HONOURING "THE COLOURS."
To Britishers, whether at Ilome or abroad, there is nothing more stirring than the inarch
past of the King's Colours. The custom of centuries makes it the honoured duty of IJis Majesty's officers to stand at tlie salute and of all loyal subjects to stand at attention, or, at least, to dot! tlieir hats. Fur this reason, if for 110 other, it is distressing to turn to page 01 of the Government report on the administration of Samoa for the last year and there to tind a picture of the march past of "Feui" (native cadets), 011 Apia racecourse, in which civilians are seen leaning on the rails—one or two actually smoking pipes—as the Colours >;o by. As the report is to be presented to the League of Nations, this dereliction is doubly di»tre>-ini:. One can only hope it was the result of carelessness rather than of deliberate intent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 172, 23 July 1928, Page 6
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