A young recruit, remembering his mother's advice always to be polite, displayed his best manners in the mess by quietly asking. "Please pass the salt." Several times he repeated the request until at last, losing his patience, he bellowed. "Hi! Ain't none of you knock-kneed, hen-brained perishers got enough manners lo pass the salt?" "Oh. crumbs." said a quiet voice, "why on earth couldn't you have said that at first. 'Ere. catch!"
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1939, Page 8
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72Untitled Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1939, Page 8
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