"A COBBER."
* 1 GENERAL BIRDWOOD APPRECI-j ATES THE EXPRESSION "I am grateful to you for using th c word 'cobber,'" said General Birdwood to the Mayor of Christchurch. He stated that he had been rather afraid that he should not use the word, for onc e he met a soldier in France near a certain battery, and asked him if he belonged'to th G battery. "No, ' said the soldier. "Got a cobber in th e battery?'' the General suggested. "Yes,'' said the so r - dier. "Not that that's th e expression I should use myself." "I found he was a professor out here,"' the General explained, "and evidently he did not approve of the word 'cobber." I am glad to think that I am exculpated from the use of the word by such a high dignitary as the Mayor of Christchurch."
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Northern Advocate, 23 June 1920, Page 4
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