THE WAR BUN.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 211, 22 September 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE WAR BUN.

In years long reckoned with the host Of happy moments past and don© J. recollect I had a most Consuming passion for the bun, And till of late «ta glossy dome, With currants shyly peeping through Could speak to me of youth and homo As nothing else on earth could do. Even in later life I own To old tradition still I clung, Seeking the joys that 1 had known In those far days when I was young. The dauntless sprit 1 displayed Whuh makes us Britons what w» are, And, reckless of my life, essayed ' The veterans of the railway bar. But though the war has worked me wrong And prices rise while buns decrease In size and worth. I do not long For a dishonourable peace. I long for vengeance on the Hun Who runs an ever-lengthening score, Knowing we yet shall take the bun As in the spacious days of yore. —TOUCHSTONE, in the "Daily Mail.'"

THE STATE TRUMPETS

It is not often that the State trumpets, which are known as the aristocrats of tlwe military hand, are heard ,n put,lie. and those who were at tha Albert Hall, London, recently, when the massed bands cf the Guards wore heard had a musical treat. Four of th; Guards' reg : ments pos-.-ss four of thes* trumpets apiece, and they nearly ill date hack from the reign of Kng George. 111., having heen in constant u-r> for State occasions cv,cr since. The trumpets are adoNied with red velve: tal-s gorgeouslv embroidered, and the work is said by experts to Iw extreme!.; fine. Krom the purely mus : cal point of view thov are a ( l. ; s.i]>pointniont. ()w- - to the thinness of the metal the. r ncte is not always impressive, and thev have an inv.'sponsibb way of playing pranks on solemn occasions, which gives much anxiet\ to the Stat.• trumpeters. Despite the efforts of the host musical instrument manufacturers to cure this demerit, thov have s-gnally far led to do so. The State trumpets, therefore, continue to g : ve forth their mrtaJlie blare, to the consternation of lovers of harmonious clarity and resonance.