio:

“ What are you men doing h ere? ”The Smallest Fatigued O ne: “ Well,

that big chap there is doing nothing, his mate’s helping- him, and I’m here to see they do it properly.”

THE LIGHT THAT N E V ER WAS. Time, 10.15 p .m .; scene, amidships. Adjutant to sentry: “ What’s that bright

light flitting about on the hospital deck?” Sentry: “ Light, sir? Oh! That’s no

light. That’s Ginger M ick.”

NOTICE.“ The mate on deck above has been put

there to wipe your boots on, and not for ornament.—Chief Officer.”

We trust th e . opportunity afforded was not neglected. We hasten to add, how' ever, a fact which the chief could not in­

sist upon for obvious reasons, that the mates on Transport 75 are also ornamental.

NOTICE'.No spitting is allowed on the d eck .^

Sam m y!!

THE RETORT COURTEOUS.Sorely-tried Sergeant (to easy-going pri­

vate) : Look here, J ink s; next time you get ashore have a good feed of fish—it helps the brain.

Private -Jinks: Yes, sergeant; and would you like me to bring some back?

W O O DEN ED!The Sergeant: Private Jon es! can’t you

handle your rifle more smartly than that?The Private: But I ’ve got a splinter in

my finger, sergeant.The Sergeant (curtly): Well, you should

be more careful when you scratch your head. * * *

DOGMATIC.Padre B. (looking at his watch) to Padre

L. : Stopped again ! and I used to have absolute faith in that watch.

Padre L : Aye ; but what is faith without works?

Mess-Room Competitions.To stimulate the zeal of the mess-order-

lies in keeping their tables and the m ess utensils in spick-and-span condition, com­petitions for the best kept tables have been ai*ranged by Lieut. H. A. E. M ilnes, Ship’s A djutant, whose prizes were sup­plemented lay a donation of £ 5 from M ajor Sinel. I t was the spirit of competition and a desire to shine, rather than the pecuniary reward, and the hope of get­ting extra good things for the tables, that caused the excellent results that followed. H ere are the results of the com petitions for the week ending February 10 :—

First S itting.— Table 27, J Company Orderlies : Privates Fred. Ross and J. Charleston. Table 29, Specialists' Company Mess Orderlies : Privates W. Turner and J. B. Park.

Both tables were declared equal in merit.

Second S itting .— Table 27, N .Z .F .A . Mess Orderlies : Gunners S. L. Smith and Charles Grant.

Competitions for week ending February 17 :—

First S itting.— Table 27, J Company Mess Orderlies : P rivates Fred. Ross and J. Charleston.

The Company averages to date are :—Specialists’ Company, 9 .4 ; J Company,

9 .2 ; N .Z .F .A ., 9 .0; 13th Maoris, 8.7; Police, 7.8; II Company, 7 .5; F Company, 7.4; G Company, 7.1.

Each Orderly received a prize of one half-crown, and each winning table was rewarded with extra fru it and fancy bis-

TI-IE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

Dodders“ They toil not, neither do they spin.”

Oh, I struck a. brainy notion, i t’s a kind of bloomin’ l a rk ;

And I ’ll tell you if you promise just to keep the m atter dark.

I t would never do to blow it, for the other blighters, sure,

Would go and overdo it, and we’d all of us be poor.

—In the first place, you will notice when on ocean you are. tossed,

That it’s easy, very easy, to find tha t you are lost.

And if you bear this fact in mind, and join the “ E p so m ” League,

You’ll find it p re tty easy on the ship to dodge fatigue.

But remem ber th a t it’s healthy to get some exercise,

And i t’ll keep your circulation good to be ready for surprise.

So when you see the A djutant, don’t lie about and dream ;

B ut be careful not to give the heathen reason to blaspheme.

You will notice th a t the “ perm anen ts” have a tasty little swank

Of nailing on their braces a souvenir of rank.

You’re safe until the cows come home— until you’re caught—I mean,

If you flaunt (not ostentatiously) the “ wear­ing of the green.”

You’ll find it p re tty easy to rest upon your oar

If you really are in earnest and a dodger to the core.

Though you won’t get m uch promotion, you needn’t grouse a t# fate,

And can take a pull a t v irtue when your pals have got your weight.

V ia Washington : or, Wilson Day by Day.

Contributed by President Wilson, Sammy, Kaiser William, Bethmann-Hollweg, “ R outine Orders,” “ Wireless,” and other world-famous Jesters.

“ W e are a nation too proud to fight.” —The President of the U nited States.

“ ALA RM S AND E X C U R SIO N S” ON “ T H E WAY OUT.”

Germ any’s declaration of unrestricted naval warfare was received in W ashington with profound surprise. As there had been 110 official h in t tha t such a declara­tion was coming, Woodrow immediately issued instructions th a t he would receive no callers. The prelim inary reading of the note was followed by expressions which gave the impression th a t the resulting situation was viewed with extrem e gravity, and th a t prom pt action was anticipated.

Later.W ashington fears tha t war will ensue, bu t

a t the same time the faint hope is en ter­tained th a t war may, in the end, be avoided.

President Wilson is of opinion th a t the U nited States can further assist the Allies’ oausc, and, incidentally, the common cause of humanity, by rem aining outside the actual area of operations.

Later.President Wilson attended church on

Sunday.Later.

I t is officially announced th a t President Wilson intends to act w ithout either panic or undue haste, and he has explicitly in­structed his subordinates to do the same.

Later.A Berlin message states tha t Germany

regrets tha t the U.S.A. gives to the Ger­man Note an interpretation never intended by Germany to be placed upon it.

Wireless.Three weeks later.—Woodrow, where is

he?“ Ask of the wrecks which far away, with

fragm ents strew the sea.”STOP PR E SS NEW S.

