LINES ON A PHOTO OF "THE MAJOR.
First of New Zealand's tons to know How British blood feels — all aglow — When eagerly her children ciave Their country's* freedom — or the grave. The first above a transport keel — Afire with chivalry, to feel I That, spite of weary mile on, mile, Nevr Zealand is no lonely isle. The first commander of the first j South band who dared -their foemen's worst, 1 And claimed ' it privilege to bear I Their arms where death and carnage were. The first — herein all Empire lies — To answer back that cry of cries, ; ' Brittannia hath no evening skies." The first of farthest States to claim The prestige' of her spotless name ; And first to make us feel* that we Have ample reason to be- free. ' - - - . — J. M. Addington, November, 1900. "'/The "Major" is a misnomer, perhaps, but "we might be equally wrong in dubbing him "the Colonel," for when such a lad as he once gets his foob on the ladder of promotion it is uncertain on which- rung he will reet. Anyway, he will live long in the fond memory of many hearts "as " the Major." . . - -
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Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 57
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192LINES ON A PHOTO OF "THE MAJOR. Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 57
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