INTO ACTION SINGING.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 6, 22 January 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

INTO ACTION SINGING.

BIT GRIM WORK IN THE FIRING LINE. Tlio following extract from ft letter received from an oflicer serving with th British Expeditionary Force represents vividly the npirit aniniatirg tho troops : " You will think I am never going to write, hat honestly I never have time, and even now I cannot write any. thing interesting, as I have io pass the letter through the cen«Gr'» hands. All I can. tell you i's that I am :. th'.i advanced regulating otation. I cannot sod tlie firing line, but I ran hoar it nil going on. The only time we hav-3 had a taste of them wr.s when :ui a»:r<..pl-.n:-.i came over ten days ago a <1 dropped bomb.; at us with no ifffect whatever. 1 am verv fit, and 24 hours in ore day is not long enough to get through, tiie work.

" Everyone i s splendid. No gro«v!s all cheery, and even 'the wounded, Mime, poor 6 ouK atatdutely shattered, never squeal. You would hj> mighty proud of our men if you could gee them They march off into action hinging songs, smoking, and chaffing, and they come hack just an cheery, if broken and fewer. But from all I hear from our men in the firing line they lea WO ve y grim result of their work behind them. The Guards' Brigade have, all tire agreed, been almost superhuman ana have doac.wonderful work. - ' DUTY'S CALL. This is ihe 'and that our fathers won, And worthy yet of thciif pride; Shall we rest content with our pant ill done In the work fir which th y dud? Strong to coroner and strong to hold, Empire build) rs a'J, Tbev rai-ed these bulwarks in clays " of old. Shall we wait till we sec them fall?

Out fathers gave us a sasred trust; Have we set a watch on the pate? Have we suffvr.d our father:,' swords to rust \>vl remem'.>cred their charge too la'.e? Cive of your ber-rtat England s need, Answering duty's call; I'or firm ye stand, if ye stand agreed; But each for him elf and yci fall J

Vainly our fathers wrought in airms An Kmpire over the Seas, ]r their pons jest. tightly at war's alarms WJih boast of their island case. Purged of pride and in faith more sure, Brobbers", steadfast stand. That constant yot may our love endur" For oulr God"and our native land. Donald Carrie, in "The Time.-."

Teacher: "What is the waning ol tli? word ■excavate' ?" Scholar: "To hollow out." Tcaclier: "Give mo :i sentence Ji