Woodrow still writing notes.

Our Entertainments.So fa r during our voyage “ our n ights

have been filled w ith m u s ic ” — or some of them to some ex ten t, a t least—by several excellent concerts, w hich have been packed to capacity lim it of the m en’s mess-room, and obviously apprecia ted . N o d is tinc tion can be m ade w here all were so good. So fa r, concerts have been given by th e 13th M aori R einforcem ent, F , G and H Com­panies, assisted by o ther un its on board , and quite a galaxy of ta len t has been re ­vealed. A nother diversion was an im ­prom ptu speech evening, w hich was not com petitive, b u t w hich provided good en­te rta in m e n t, and also revealed some b u d ­ding ora tors, who m ay yet come to flower.

T he p o rtly com m ander of J —Seats h im self on th e bridge every day, A nd a b reakw ind he m akes F o r th e dear sis te rs’ sakes—A t least, t h a t ’s w ha t bo th of them say.

To M ess-O rderlies and M essers.

Sympathetic Support.In order to regulate and define the wel­

come to be accorded to mess-orderlies on those joyous occasions when their_ descent of the mess-room stairs is made with spec­tacular precipitancy, it has been deemed expedient to formulate rules grading the degree of enthusiasm to be expressed by troops. H itherto it has been the accepted custom for the combined messes to cheer loudly at any unprem editated descent down the companionway, without regard to the nature of. the accident or the extent of the devastation caused. I t has therefore been decreed th a t:

(a) F o r any minor catastrophe, such as an orderly and bucket slipping on the mess- room deck,

One cheer shall be given.(b) For a complete skid from top to bot­

tom of companionway—one man with one dish of stew or other article—including one or more somersaults,

Two cheers shall be given.(c) Fo r complete inundation of mess-table

and sitters by wave bursting through open port,

Three cheers shall be given.(d) For any of the ra rer accidents or

m ajor calamities not specified above, in ­cluding, by way of illustration bu t not of lim itation, two or more mess-orderlies with im pedim enta slipping on the stairs and landing in one heap on the bottom, the collapse of a full-laden table, or the dis­appearance of three or more sitters be­neath the said table,

A loud burst of continuous cheering shall be given.

By order.P R E S ID E N T OF THE. M ESSERS’

ASSOCIATION.

T H E H O P E OF T H E I R S ID E ? 2 1 st N .Z .F .A .

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THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER. 13

Dodders■1 They toil not, neither do they spin.”

Oh, I struck a. brainy notion, i t’s a kind of bloomin’ l a rk ;

And I ’ll tell you if you promise just to keep the m atter dark.

I t would never do to blow it, for the other blighters, sure,

Would go and overdo it, and we d all of us be poor.

In the first place, you will notice when on ocean you are tossed,

T h a t i t ’s easy, very easy, fo find th a t you are ' lost.

And if you bear this fact in mind, and .10111 the “ E psom ” League,

Y ou’ll find it p re tty easy on the ship to dodge fatigue.

B ut remember tha t It’s healthy to get some exercise,

And it’ll keep your circulation good to be ready for surprise.

So when you see the A djutant, don’t he about and dyeam ;

B ut be careful not to give the heathen reason to blaspheme.

You will notice tha t the “ perm anen ts” have a tasty little swank •

Of nailing on their braces a souvenir of rank.

You’re safe until the cows come home— until you’re caught—I mean,

If you flaunt (not. ostentatiously) the “ w ear­ing of the green.”

You’ll find it p re tty easy to rest upon your oar

If you really are in earnest and a dodger to the core.

Though you won’t get much promotion, you needn’t grouse at_ fate,

And can take a pull at virtue when your pals have got your weight.

V ia W ashington: or, Wilson Day by Day.

Contributed by President Wilson, Sammy, Kaiser William, Bethmann-IIollweg, “ R outine O rders,” “ W ireless,” and other world-famous Jesters.

“ We are a nation too proud to fight.” —The President of the U nited States.

“ ALARM S AND EX C U R SIO N S” ON “ T H E W AY O UT.”

Germany’s declaration of unrestricted naval w arfare was received in W ashington with profound surprise. As there had been no official h in t tha t such a declara­tion was coming, W oodrow immediately issued instructions th a t he would receive no callers. The prelim inary reading of the note was followed by expressions which gave the impression th a t the resulting situation was viewed with extrem e gravity, and th a t prom pt action was anticipated.

Later.W ashington fears th a t war will ensue, but

at the same time the faint hope is en ter­tained th a t w ar may, in the end, be avoided.

President Wilson is of opinion th a t the U nited States can further assist the Allies’ cause, and, incidentally, the common cause of hum anity, by remaining outside the actual area of operations.

T H E H O P E OF T H E IR S ID E ? 2 1 st N .Z .F .A .

To M ess-O rderlies and M essers.

Sympathetic Support.I 11 order to regulate and define the wel­

come to be accorded to mess-orderlies on those joyous occasions when their descent of the mess-room stairs is made with spec­tacular precipitancy, it has been deemed expedient to formulate rules grading the degree of enthusiasm to be expressed by troops. H itherto it has been the accepted custom for the combined messes to cheer loudly at any unpremeditated descent down the companionway, without regard to the nature of the accident or the extent of the devastation caused. I t has therefore been decreed th a t :

(a) F o r any minor catastrophe, such as an orderly and bucket slipping on the mess- room deck,

One cheer shall be given.(b) For a complete skid from top to bot­

tom of companionway—one m an with one dish of stew or other article—including one or more somersaults,

Two cheers shall be given.(c) For complete inundation of mess-table

and sitters by wave bursting through open port,

Three cheers shall be given.(d) For any of the rarer accidents or

m ajor calamities not specified above, in­cluding, by way of illustration bu t not of lim itation, two or more mess-orderlies with im pedim enta slipping on the stairs and landing in one heap on the bottom, the collapse of a full-laden table, or the dis­appearance of three or more sitters be­neath the said table,

A loud burst of continuous cheering shall be given.

