MOLLY-CODDLING.
. BAD I : OP. THE RACE'. ■ ; ■from,, tho. coddling parent and; the coddied. ol,'.id (writes .tiio- jJf'leurne "Herald"). Thou; .grievance is the iunUhip.'of the ;dcillitpai:ticularly:;.on:;lvoiidaysyand;SatuK , dayyaft«vno.oiis.;-riii i sym,;. p.itli.y is rather an odd bort'-ef manifests-' iion of( Australian grit and character. AVp (alvO'.ri.. prido in the hardy pioneers— o'nr.'frrbi-j'rs—.who qrosse.! the seas in'.iho 'oM;;windjamniprs,:Vto)lanj-;in'Altt"ild; : ti,nri-. ;;.U'>^v,ith<jiit r ; : reckon-;suclii.tp : day;iltas : Uio 'thir^Kbnorati6n;iHhafc: ,; of its hard: work and tho ■riekli; .an ..«tho the bust proof that the.-discipline of drill '.has'not 'corae ; ':'a' monienttc<soo#;ind;that it is biidly needed to back. up. the youths cf the country, apart ironi any. defence the urforlunato people, foilib.e without holidays.- and ;for-iohK. "hours;. sivQ- their; liii.'hts ('.lid d:\y.-: t<> dri;! and. riile practice. -Sundays hielv.ded. ■ Tfl.tlavote a few. -fhcrefory^' ■'liot'nSkin^verysnniehf'^Hhb'^inik^'us:; tuiiiim.-ln JCc*'Zealand-, tho Defence Acts !ciS'l9o?;/arid''; 1910 provide trammr from-the axe of 12 to that of i'o, nvith :; five: ! .vears moT6-in~th« reserve. ! :fT)iir- : , •inrHhiS'tlnie' the'soldier has.-to put;in<3o', c-vciiiac drills,. 12 ' half-holidays, .and 'Rovotf'- davs'■■'continudusJ training- in-scomp.' .'•This 'Wnot'.Van exacting preparation- for; •• : ( I .efp.ncc:'.s Yefcithe^Ncw-iZealand- general sf aff vseems:' to': rc§a]-d -it - as a. -mrans.of; : preparation'-fcca efficient' •citizen ormv in the war future. •■••-:? if tho afternoons so-much, it would 1)? easy, especially dur-. ■ inir-"tlidfsummer months; -for'-them;toistart drill at 5 a.m. or 5.30; The-, r.cvelty-.of i-p«rly :^risinß, -Mni(?hts:W : ..'disaorceawo?f<-.af iirst, l>ut. that, is-, tho timo/cf,. the d[ay.;:Whcft. drill' vpuldv:-lw escTCjSO.; :
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 4
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221MOLLY-CODDLING. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 4
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