Show FATES QUEER TURNS tura coincidences which war hai brought forth first man south sea islander speaks to in london Is IB man he ll Is looking per for other interesting cases london while E 11 II janes a prominent resident of 0 fulham was at charing cross a few cw days ago he noticed a number of 0 men clad in khaki khaki getting out of the train ile he learned they had just arrived from the far off fiji where they had given up good situations to offer their services to the motherland in her hour of need mr air janes asked it if any of them were from suva sure replied one of the stalwart young fellows 1 I come from suva do you know harry janes inquired the man from fulham 1 I 1 should think I 1 do ile he and I 1 are overseers on the same plantation I 1 have a letter of introduction to his brother E ii H janes of 0 fulham you can hand it over now said mr janes both were amazed to learn that the first man the south sea islander had spoken to on reaching london was the very man in all england he be wished to see this Is but one of 0 the extra extraordinary ordinary coincidences which the war has brought forth A london hospital had another remar remarkable kable illustrations illustration io A young soldier was severely wounded in the fighting somewhere in france ile ie lost consciousness and when he regained it he was lying com fort ably in a bed in a ward of a large hospital ills his first words were where am I 1 the nurse told him that he be was in london that during the period of his unconsciousness he be had been transported across the channel and that his wounds had been tended tie he asked the name of 0 the hospital the number of the ward the day of the week and the hour the nurse told him 1 I say nurse you might tell my dad I 1 am here the nurse looked at him thinking the poor lad was in a delirium all right nurse my dads in the next ward now you know he Is t the h e surgeon there and this Is his bis visiting day and so it was the father was in the next ward sard performing his work thinking think lne all the time that his bis son was la in france he did not even know that the boy was wounded tar far less that he was being tended a few yards away writing from the front to friends at Llan gollon privates private N jones of the motor transport A S C relates a peculiar coincidence concerning himself ile he was a driver on the llangollen wrexham motor bus route and enlisted soon alter after the commencement of hostilities in france strange to say he was drafted to the identical chassis of the motor he be had bad been driving on the route it having been purchased with many others by the government the manager of the road car company has written to private jones stating that it if it should be possible they will repurchase the car after the war and place upon it a plate recording the circumstances related david henderson enderson II a boxhill bowhill soldier belonging to the black watch has a remarkable story to tell of how he was able to pay back on the field ol of battle the services of a man who saved his bis life in this country in the piping times of peace about a year ago when taking part in a regatta at wemyss his boat was capsized and he was thrown into the water ile he had been swimming towards the shore for some time when he was picked up in at an exhausted condition by a passing boat belonging to dysart strange to say after a fierce days fighting in france private henderson saw a wounded soldier lying in front of the trenches and on going to his assistance he was struck by something familiar about the wounded man henderson then asked his bis comrade it 11 it was he who had saved davie henderson from a watery grave at wemyss the previous summer it was came the reply then I 1 am davie henderson was the dramatic rejoinder henderson then took his 1118 wounded comrade by the arm and under a heavy lire fire led him to a place of safety |