By order.P R E S ID E N T OF T H E . M ESSERS’

ASSOCIATION.

Later.President Wilson attended church on

Sunday.Later.

I t is officially announced th a t President - Wilson intends''to act w ithout either panic or undue haste, and he has explicitly in­structed his subordinates to do the same.

Later.A Berlin message states th a t Germany

regrets th a t the U.S.A. gives to the G er­man Note an in terpretation never intended by Germany to be placed upon it.

Wireless.Three weeks later.—Woodrow, where is

he?“ Ask of the wrecks which far away, wjth

fragm ents strew the sea.”STOP PR ESS NEW S.

Woodrow still writing notes.

Our Entertainments.So fa r during our voyage “ our n ights

have been filled w ith m u s ic ” — or some of them to some ex ten t, a t least—by several excellent concerts, w hich have been packed to capacity lim it of the m en’s mess-room, and obviously appreciated. No distinc tion can be m ade where all were so good. So fa r, concerts have been given by the 13th M aori R einforcem ent, F , G and H Com­panies, assisted by o ther un its 011 board, and quite a galaxy of ta len t has been re ­vealed. A nother diversion was an im ­prom ptu speech evening, w hich was not com petitive, b u t w hich provided good en­terta inm en t, and also revealed some b u d ­ding ora tors, who m ay yet come to flower.

The po rtly com m ander of J —Seats him self on th e bridge every day, A nd a b reakw ind he m akes F or the dear s iste rs’ sakes—A t least, t h a t ’s w h a t bo th of them say.

THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER.

“ E ven u n to th e lea st of these, th y se rv an ts .”

H.M.N.Z. T R A N S P O R T No. 7 5 .O.C. D ra f t : M ajor Sinel, W . C.O.C. T roopship : L ieu t. D a ldy , E . V. A d ju ta n t : 2nd L ieut. M ilnes, H .A .E . S h ip ’s Q uarterm aste r : L ieu t. F in la y , G. Ship’s S erg t.-M ajors : Serg t.-M ajo r

- Condell, H .V .; S e rg t.-M ajo r V alen­tin e , J . J .

Ship’s Q .M .S. : O’Connor, P .P ro v o st Sergt. : Sergt. H erve, J . M.

- Chaplains : C apt. Lopdell, J . E ., and C apt. B artley , F . S.

M E D I C A L CORPS.Capts. B arron , R . D. ; C hilds, T . W .

J . ; U sher, V. F . L ieu t. A ld red , E . F . S taff-N urses A dam s, C. E . J . ; H ay , E . G. C orporals : A nderson , W . F . ; G ain, W . V. P riv a te s : A plin , H . I . ; A skew , A . ; B alk , H . C. R. ; B row n, J . B. : B ruce, F . ; C ater, H . R . ; Climie,A. M . ; G raham , L . ; H ollow s, J . ; Lang- don, H . A. ; M inn, D. A. ; M urray , A. R . ; R oberts, J . S . ; Rowe, N . R. ; Scott, V. J . ; T ra v is, C. H . ; W eir, A. H .

S h ip ’s P erm an e n t Staff : Sergeants D uff, W. J . (D isp en ser); M orris, A. (H ospital).

N.Z.F.A.2nd L ieu ten an ts : H aw ke, A. J . ;

C righton, J . W . S erg t.-M ajo r : Iiee n an ,B. E . B. Q.-M.-S. : Cosgrove, P . J . S ergeants : F alla , W. F . ; H olden , N . J . ; Oswin, A. H . : V irtu e , T . J . C or­pora ls : G ibbons, J . H . ; Jack , R . W . ; M cLean, W . E . ; P arsons, R . F . ; T ill, N . J . B om bardiers : B arto n , H . A. ; Collins, C. W . ; C raigie, J . B. ; C ru ick­shank, D. J . ; M athers, E . L . ; M orton, W . ; P e a t , C. A. G unners : A llen, R . , A m son, T. E . ; Badley, V. T . ; B arnes, S .A. N . ; B ethw aite, W . M . ; B radfield, W . L . ; B ry an t, J . W . N . ; B u tle r, G. 3. , Cam pbell, A . ; Carolan, J . ; C hristie , L.C . ; C larke, E . P . ; C layton, F . W . A .; Cowan, W . 0 . ; C rac ro ft, T . H . ; Crom bie, J . L. ; C rum p, W . B. , D obson, W . ; D yer, H . L. ; E am es, N . S. W . ; F ram pton , R . : G lendinning , T . H . , G lennie, E. G . ; Goodw in, C. J . ; G raham , J . ; G ran t, C . ; G rey,D . ; Griffin, W . G. ; G w illiam , L . ; H arley , J . H . ; H eyw ood, H . ; H irs t , H .E . ; In g ram , C. D . ; Jackson , H . ; Jam ie ­son, W . A .; Jessep , H . E . ; Jones, J . E . ; K eatinge, N . G . ; K eenan, R . S. M .; K ja r , H . J . ; K narston , G. F . ; L ea tiv w ick, T . B. ; L ito lf , E . J . ; M aitland , L. R . ; M ason, E. F . ; M enzies, L . ; M it­chell, G. ; M ontgom ery, H . ; M urphy, S.G . ; M cCash, R . : M cD onald, J . S . ; M cK egg, T . H . ; M cK inlay, W . B. : M cK inlav, W. J . ; P ag e , G. M . ; P a to n , J . K . : P arso n s, F . - W . ; P arsons, F . W . ; Penm an, T . P . ; Po in ton , H . N . ; Pvipst, R , W . ; R eid , L . T . ; R ennie, R . V . ; R odger, E . C . ; R opiha , T . T . ; R udd , S. J . ; R yan , W . P . ; Sharpe , A. : S inclair,

