New Zealand is determined not to be outdone in loyalty by other part of the Empire. From all over the country her men are offering their services, and employers are doing much to help by promising their staffs to keep their positions open. Not the least interesting indication of the country's enthusiasm is the eagerness of the Maories to take a hand, apropos of which a correspondent sends us the feller ing story. "You tink I too big, said @ serious-faced Maori the other day. "TI volunteer with my friend, a Maori, to go to the war. He go but they say I too big—only 20 stone! By Jingo, I wish I not so fat! My horse pretty good, heavy, though. You tink te war We wish we could think the war would not last long enough. Everything points to all fat men having plenty of time to drop a stone or two,
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