DIFFERENCE OF SOLDIER
[fo raa editor.] t( !'| Sir— l noticed in not long ago an account of .a young ;: .<i gentleman at home being abbot to biß,’-,. : , married, but Ayjbo on' thebreaking'ouk of the Zulu War jvostponetfhis marriage in order to give him a chance of per* forming the first duty of- a brave soldier, viz., to fight for his .countiyi ' t What an example for some of our colo- I nial soldiers, who, when they- #ee.a Maori smoking a big pipe on the top of a mountain, take the shiyers, and return the rifle (which they are unworthy to cairy), lest they should jbe .called upon to go and tell that Ma<Wi to. pat out his dhudeen while othersgras|> their rifles tighter, and only await the order to smash it .in His mouth,' in ihe ' style of “ Aunt Sally.” Semper Fidells.
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Kumara Times, Issue 842, 12 June 1879, Page 2
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