SHIP’S ROLL.J . T . : S m ith , S. L . ; S m ith , W . C. : S tapp , V. L . G . ; S trang , J . !K. ; S tru th e rs , A. J . ; T a tte rsh a ll, E. ; T ay lo r, A. G. A . ; Thom son, J R . ; T ielle, W . J . ; T ille r, W . ; T ily , H . S .; W addell, N . J . ; W atson , G. ; W illiam s,G. H . ; W h ite , R. K . ; W y a tt, J . H . : W ynne, W . C. ; W ald ron , C . ; Y oang, T. R . ; Y ates, J .

21st M O U N T E D RI FLES.Sergt. M cCay, R . T roopers : A n d e r­

son, W . A . ; B illing, R . G. : M agnusson, J . W . ; N orgrove, N . R . ; P a te rso n , M. W . ; S m ith , H . J . G . ; Thom pson, J . A. : T ro tte r , A. J . ; W augh, A.

“ F ” COMP ANY.L ieu t. D a ldy , E . V . ; 2nd L ieu t. M ilnes.

H . A. E . ; 2nd L ieu t. T ailby , W . ; 2nd L ieu t. B uchanan, R . 0 . ; Serg t.-M ajo r M orton, F . C . ; Reg. Q .M .S. M onteath , R . E . : Q .M .S. Coombs, T . H . ; Sergts. Begg, J . C. : B u rtt , A. H . ; H a rriso n , J . F . H e r v e , J . M. : H um e, J . R. ; Lee, R, G . ; O xley, F . D . ; P earse, H . L . ; Lance-Sergts. Gaze, A. H . ; H arvey , H . G. : Corporals D algety , A.E . ; D avis, L . J. ; H e rn er , E . A. W . ; Moore, N . R . ; Sm ith , A. 0 . R . ; O liver, P . ; K ing , J . A. ; Lance-Corporals A n d e r­son, H . ; Bee, A. W . ; B ignell, C. G. ; Cam pbell, A. K . ; E x e te r, P . W . ; F ru ish , J . 0 . : L auder. A . ; M cllw ra ith , J . ; S tra tfo rd , V. W . ; Saxon, J . C . ; T ids- w ell, D. F . ; W ood, L . : P riv a tes A llison, W . J . ; A nderson, L . G. : A nderson , W . ; B row n, E . ; B row n, W . A . ; B u rto n , E . ; B arrow , E . A . ; B olton, F . G . ; B arn icoat,G. L. ; B a rtle tt, A. W . : B urns, W . H . ; B each, H . J . ; B ed­fo rd , E . J . ; B rig h t, A. V . ; B radley , R . ; Bowles, C . ; B row n, J . ; B yrne, E. ; Collins, M. ; C orbett, E. B. ; C lark , S. : Capper, F . W . : C arte r, W . A. ; Cole­m an, R . J . ; Carlson, H . ; Cole, A. W . ; C lark , W . S . ; Collingwood, R . G . ; D allow , B. : D avies, P . C . ; Dowm an, W . F . ; E as t, T . C. : E vans, C . ; F ir th ,H . W . ; F raz e r, C. W . ; F ergusson , R. L. ; G ilm ore, W . ; G arry , G. C . ; Geance, A. V. ; H a rfo rd , H . G . ; H e rlth y , T . H . : H e a th e r, H . : H u n te r , J . G . ; H u x fo rd , H . ; H olm an, E . W . ; H a rris , K. J . ; H eeney , J . J . ; H um phries, W . J . ; H aw thorne , N . j H enderson , R. J . ; H u n t, H . P . ; Jam ieson, j . ; Jones,G. ; Jones, W . H . ; Johnson, R . ; Jam es, M. D. : K aye, H . R. ; K elly , P . J . ; K ing , K. G. ;* K n ig h t, T . W . ; K roll, L . C . ; K yle, T . ; K elly, C. ; K ardonn i, F . ; K earsley, J . ; K itchen ,A. F . G. j K nox, R . H . J . ; L eitch , J .H . ; L evy, L . J . ; L yall, A. E . ; L arsen ,B. S . ; Lee, J . A. ; L i v e rt on, F . E. ; L loyd, E . G. A . ; Law son, D. W . ; Leeks, H . R. ; M ackenzie, K. : M cCullough, R. J . ; M cG inley, J . C . ; M ichau, L. J . ; M arty n , G. H . : M annion, T . ; j\k>rris, W . ; M cLeod, R . ; M cK ain, J . V. ; McQuillcin, W . : M cChesney. J . W . : M cC lure, S. E. H . ; M ullin , D. F . : K e l­

son, A .; N ickolls, G. E . ; N elson, J . P . ; N icholson, S. S . ; N ielsen , G. H . ; N oble, W . J . ; O’B rien , J . J . ; 0 ’R,orke, T . ; P a rk e s , J . ; P ep p er, W . M .; P h illip s , E . ; P e te rs ,' W . J . ; P o i, W . K . ; P aap , F .H . ; P ap w o rth , J . J . ; P ry la n d , W . ; R ich ard . B. U . ; Robson, R . W . ; R u d d ,F . C. V .; R isbee, C . ; P ra t t , G. : R ad- cliffe, P . N . j R ossm an, G. M .; Slade, T. R.-; S tevens, A . ; S tree t, J . W . ; Swenson, E . H . J . ; Shore, N . ; S am m ett, J . ; S m ith , E . ; S m ith , H . R . ; S ta rkey , R. C . ; S tew art, W . A . ; S ta rk , A . ; Shaw , W . G. ; S o llitt, F . W . G . ; S m ith , J . S . ; Spooner, B . ; T o n ar, M . ; T en n a n t, W . ; T onkin , J . H . ; W indle, V . ; W atson, G.E. A. ; W a lte rs , T . E . ; W a tk in s , E . A . ; W iggins, E . ; W h a rto n , F . ; W olland, S. M. ; W illiam s, T . ; W estren , M. E . ; W rig h t, G . ; W eller, P . G. ; W hitelaw ,A. G .j W rig h tso n , C. H . G. : A llerby ,0 . R.

