One of the most enjoyable Wongneichong Gap is round Mount Nicholson by Black's Link. It is a very suitable one for working off ihat Wongneichong Gap round the impressive rock formation of Mount Nicholson, and the gentler mass of Mount Cameron to Wanchai Gap. From here one can walk down a steep slope to Wanchai, or if desired, return to Wongneichong by Lady Clementi's Ride.
Did Empyrean really walk round the gap?—t", Strategy HEARING that we were to be sent at short notice to France, four of us in our platoon took french leave and left the camp for a few hours ʻo say goodbye to our families, writes a "rookie,"
At the London terminus we were caught by a ticket collector who wanted to see our rail vouchers, which, of course, we did not possess.
He was about to call the Military Police when a burly sergeant in another regiment stepped up and asked him what the trouble was and said he would put us under arrest, Ordering us to fall in, he marched us through the barrier. Once out of sight of the licker-collector he dismissed us and told us to buzz off.
We started to thank him, but he cut us short "That's all right, chums. It was the only way I could get past the barrier myself. I hadn't got a rail voucher either."
Peace in War Time As Grosser Self and Better Self have never been great talkers (except when Grosser Self has had his third cocktail), we now have the perfect excuse for remaining completely silent in the presence of bores—writes Nat Gubbins in the "Sunday Express.
We shall take up the attitude that any remark of ours would be unpatriotic, Whatever we say might prove to be the embryo of a rumour which could easily be as big as an elephant at birth. We shall also refuse to offer our opinion on any aspect of, the war in case we are accused of laughing at it.
So in future any fool who comes up to us and asks us silly questions like: "What do you think of it now?" or "Isn't this a funny war?" will get nothing but a penetrating glare from s. If he persists we shall threaten to inform the proper authorities that he is a rumour monger.
In this way we believe we shall find more peace in war time than we ever found in peace time, The constant threat of arrest under D.O.R.A. will gradually still the persistent buzzing of bores all over the country. Those who cannot exercise self-control will (we hope) be imprisoned. The rest must endure an agonized silence till the war is over.
The only thing we can think of in favour of Germany at the moment is that all the bores in the country have been silenced with the exception of the Big Four,
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