Contents of New Zealand at the Front 1917

LITERARY CONTENTS
Article name	by	Page	Link
GLOSSARY of TERMS & SLANG.	EDITOR/S	xiii	Glossary
EDITOR'S N0TE	EDITOR/S	xi	Home
LAY DOWN THE SWORD	H. S. B. R.	xvi	Home
THE TAIAHA	MANGO MAROKE	1	Sect 1
HOME	F. R.	4	Sect 1
A BOLT FROM THE BLUE	R. A.	7	Sect 1
RED LODGE	Q.	8	Sect 1
HOW SOL DODGED THE BULL-RING	N. S.	9	Sect 1
HILLS OF FARAWAY	PARAU	9	Sect 1
A Q "RIOSITY"	BONES	10	Sect 1
IN THIS WAR-AND THE NEXT	L	13	Sect 1
THE SANITARY MAN TALKS	HORATIO JOHN	16	Sect 2
ROUTE MARCHING	C	19	Sect 2
"NECESSARY EVILS."	DUD	20	Sect 2
A TRAGEDY OF THE LINE	H. L.	22	Sect 2
HONI THE FISHERMAN	S. S. CHOATE	22	Sect 2
"BULLA-BIFF"	CYRIL LA ROCHE	25	Sect 2
REQUIEM	PARAU	26	Sect 2
FROM THE FIRING LINE-HIS LETTER	M	28	Sect 2
PAINTING THE BATH	NOEL ROSS	29	Sect 2
OLD Mr. LARK	C R AYLING	32	Sect 3
OLD SUNSHINE	C. R. A.	32	Sect 3
APRÉS LA GUERRE	PYCO	33	Sect 3
BOOTS	REWI	37	Sect 3
A CORNER OF "BLIGHTY"	E. A. R.	39	Sect 3
YPRES, WITH VARIATIONS	Y. P. R. S.	47	Sect 4
LEAVE	C. BAKER	48	Sect 4
A DIGGER'S DAY IN BELGIUM	L. D. G.	49	Sect 4
ON TREK	THE ONLOOKER	53	Sect 4
GREATER MARSEILLAISE	H. S. B. RIBBANDS	55	Sect 4
THE DEPARTED	HERBERT W. AUBURN	56	Sect 4
THE SOLDIER'S EVENING OFF	CLEM	59	Sect 4
A LITTLE CONVERSATION IN BELGIUM	C. J. W.	61	Sect 5
LEWIS GUNS	R.H. DALHOUSIE	65	Sect 5
L'ENVOI (part of Lewis Guns)	R.H. DALHOUSIE	65	Sect 5
TRY SMILING	C. BAKER	68	Sect 5
"Q"-IN 1920!	A. Q. M. G.	71	Sect 5
ON CONTEMPLATING A ROADSIDE SHRINE	C. R. A.	75	Sect 5
THE UNKNOWN	R. H. ASHCROFT	76	Sect 5
YE CHRONICLES OF ETAPLES	PYCO	77	Sect 6
THE SOUVENIR COLLECTOR	E. V. PAUL	80	Sect 6
" MISSING-BELIEVED KILLED."	L. G. COTHARD	82	Sect 6
C'EST LA GUERRE.	C	85	Sect 6
A SPRING SONG	C. G. ASTON	86	Sect 6
CAIRNS OF CANTERBURY	N. Y. D. N.	89	Sect 6
THE CALL	J. ATKINSON	92	Sect 6
JACK	A. H. BOGLE	95	Sect 7
SOLDIER AND SISTER TOO	R. A	98	Sect 7
SONG OF PAY DAY	PYCO	99	Sect 7
THE MAJOR	H. A. R.	101	Sect 7
STIFF LUCK	JOHN K. JAMESON	105	Sect 7
A DANGEROUS GIRL	C. HAMPTON THORP	107	Sect 7
THE N.Z.A.S.C.	"NIL SINE LABORE "	109	Sect 7
AN OUTPOST INCIDENT	H. T. B. DREW	113	Sect 8
ARMY BOOTS	B HARTMAN	116	Sect 8
TEMPORARY RELATIVES	D. F. M.	117	Sect 8
THE PROFITEER	A. J. R.	121	Sect 8
WAR STORIES	C. R. A.	122	Sect 8
TO A FALLEN NEW ZEALANDER	CYRIL LA ROCHE	124	Sect 8
THE OLD BRIGADE	1914	125	Sect 8
THE ORDNANCE	BENORI	128	Sect 8
THE BETTER LAND	PATRIOTE	131	Sect 8
TRAVESTIES	S. CHOATE	132	Sect 8
BRANDS PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING	(not listed)	134	Sect 8
DONK DOINGS	SURCINGLE	135	Sect 9
THE RIDGE	M. R.	141	Sect 9
IN THE HALF LIGHT	MOA	143	Sect 9
1914-1917	R. H. ASHCROFT	145	Sect 9
THE INFANTRY	P. J. JORY	147	Sect 9
WHERE SUBALTERNS FORGATHER	"NIL SINE LABORE"	150	Sect 10
WHY GO CROOK	PYCO	155	Sect 10
THE STAFF CAPTAIN R.A. INSPECTS	R	159	Sect 10
UP THERE	P.H.B.	161	Sect 10
THE RAIDER	BEECH	166	Sect 11
COBBERS	J. A. THOMPSON	171	Sect 11
TO A WIDOW IN FLANDERS	J. G. H.	173	Sect 11
MEMORIES	R.G.H.	174	Sect 11
WAR FRIENDS	H.S.B.R.	180	Sect 11
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