“ C ” COMP A NY .2nd L ieu tenan ts : H ow den, P . ; K ing ,

W . R . ; H obbs, S. M . ; D e L am ber, F . C. S ergeant-M ajor : M cC racken, R . ; Q .M .S . : Doig, J . S ergeants : B ruce, A. P . ; D ay, R. C. ; G oldfinch, S. ; H am m ond, W . R . ; N ew land, A. G. ; N ew land, A. S. ; R u s­sell, J . L . ; W alker, J . L ance-Sergeants : H a r t , G. W . ; F a irm aid , R . L . C orporals : C arr, E . M. ; M cK ay, C. D. ; W ebste r,G. F . ; H ornbrook, P . L . D. ; J a ry , W .H . : B olt, F . F . ; H eese, B . ; R adovonich , L. P . ; K ennedy, P . R . L ance-Corporals : G ordon, PI. E . ; T avener, G . ; N u n a n , F . J . ; Cam pbell, K . ; Inw ood, W . R . ; Toom ey, S. M. ; M ahoney, G. R. ; Dig- g ins, W . J . ; A r th u r , C. J . P riv a te s : A nderson, A. W . ; A tk inson , A. ; A rting - sta ll, J . : B anks, L. C. ; B arto n , R. J . ; B erre tt, B. ; B irm ingham , M. A. ; B row n, L. H . ; B uckingham , W .: E . ; B lake, W .H . ; B aker, T . M. ; B u tte rick , A. D . ; B agshaw , S. ; B aker, H . 0 . ; B auerle, C. M. ; B ills, H . B. ; B ade, F . J . ; B ennett,H . ; B row n, J . E. ; C larke, E . ; Coskerie, J . E . ■ D ailey, J . J . A. ; C lark , S. ; C lark, G. L. ; Coleman, L . W . ; Couper, D. ; C airns, R. W . ; C arill, M. ; C allaghan , S. ; Cam pbell, J . : Cam pbell, J . W . ; Chis- holme, W . ; Cullen, A. S. ; C unnard , F . C. ; C urrie , S . ; C am pbell, C. G. ; C am p­bell, H . S. ; Cham pion J . : Cook, F . ; Coffey, T . ; C h itty , E . T. ; C olle tt, J . M. ; D illard , T . W . ; Downes, W . ; D ay, H .B . ; D aw son, J . ; D unnill, A. L . ; D unnill, T . W . ; E llio t, R . E . ; Eaglesom e, C. A. ; E d w ard s, T. ; Eggeling , W . A. ; F e rg u ­son, C. A. ; Goulds, W . ; G allagher, C. J . ; G allagher, S. J . ; H u m p h ris , W . J- ; H a th a w ay , 0 . M. ; H o lder, J . C. ; H a rris ,C. ; H o lland , C. H . ; H ill, J . ; H ughes,G. H . J . ; H eer, A. F . ; H in d , S . ; H am ­m ond, H . ; H a ll, C. ; H a ll, W . ; H odgkin- son, F . P . ; H o ran , W . P . ; Jessop , B. T . ; Jac k , A. ; K ilp a trick , S. H . : K en­nedy, S. ; K eeley, G. C. ; K elly , J . L. ; K elly , S. T . ; K ilm artin , J . P . ; K ing , A.H . ; K innear, D. L . ; L yons, A. J . ; H a n ­son, A. ; K earney , L. ; L indsay , R. G. : Long, A. W . ; L av erty , J . G. R . : Lane,

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E. T . j L loyd, E . C. ; Loughnan, J . P . : M itchell, A. M cP. ; M ackenzie, J . ; M id ­dleton, J . ; M urphy, W. ; Moore, W . E . j M akhire, J . G. ; M illar, J . ; M illie, D. ; M ulvaney, J . A. ; M cD iarm id, R . S. ; M c­M ahon, H . ; M cLean, J . ; M cGill, D. A. ; M cGillen, W . P . ; M cAlley, N . E . ; Mc- Gonnach, A. ; M cLean, J . ; N eylon, H . J . j N eillj_J. C. : N olan, E. J . j P ayne, J . W . : P restidge , L. J . ; Ph illip s, T. ; P o ff,F . : Powell, G. W. ; O’Connor, T . R . ; Peapell, F . H . ; Q uaid, W . S . ; R ankin , W. ; R adfo rd , • L. R . ; R oberts, A. D. ; R yan, T. P . ; R usbridge, H . W . ; R ogers,G. ; Simpson, F . L. ; Shaw, R. ; S ta lker, J . : S tark , W . Y. ; Stone, C. S. ; .Smith, J . : Thom pson, J . I. ; T aylor, H . ; T ay ­lor, 0 . C. j T aylor, C. W . ; T aylor, H .E . : T aylor. H . L. : Vogel, R . C . ; W ard .H . Te R. ; W ilson, H . ; W eir, R. : W h ite; R. H . ; W ood, A . ; W hittin g to n , S. G. ; W a tt, W . ; W eavers, W . F . ; W orner, 0 . N. ; W alles, C. W . ; W alsh, P . J .

