NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY.
An officer of the guard^near the edge of a cliff on the -Rock of Gibraltar In his regulation written report stated that nothing extraordinary had occurred while he was on duty. Later it became known that a drunken soldier had lost his life by walking over the cliff, where three was a sheer drop of a thousand feet, and that the officer must have been aware of the occurrence.
The Governor-of Gibraltar sent for the officer, and interrogated him:
"You knew that Private — : had walked over the rock?"
"Yes, sir."
"You knew it, when you made out your report?"
"I did, sir."
"Yet you said nothing extraordinary had happened during your period of the guard. Don't you think it extraordinary for a man to fall a thousand feet, and be killed?"
"Indeed, no, sir. It would have been extraordinary if he hadn't been killed."
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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146NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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