PRIVATE PURIEPEEF	THOMPSON	Frontispiece	Home
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP-SEA	E. F. HISCOCKS.	11	Sect 1
DUDS	N. ISAAC	57	Sect 4
KAMERADS	FINEY	57	Sect 4
WIND-UP	BILLIKEN	93	Sect 7
MAN'S INHUMANITY	N. WELCH	119	Sect 8
1914-1917	N. P. BRISDEN	145	Sect 9
AOTEA-ROA	W. F. BELL	167	Sect 11
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK & WHITE
"IT'S ALL RIGHT, BOYS."	H FRECKLETON	5	Sect 1
RISING TO THE OCCASION	FINEY	6	Sect 1
LIFE IS NOT ALL IN THE SEAMS	ERIC MILLER	10	Sect 1
THE SUBSTITUTE	J. H COOKSEY	15	Sect 1
KAMERAD! MERCY!	G. P. HANNA	17	Sect 2
THE OPTIMIST	FINEY	18	Sect 2
SHORTSIGHTED!	F.H. CUMBERWORTH	21	Sect 2
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE	N. WELCH	23	Sect 2
HIS LONG SUIT!	THOMPSON	24	Sect 2
WINTER IN FLANDERS	W. R. JOHNSON	27	Sect 2
WHEN PODGER TELLS THE TALE	W. J. SAUNDERS	28	Sect 2
GAS ALARMS!	H. J. EMRYS	31	Sect 3
AEROPLANE NECK	H. J. EMRYS	31	Sect 3
APRÉS LA GUERRE	E. F. HISCOCKS	33	Sect 3
AS OTHERS SEE US	G. P. HANNA	34-35	Sect 3
MESSINES	W. F. BELL	36	Sect 3
NZASC Field Post Card	not known	38	Sect 3
SOME OF OUR FRENCH FRIENDS	P. L.	38	Sect 3
" I'LL SIGNAL 'IM A 'IT! "	G. P. HANNA	45	Sect 4
CAUGHT IN THE PUSH	Roy HUNT	46	Sect 4
THE LAST WAGON	BLO. II	52	Sect 4
THE MINESWEEPER GIVES THE NEWS	HERBERT R. COLE	63	Sect 5
"SPEAK, OR I FIRE!"	KEMBLE	64	Sect 5
HOW THE PADRE'S HORSE WAS LOST-AND FOUND	BLO. II	66-67	Sect 5
THE LONG, LONG TRAIL	G. P. HANNA	69	Sect 5
WINNING THE WAR!	FINEY	70	Sect 5
DUG-OUTS	W. R. JOHNSON	70	Sect 5
A WORDLESS TRAGEDY	J. R. H. COOKSEY.	72-73	Sect 6
THE SOUVENIR COLLECTOR	Roy HUNT	81	Sect 6
AN0THER RUMOUR	F.H. CUMBERWORTH	84	Sect 6
LEAVE!	G. P. HANNA	87	Sect 6
LUCK!	FINEY	88	Sect 6
THE FUTURE GENERATION	FINEY	88	Sect 6
THE TRAIL OF THE HUN	CECIL TREVITHICK	97	Sect 7
A SONG OF PAY-DAY	E. F. HISCOCKS	99	Sect 7
THE SECRET	FINEY	100	Sect 7
HOW HE KNEW	FINEY	108	Sect 7
THINGS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT	C. A. D.	112	Sect 7
IN SCHOOL	G. P. HANNA	123	Sect 8
NEW ZEALANDERS CAPTURING MESSINES	W. F. BELL	129	Sect 8
"SOMEBODY'S BOY IS OUT AT THE FRONT!"	W. F. BELL	130	Sect 8
"NO COMPREE!"	A. LLOYD	133	Sect 8
ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER	H. FRECKLET0N	139	Sect 9
CAMOUFLAGE	N. ISAAC	140	Sect 9
MAKING FOR A STRONG POINT	N. ISAAC	140	Sect 9
THE RIDGE	S. HARRIS	141	Sect 9
THE TIN HAT AS AN AID TO BEAUTY	H. J. EMRYS	142	Sect 9
WHERE IS BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS ?	F. H. CUMBERWORTH	149	Sect 9
"SEVEN DAYS LEAVE!"	E. JOHNSON	154	Sect 10
WHY GO CROOK ?	E. F. HISCOCKS	155	Sect 10
LOSER PAYS	FINEY	169	Sect 11
HER LETTER	L. H. LATIMER	170	Sect 11
THE BROKEN PORTAL	CHARLES E. PRICE	177	Sect 11
A NEW ZEALAND FATIGUE PARTY	A. LLOYD	178	Sect 11
"I LEFT HER IN GEAR!"	H. FRECKLETON	179	Sect 11
HEAD AND TAIL PIECES AND INCIDENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS By A. P. P., W. F. BELL, BLO.II, C. A. D., H. J. EMRYS, FINEY, HANNA, HISCOCKS, N. ISAAC, W. R. JOHNSON, MALCOLM ROSS, NOEL ROSS AND C. R. TOWLE.

