"C'est La Guerre"
pp. 43-44 · Read in the full issue
THE brisk young man whose name is Ignorance is a familiar character in the “Pilgrim’s Progress”. We some times meet him in common life. We found him in a store the other day.
Lady: “I want a wire stretcher, please.”
“Yes, madame; but we can not provide it under a fortnight.”
Lady: “Oh. dear! I want it to-night.” 8.Y.M.: “Quite impossible; don’t you know there is a war on?”
Lady: “I ought to, considering I lost everything in New Guinea!”
La Legion Valmy, a group of volunteers organised for the defence of Tahiti, is being financed by the local budget, says “Bulletin du Commerce”. An amount of 350,000 francs is to be allowed to cover requirements.
Rev. J. F. Goldie, pioneer BSI mission ary, is at present living in Queensland.