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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 750, 25 July 1922, Page 9

The casual. Australian youth again. There was a good muster of senior cadets at a Brisbane suburbryni parade the other day, and the officer m charge with much fuss and feathers, got his “men’’ ’into a fairly orderly condition for inspection by the, G.O.C.i who had announced I** intention of dropping in during the afternoon. The great man duly arrived—and so did Cadet Bill Coppertop, one of the “hail'd cases 77 of the company. .The ranks were at 7 ' but a little thing- Pike that didn't worry Bill,'. He lurched into position at the end of the line a,ncl concentrated on the mastication of his chewing-gum. “What the blithering h azes are .you doing? 77 cah’ed .the scandalised officer, end indicating the Genera 1 ,, added, “Don’t you know who this is? 77 Bill 1 shuffled forward a pace Snfterestediy. “Never seen him bejforal” ho. said, “•interrodooce me! 77 The parade “stood easy 7 ’ while the General got his breath back, but he took it well