Lord Kitchener might have had a bettor opinion of the junior cadet system had ho known that the men of our division at Claliipoli were its product, declared Mr J‘. W. Tibbs in tho Auckland Grammar School this week.: In tho speaker’s opinion the, whole community had sustained a loss in discipline and smartness by its abolition, but he notes with pleasure that tho Legislative ,Council recently favoured its restoration. Sir Douglas Haig carried lumps of sugar in his pockqt during the-Peace procession in London. When his horse became restive at one tl'irje in tho procession, tho Field IVfarshal felt in his hip pockot and produced a lump of' sugar, which he -gave to his charger. And all was well. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1705, 20 December 1919, Page 6
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