“ H ” COMPANY.

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P . ; Leal, J . ; L yall, A. D. ■ London, W . A. S . ; Long, J . A. ; M akeig, G. A. ; M eekin, J . ; M enzies, R. ; M ulholland,H . ; M acaw, J . C . ; M orrison, J . ; Moore, A . ; M edcalf, E . ; M etcalfe, R. ; M urphy, J . P . ; M oorhead, W . ; M arkham , G W. M cLaughlin, E . ; M cK endry, A. ; M c­K enzie, J . ; M cClure, J . B. ; M cK ay, R. N . ; M cN eill, A . ; M cCaw, J . J . ; M cRae, S. W . R . ; M cG regor, J . ; M cCulloch W . ; Nicholson, R . M. ; N ew m an, W . H . ; N eale, A. E. ; N ewlove, L. C. ; O tto, A. ; O ’Gorm an, J . T. ; Oliver, M. W. ; P enk ,H . C. ; P erston , D. ; P u lfo rd , E. W . ; P acker, H . Y. ; R odger, W . B. ; R obin­son, M . ; R am say, J . A. ; Sm ith, S. H . ; Shuker, S. L. ; S tone, S. 0 . ; S tansbury , R. ; Sears, H . J . ; Sm ith, R. V . ; Scott,A. J . : Seaw ard, E. : S inclair, A . ; S loan, D'. : Thom son, J . W . K . : T app, T . L. ; Todd, Y. : Thom pson, G. ; T hian , G. ; Thom as, E. ; W hitelaw , R. ; W rig ­ley, A. W . ; W ightm an, P . ; W oodford, J . E . ; W aters, F . Y. ; W interingham , T . ; Y oung, F .

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M cLachlan, H . L . ; M cLellan, T . ; M cM anus, M. J . ; N ixon, A. B. A . ; N orton , R , H . ; O’C onnor, M. : Oliff, H . J . ; O’Shaughnessy, P . ; P a n th e r, W . L . ; P a rk , W . J . ; P aterson , E. J . ; P a tte rso n , W . J . ; P enn , L . H . ; P erham , F . J . ; P e rk in s , A. H . ; P h ilp o tt, G. W . ; Poi’ter, A. G . ; P o tts , J . C . ; P rince , G . ; Quayle, T. J . ; R am sey, J . E . ; Rees, S. W . : R eid , G. ; R onald , R . W . ; Ross, F . ; Sabin, T . A . ; Sandbrook, S. C. : Say- well, E . G .j Soollard, P . F . ; Scott, A. J . ; Sebire, W . H . ; Sharp , H . ; S im pson, W . ; Skewes, W . ; Sm ith, J . W . ; Sm ith, P . E . ; Som m erfeld, F . L . ; Spence, G. G. ; Spurdle, G. A. ; S tanaw ay, A. ; S tew art, A . ; S trudw icke, F . ; S turch , H .F . ; Su the rland , F . V. ; Su tton , H . ; T aylor, A. H . ; T aylor, A .; T aylor, A .; T aylor, T . ; Thom son, W. C . ; T ur- k ington, C. W . J . ; Twom ey, E . M. ; T yler- W hitem an, J . H . ; W alders, J . P . ; W alker, S. J . ; W alker, W . H . : W ard , A. F . ; W a rd , C. J . ; W ebster, A. G. ; W est, A. J . ; W isbey , A. E.

21st SP E CI AL I S T S COY. (N.C.S. )

2nd-L ieutenants : G ranger, E. C . ; L ord , H . J . W . Sergeant-M ajor : V alentine, J . J . Q.-M.-S. : H oskins, J . W . H . Sergeants : M cN aught, G. J . ; T urn p en n y , W. J . Corporals : B eckett,G. F . D . ; C um berw orth, F . H . ; Lee, E . W . ; M oody, G. F . ; L ee.-C orporals H am let, E . J . ; Lew is, A. F . ; Rabone, E. K . P riv a tes : A rdagh, J . J . ; B lucher, A. J . ; B lucher, A. W . ; B o lto n ,. P . L. A. ; Boyd, W . G. N . ; B rakenrig , S. W . ; B urtenshaw , J . ; C arter, W . H . ; Coady, M. H . ; Cooper, J . V. ; Couper, T . L. ; Cowan, B. ; Crosby, W . G. ; D ixon, W . H . W. ; E ng land , E . L. ; F o g arty , J . F . ; Forbes, A. E. ; H all,C. G. Hancock, F . E . ; H a rt , H . ; H aw orth , F . ; H itchcock, W . J . ; H ogan, J . J . ; H owse, J . ; Jacobsen, W . J . ; Keepin, A. W . ; Legge, F . W . H . ; Lovett, I. A. ; M aw hinney, F . W . ; Moore, R. J . ; M ullan, T. J . ; M unro, D.I . D. ; M urray , H . V .; M cLachlan, G.H . ; McMillrjn, W . B . ; N ickolls, W . S. ; Pa lensk i, E. F . ; P a rk , J . B. ; P a rk in , R . ; P ren tice , F . ; R ennie, J . S . ; R ossiter, A. F . ; Scott, W . G . ; Severne, E . H . ; S heppard , R . T. ; Spence, J . G. ; S trong, W. ; Sweetm an, M. ; Tuckey , J . B. ; T u rn er, W . ; V ernall, D. ; W ilson, E . A. ; W ilson, W . H . ; Y oung, D. B.

21st SPE CI AL I ST S (S.S.)

