A well-known, drill instructor- in Christchurch was taking a squad at a girls' school for physical jerks. He was holding forth in the approved military [style on the position of .attention, that harangue so well-known to all who have ever suffered under the scorching of a sergeant-:najor's tongue. ". .. ■., body erect, heels together, knees braced, thumb in line with the seam of the ——" Here the instructor's voice faded away, and his face grew crimson. Then his presence of mind came baek, and he bellowed, "As you were ! ! 1"
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Shannon News, 16 November 1926, Page 3
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87Untitled Shannon News, 16 November 1926, Page 3
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