GLOSSARY of Terms and slang
A BLIGHTY.	A wound of sufficient severity to take you to England. Much prized when not too severe.
AK EMMA	Ante-meridian. In the morning. Before noon.
AOTEA-ROA	New Zealand, the Land of the Long White Cloud.
AUSSIE or OSSIE	The " Tommy " of Australia.
BALMY	Dotty; weak in intellect.
BATMAN	Officer's servant
BLEW OFF	Went away.
BLIGHTY	The place where all good soldiers hope to go-on leave, for preference.
BOOZE	Any kind of drink stronger than water.
BRASS HATS	Important Staff officers ; so called because they wear gold braid on their cap peaks.
BULL RING	Training ground. (Parade ground)
COBBER	A friend a pal
C.S.M.	Cerebro-spinal meningitis; also Company Sergeant Major.
DERES	Turkish word for valleys.
DIGGER	The New Zealand soldier. No doubt because he has proved himself a handy man with the pick and shovel, as he is with the rifle and the bayonet.
THE DINKS	That part of the New Zealand Army which rather fancies itself. _N o doubt a derivative from the Australian word " dinkum."
DINKUM	True ; the correct thing.
D.R.S.	Divisional Rest Station.
DUD	A shell that doesn't explode. Applied also to an officer, non-com., or man in whom none have any confidence. It will no doubt continue as a generic term after the War.
ESTAMINET	A house in the war zone at which weak beer can be procured.
FIRED	Thrown out of your job.
FLAPPER	A young girl
F.P.	Field punishment; the reward of evildoers
FRAY BENT0S	A brand of bully beef tinned somewhere in America.
FRITZ	The enemy on the Western Front.
GASPER	A cigarette of the commoner variety.
GETTING THE WIND UP	Getting nervous.
GO CROOK	To go on the crooked path. (Also to scold or rouse or complain).
HAKA	Maori dance, with grotesque gesticulation and accompanied by a chant often as fierce as the dance.
KAKA	A New Zealand parrot, the scarlet feathers from the under wing of which were prized by the Maoris for ornamentation, and especially in the manufacture of their feather mats or cloaks.
KAI	Food, rations, pork and beans, etc.
KOWHAI TREE	New Zealand laburnum tree.
LIZZIES	Big guns. Probably so called because of the impression of the fifteen inchers used by HMS Queen Elizabeth in the bombardment of Gallipoli.
LOTION	Liquid of various kinds, applied internally. (Usually alcoholic)
MANA	A Maori word for prestige.
MINNIE	Otherwise " Minnenwerfer," a heavy and destructive bomb, weighing about 120 lb. It is fired from a heavy trench mortar.
M.O.	The man with the stethoscope and the Number Nines." In other words, the Medical Officer.
MOPOKE	A small owl of New Zealand.
NAPOO	Army French for "finish"
NUMBER NINES	A pill panacea for all the ills that soldier flesh is heir to.
OSSIE	See AUSSIE
PAKARU	Broken, smashed.
PAVÉ	Rough stone pavement forming the crown of many of the roads of Northern France and Belgium.
P.B.	Permanent Base.
P.H. Helmet.	A kind of helmet worn as a protection against poison gas.
PHIZ.	Face, features.
PINEAPPLE.	A German trench mortar bomb of small size.
PIUPIU	A Maori garment extending from waist to knee, from which the kilt was copied.
PLURRY	The great Australian adjective as expressed in the more mellifluous language of the Maori.
PORIRO	Of unknown origin, not in Debrett's. The English form is-used as an expletive or term of endearment, as the occasion demands.
REWAI	Potato.
RUM-JAR	A German bomb, smaller than a Minnenwerfer: fired from a trench mortar.
SAUSAGE	An observation balloon. So called from its rounded oblong shape.
SKITE	To boast.
SLING	A New Zealand training camp, somewhere in England.
STOPPING A BLAST	Taking a scolding or rebuke from someone higher in rank than yourself. The strength of the blast is regulated not so much by the excellence of the officer's or N.C.O.'s lungs as by the state of his liver.
STRAFE	A bombardment. Sometimes a man is strafed. See STOPPING A BLAST.
STUNT	Any fight, ranging from a raid to a big battle.
TAIHOA	Later on.
TIN HATS	The steel hats worn as a protection against shrapnel; also a synonym for "brass hats."
TOGS	Clothes-in war sometimes unrecognisable as such.
Tui	New Zealand bird with sweet song.
'UNS or HUNs	Descendants of Attila.
WHIZZ-BANG	A shell that arrives quickly.

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