2nd-L ieutenant : Olsen, 0 . R . ; Ser­geants : Su the rland , E . ; Stevenson, P .H . ; W ilson, II . G. C orporals : E llio tt, J . C. H . ; G ibson, A. J . ; M cC arthny , E. H . L ee.-C orporals : C attanach , W.D. ; C lark, P . A. ; D onovan, R. St. C. P riv a tes : A ustin , A. E. ; B lakey, E . ; Blackm ore, H . W . ; Boucher, A. F . ; B ridson, A. D. ; B runton , C. R. ; C arter,G. ; C arw ardine, H . R . ; Caseley, V. W . : Cox, W . F . ; D ickson, A. G . ; Groves, C.'E. ; H arvey , C. ; H ay , J . D. ; Jones, E . ; Jones, W . C. V. ; L enn, R . W . ; M arquet, A. 0 . ; M iller, A. W . I . ; M iller, E . S.

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C .; Perry, G. 0 . ; Phaup, T. W .; P hillips, T. C .; Russek, G. J . ; Sigley, A. G .; Twomey, B. L . ; W alker, A. T.

13th M A O R I R E I N F O R C E M E N T .2nd L ieutenant : 33003 Gannon, A. Te

W. Sergeant : 20773 Ferris, K. Cor­porals : 19405 Poutawera, K . ; 19468 Graham, G .; 19514 H eberley, W .; 19513 Hunt, W. Lee.-Corporals : 19515 Etana, R . ; 19509 Haira, E . ; 19516 Takimoana, P . ; 19524 Taurere, T. Privates : 19525 W ihapi, T . ; 19495, Allen, J. N . ; 19484 Am otowa, M .; 19480 Brown, H . ; 20834 Barlow, W . P .; 19496 Beazley, F. T . ; 19493 Cassidy, P . ; 19364 F leu ty, J . ; 19489 F lutey, A . G. ; 20717 Haller, M .; 19520 Harehuru, K . ; 19487 H arris, A .; 19507 H eke, G .; 19479 H ine, T . ; 1944S H euheu, T . ; 19498 H ohaia, I . ; 19472 Hona, P . ; 19490 H uria, G. A . ; 19416 Kakere, P .; 19393 Karauria, T . ; 19519 Karena, A .; 19521 K ingi, H . ; 19370 K oeti, T. ; 19452 Macki, H . ; 19475 Martin, W. ; 19402 Mataira, S . ; 19395 Mete, H. ; 19503 Moko, H . ; 19399 Morris, B . ; 19465 McDonald, H . ; 19518 Pako, T . ; 19500 P hillips, D. K. ; 19450 P ita , J .; 19462 P iw ari, P .; 19469 Pori, W. ; 19510 Rangi, H . ; 19396 Smith, G .; 19394 Smith, H . ; 19404 Smoke, J .; 20826 T aki, R . ; 19478 Te Moananui, S . ; 19401 Te N gaio, H. ; 20683 Te Ohu, H . ; 19502 W erohia, W. ; 19470 Wharetama- tera, P .; 19474 W i, H. W . j 19508 W ipani, D. ; 19499 W ipani, P .; 19497 W illiam s, A. : 19476 W illiam s, T.

N E W Z E A L A N D A R M Y P O S T A L

D E P A R T M E N T .Sergeant W insett, H . A.

N E W Z E A L A N D A R M Y P AY

D E P A R T M E N T .Pay-Sergeants : Lyons, M .; Feeney,

J.

P E R M A N E N T H E A D Q U A R T E R S

S T A F F ( R E C O R D S ) .

Sergeant W addy, P . R.

R O L L OF O F F I C E R S .O.C. D raft : Major W. C. Sinel.O.C. Troopship : Lieut. E. V. Daldy. Ship’s A djutant : 2nd Lieut. H. A. E.

Milnes.Ship’s Quartermaster : Lieut. G. Finlay. P.M .O . : Capt. V. F. Usher, N .Z.M .C .

N.Z.M.C.Captain Barron, R. D Captain Childs, T. W. J.Lieut. A ldred, B. F.

N.Z.A.N.S.Sister Adams, C. E. J.Sister H ay, E. G.

C H A P L A I N S .Captain Lopdell, J. E.Captain Bartley, F„ S.

Y.M.C.A. R E P R E S E N T A T I V E .Mr. C. R. Edmond.

“ F ” C O M P A N Y .2nd Lieut. Tailby, W.2nd Lieut. Buchanan, R. O.

“ C ” C O M P A N Y .2nd Lieut. Howden, P .2nd Lieut. K ing, W. R.2nd Lieut. Hobbs, S. M.2nd Lieut. D e Lambert, F . C.'

“ H " C O M P A N Y .2nd Lieut. Deans, A.2nd Lieut. Smith, K. G.2nd Lieut. Thomas, J. H.2nd Lieut. M cPadden, J. F.

“ J ” C O M P A N Y .

2nd Lieut. Pow ell, V. L.2nd Lieut. Mann, W.2nd Lieut. D e la Mare, F. A.

N .Z . F . A .

2nd Lieut. H awke, A. J. 2nd Lieut Crichton, J. W.

S P E C I A L I S T S ’ C O M P A N Y .

2nd Lieut. Granger, E. C- 2nd Lieut. Lord, J. H . W.2nd Lieut. Olsen, O. R.

13th M A O R I S .

2nd Lieut. Gannon, A . T.

S H I P ’S O F F I C E R S .

Commander : S. Nicolson.Chief Officer : G. H . Hopkins. Second Officer : W . Hyslop.Third Officer : A . V. Barton. W ireless Operator : L. SI Lane. Electrician : G. W alsh.Chief Engineer : A. R. Watson. Second Engineer : .J. Hamer.Third Engineer : J. Henderson. Fourth Engineer : E. G. Revington. F ifth Engineer : G. Walsh.

E D I T O R I A L S T A F F .

