A FIGHTING RACE.
The pereon who referred io the SewZcalandere as a fiphting race -wa.« proV ably a foreigner, as New Zealandere seldom describe themselv«: as such. The people to a*k a* to our fiphtinjr qnalitit» are the German and Turkish leadeie who encountered them. New Zealand troop* had a name a* fighters owing to their nover having been driven from a position, a distinction no European troops, can claim. Mr. Law?on i* no doubt a European, and if he will oblige the Xew Lynn branch of the X.Z.R.SJL we will try and arransjp a for him, with the smallest member who served with the Xew Zealand Tnfantry. We win then ascertain what sort of'a fighting race he belong to. and our smallest member can onlv try to remove that lauga. • d! CRAIGIE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 87, 12 April 1940, Page 6
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133A FIGHTING RACE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 87, 12 April 1940, Page 6
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