BEER AND BULLETS
' CQURAGE OR CAPACITY. ' j "Turn round and let us have a look r at you," said tlio chairman of the , Wellington Jlilitary Service Board to I a husky appellant yesterday. "Yes," . you are a good strong build of man." ~ Chairman eyed ajipellant awhile. Then: 1 "How much beer can ,vou get through j in the course of a day?" Appellant: "What's that you say?" 3 Chairman: "How much beer can you get notside of in tho course of a day-" j Appellant: "That's an impertinent a question 1" „ Chairman: "I want you to answer ! it! " j Appellant: "It's an impertinent quesq tion I" Chairman: "Answer it.'.' Appellant: "Well, 1 can take a drink and leave it. I suppose a man has a h right to a drink if be wants it." f . Appellant's appeal was dismissed, n and it was remarked that camp life would be the best thing for him.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 7
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154BEER AND BULLETS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2969, 5 January 1917, Page 7
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