Editor : 2nd Lieut. F. A. de la Mare. Sub-Editors : Sergt. A. E. M. Rowland.

Lance-Cpl. E. W. Harris. A rt Editor : Corporal Cumberworth. Secretary : Private E. -S. C. M iller,

16 THE WAITEMATA WOBBLER,

C. : P e rry , G. 0 . ; P haup , T . W . ; P h illip s , T. C. ; R ussek, G. J . ; S igley, A. G . ; Twom ey, B. L. ; W alker, A. T .

13th MAORI R E I N F O R C E M E N T .2nd L ieu ten a n t : 33003 G annon, A. Te

W . S ergeant : 20773 F err is , K . C or­pora ls : 19405 P o u taw era , K . ; 19468 G raham , G. : 19514 H eberley , W . ; 19513 H u n t, W . L ee.-C orporals : 19515 E tan a , R . ; 19509 H a ira , E. ; 19516 T akim oana, P . ; 19524 T au rere , T . P riv a tes : 19525 W ihap i, T . ; 19495, Allen, J . N . 19484 A m otow a, M . ; 19480 B row n, H . ; 20834 Barlow , W . P . ; 19496 Beazley, F . T . ; 19493 C assidy, P . ; 19364 F le u ty , J . ; 19489 F lu te y , A. G . ; 20717 H alle r, M . ; 19520 H a reh u ru , K . ; 19487 H a rris , A .; 19507 H eke, G. ; 19479 H ine , T . ; 19448 H euheu, T . ; 19498 H ohaia , I . ; 19472 H ona, P . ; 19490 H u ria , G. A .; 19416 K akere , P . ; 19393 K a rau ria , T . ; 19519 K arena , A .; 19521 K ingi, H . ; 19370 K oeti, T. ; 19452 M acki, H . ; 19475 M artin , W . ; 19402 M ataira, S .; 19395 M ete, H . ; 19503 Moko, I I . ; 19399 M orris. B. ; 19465 M cD onald, I I . ; 19518 P ako , T . ; 19500 Phillip s, D. Iv. ; 19450 P ita , J . ; 19462 P iw ari, P . ; 19469 P ori, W . : 19510 R angi, I I . ; 19396 S m ith , G. ; 19394 Sm ith, II . 19404 Smoke, J . ; 20826 T ak i, R , ; 19478 T e M oananui, S. ; 19401 T e N gaio , H . ; 20683 T e Ohu, H . ; 19502 W erohia, W . ; 19470 W haretam a- tera , P . ; 19474 W i. H . W . ; 19508 W ipan i, D. ; 19499 W ipani, P . ; 19497 W illiam s, A. ; 19476 W illiam s, T.

NEW Z E A L A N D A R MY POSTAL

D E P A R T M E N T .Sergeant W in se tt, H. A.

NEW Z E A L A ND A R M Y PAY

D E P A R T M E N T .Pay-S ergean ts : Lyons, M . ; Feeney,

P E R M A N E N T H E A D Q U A R T E R S

S T A F F ( RE COR DS ) .

S ergeant W adcly, P . R.

R O L L OF OFF I CE RS .O.C. D ra f t : M ajor W . C. Sinel.O.C. Troopship : L ieu t. E . V. D aldy. S hip’s A d ju ta n t •: 2nd L ieut. H . A. E.

M ilnes.S hip’s Q uarterm aste r : L ieu t. G. F in lay . P .M .O . : Capt. V. F . U sher, N .Z .M .C .

N.Z.M.C.C aptain B arron , R. D C aptain C hilds, T . W . J .L ien t. A ld red , B. F .

N.Z.A.N.S.S ister A dam s, C. E. J .S ister H a y , E . G.

CHAPL AI NS.C aptain Lop dell, J . E.C aptain B artley , F . S.

Y.M.C.A. R E P R E S E N T A T I VE .M r. C. R. Edm ond.

“ F ” COMPA NY .2nd L ieut. T ailby , W .2nd L ieut. B uchanan, R. O.

“ C ” COMP ANY.2nd L ieut. H ow den, P .2nd L ieut. K ing , W . R.2nd L ieut. H obbs, S. M.2nd L ieut. De L am bert, F . O.

H " COMP ANY.2nd L ieut. D eans, A.2nd L ieu t. Sm ith, K. G.2nd L ieut. Thom as, J . H .2nd L ieut. M cPadden, J . F.

“ J ” CO M P A N Y .

2nd L ieu t. Pow ell, V. L.2nd L ieu t. M ann, W .2nd L ieut. D e la M are, F . A.

N.Z.F.A.

2nd L ieu t. H aw ke, A. J. 2nd L ieu t C rich ton , J . W.

S P E C I AL I S T S ’ C OM P A N Y .

2nd L ieut. G ranger, E . C.2nd L ieut. L ord , J . H . W.2nd L ieut. Olsen, O. P .

13th MAORI S.

2nd L ieu t. G annon, A . T .

S H I P ’S OFF I CE RS .

C om m ander : S. N icolson.C hief Officer : G. H . H opkins. Second Officer : W . H yslop.T h ird Officer : A. V. B arton . W ireless O perator : L. S. Lane. E lec tric ian : G. W alsh.Chief E ngineer : A. P . W atson . Second E ngineer : J . H am er.T h ird E ngineer : J . H enderson . F o u rth E ngineer : E. G. R evington. F if th E ngineer : G. W alsh.

E D S T 0 R 1 A L S T A F F .

E d ito r : 2nd L ieut. F . A. de la M are. Sub-E d ito rs : Sergt. A. E. M. Rowland.

Lance-Cpl. E. W . H a rris . A r t E d ito r : Corporal Cum ber w orth. S ecretary : P riv a te E. S. C. M iller.