THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON CENTRAL
Mr Fraser is being advertised as a leader in war and peace.” There is a certain element of humour in this. People are expected to have short memories these days, but they can hardly help being reminded of that celebrated Gilbertian character the Duke of Plaza-Toro, of whom it was blithely written:— il ln enterprise of martial kind When there was any fighting, He lead his regiment from behind— He found it less exciting. He lay concealed throughout the war And thus preserved his gore-o. That very knowing, easygoing, overflowing paladin, The Duke of Plaza-Toro.” There is a condition known as amnesia, or loss of memory. It seems a pity, for the sake of] certain eminent political figures, that the whole country could not be: seized by this for a time—until after September 25, say. Otherwise, it seems a little too much to expect that people can forget that there was an earlier war, of which the present struggle is a continuation, and in which the opportunity to display qualities of leadership, albeit at certain physical risk, was not hard to discover. —Advt. ■ ,
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1943, Page 2
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188THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON CENTRAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1943, Page 2
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