THE PARADE OF THE HUNDRED WARRIORS. The Defence Minister (Hou. Thos. Thompson) having learnt from the papers that the Premier is thinking of taking Home with him a picked force of 100 New Zealand warriors, gets Colonel Pole-Penton to call a parade of the flower of the Army. The Minister (to the Colonel) : Good gracious, Colonel, is this the best you can do ? They'll think at 'Ome that Mr Seddon is giving them a pantomime show, and that Falstaff f s army isn't in the same street with ours. ■ ■• The .Colonel : Well, it's a free country, you know, and they tell me the rule is ' One man, one uniform.' You couldn't wish for scje^ater_varieiy_than _._ .ivii&sisufyeLfiot here« ■■ •■" it ■ ' -• J _-_ m . MMMJJ »._^-ji. l _^ „, „ . v , r .;.;,. T "i -, • - ■ ■-' ■- — -~-- — -— *— — - — ~^— >•—- *.^~*.~v*~~ ~ -
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Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 6 March 1897, Page 1
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127THE PARADE OF THE HUNDRED WARRIORS. The Defence Minister (Hou. Thos. Thompson) having learnt from the papers that the Premier is thinking of taking Home with him a picked force of 100 New Zealand warriors, gets Colonel Pole-Penton to call a parade of the flower of the Army. The Minister (to the Colonel): Good gracious, Colonel, is this the best you can do ? They'll think at 'Ome that Mr Seddon is giving them a pantomime show, and that Falstafffs army isn't in the same street with ours. ■ ■• The .Colonel : Well, it's a free country, you know, and they tell me the rule is ' One man, one uniform.' You couldn't wish for scje^ater_varieiy_than_._ .ivii&sisufyeLfiot here« ■■ •■" it ■' -• J_-_m.MMMJJ»._^-ji. l_^ „, „ .v,r.;.;,.T"i -, • – ■ ■-' ■-—-~--—-—*——-—~^—>•—- *.^~*.~v*~~ ~ – Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 6 March 1897, Page 1
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