A distinguished Indian officer, Scotch to the core, never lost an opportunity of advertising his countrymen. One evening at mess he had a large number of’guests, and had a magnificent specimen of a Highland piper on duty behind his chair. To draw attention to the man's splendid appearance, he turned to him and said: — “What pair! o’ Scotland do, you come from, n»y man?” With a punctilious' salute, the reply came:— ' • 1 1 <■- “Tipperary, yer honor!**
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 3, 15 July 1908, Page 14
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76Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 3, 15 July 1908, Page 14
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