SCATHING COMMENT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 86, 2 July 1943, Page 5

SCATHING COMMENT

HOME GUARD JINGLE LINKS HY RUTHLESS RUTH / ______ •Members of-, -pie Otakiri Home Guard with that loofk of grim determination that betokens the .stern silent sex when deeply were engaged recently on field: ex-* ercises. These included a short period of mapping and so intently: were they engaged on this .feature* of their (?) training that they fail-* ed to notiee the passing-by of oi\e<-« who apparently bears the 'innocentt title of 'Ruth', but who in reality houses: a chilly lump of quartz instead of a heart. Anyhow tc makea long story short the following jingle which was quietly harried in to the C.Q. has set the fighting men. of Otakiri by the. liair and we understand their siuetlis arc avcl 1 on the trail.

Here it is:— Otakiri Home Guard have some vcryt clever lads Writing noughts and crosses on Mackrell's writing pads Measuring the distances from the bottom to lhe top Erasing with a rubber that tlioy borrowed fmpv the shop Stepping out tly;. distance' from the* school to the drain Writing down, then stepping out, and writing down again Making little splotches labelled "ih,ia here is the .school" "How many yards arc in a chain?" and "'Where's that (blue rule?" So Ave civilian people need never fear the' Japs Because they couldn't find us—theyf could never read those maps. Ruth*