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FIRST RE-UNION DINNER OF

THE WAR

AUSSIES MEET THEIR

Their Quiet Walk

PARIS.

YOUNG French soldiers, fresh from their garrisong, have ear- ried out two of the most daring reconnaissance ralds of the war.

They twirted their way through the thick woods of the Vosges sector, and were soon at the back of the enemy out-posts. They had advancel-more than one mile behind the Gennan advanced trenches.

And, after having a good look round, they found their way back unnoticed, but with plenty of valuable information.

OLD

PALS

From F. G, H, SALÚSBURY

"Daily Herald" Special War Correspondent SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE

Somewhere in France.

I HAVE some news for you to-day which is so hot as to be long before its time.

In other words, the first reunion dinner of this war was held last night in a hotel some- |

LONDON'S

"GEE-GEES"

Red Cross Plans Now, with the exception of an Aus-old horses who have the laugh on

For War Lasting Three Years PENNY-A-WEEK NATIONAL FUND

LONDON-The comeback of the where behind the British lines. disappearing horse may sounded like an offering by Crimbo, the Great The men who this put the relo-

But in London streets Illusionist. brutionary cluck forward are Austra-to-day it is just a cold wartime fact. hians. They were all in the last war, Like a sandbag or the air-rald want- most of them with the Australian en at the end for our street. Or, for Imperial Furce.

that matter, like some of the genlai tralian colonel, who it on a special motor-driven vehicles in these days mission, they are servinst with various of rigid petrul restriction. British units,

For rent many years, the dis Somebody had to idea of an all-appearing horse has been feeling the Australian dinner, and the tea draught. Particularly, the drought spread Hie à bush fire,

horse. But now we see horses back to their own again. Indced, we even see them back to ollee as well. After all, who out of practice, after living in retire- of the old- timers called up from the country to meet the elly's new need?

Dozen Bottles Somehow it was organised. Some how they all stot here. mustering in in this town, which they last remember as one of the many bones fof contention between the Allies and that their the Germans.

SUBSCRIBERS to the Malaya Patriotic Funds know

They even had memories of the money is expended td very good] purpose in existing fighting men and hotel, which is one of the few which their dependents, and others who remained Intact. suffer through the war.

A

Six feet was the average height. dozen bottles of wine was thele ver- age huividual capacity.

Some details of the work are given in the "Suranary of Work" issued fortnightly by the Red Cross and St. John

-War Organisation.

An incurable optinism, a tremend- recent article in this publica-us gusto for Being, and an instinct tion Sir John Kennedy, vice-chairs for getting as rapidly as possible into zman of the executive committee of the middle of a night nade up their the organisation, remarks that no one average character. can yet say what sums of money will! be needed if all calls made on at

ment as ton: as some

own

At a time when everyone, except- ing a horse, should have his shoulder to the wheel, our four-footed friend are getting into harness again so rapidly that there aren't enough har- nesses to go round. As there aren't enough, horses to go round, either." there has been a sudden rear-up in the horse and cart markets,

Not Enough To Go Round

of such. The quadrupled price vehicles and the doubled price of When you know that they were such quadrupeds being explained by Australians you know that the din- the fact that, while some 35,000 of er went with a bang, ca, rather, ach normally patrol the streets of kind of sustained drumare from treater Landon, this is now about 15.000 short of the anticipated des start to distant finish.

to be met, but the Government is making preparations for a three years war, and the Red Cross would be wanting in foresight if it did not keep

Some of them had not seen enchand. that period in and in making s other for 20 years, so the talk was all plans.

of memories of the last wor-what £10,000,000 Nacded

had happened to old so and so and

Their only guide as to probábte re-j so on: quirements is the last war, and this suggests that if the present war does unlinppily last three years, about

needed. will be £10,000,000

The

amount received in the first three months of the war was over £700,000,

Argument

Harse-dealers and riding-schoo proprietors, professionally expert at coping with the unexpected, have been quick on the draw. The sime taan he said, also, of some of the horses. In fact, some of the horse on the draw. A mild argument developed after-have been too quik. wards between a stranger-a Scottish For all sorts of animals unused to work within the shafts are now being officer-and one of the Australians.

taught to do it-hunters. hacks, and children's ponics. At special exten-

The Seol suggested that the Aus

"It so happens," says Sir John,tralians, as he knew them in the last "list contrary to official expectations, War, lacked the patience. the reli-slon classes the extension being in there has been no considerable fight-ability, of the British. ing. But no one can say how long

If the explained) you told them fo this period of comparative quietude capture a position and stay there lee will continue. At any moment war Kood boys, they would capture it all on land may break out as fiercely ass, but then they would get rest it did in August, 1914, and continues and organise little raids and

bring in more prisoners.

for years.

attack may be suddenly broken, and

the length of the shafts of the vehicle with which their training starts smart steppers are, taught to pull their weight, Instead of carrying it, in the wartime setup.

Most of these horses are going into, business very few take up Army

It showed the thought) a compara-careers in these days when cavalry-

In addition, our immunity front altive lack of discipline. It was not men know more about plstons than the need for the Red Cross to uraltogether soldlerly (if he might use pasterns but livery stables report

ment oficial assistance to the victims may be overwhelming.

.

Large-Scale Planning

the expression).

The Australian disagreed forcibly, He admitted that you had only to tell Australian troops that a certain town was out of bounds for them, to invade But that (he salt) was it on masse.

"The responsibility of the Red Cross is to supplement provision la guerre." -mode-by-the-Government and to

What he did insist on was the Aus- work in co-operation with the autho-tralian perfect scipline and reli»- thes. Such considerations influence ability. the formation of Red Cross pulley.

"Though its services are supple- mentary, they have. nevertheless, to be planned upon a large seale

Scrounging

that many are required for private use, now that horsepower of the old. original type, is taking the place of the stuft they have been putting in motorcars all these years.

ised to

sald the Scot £40 for a

Horses Up, Cars Down With the_petrol_ration_for_the smallest car fixed at a point a day, private motoring may be sald quite literally to have come to a standstill, "I" he asserted, "you tell them and many owners would be only too dozen of them have got glad to turn over their machines in that half

horse and trap. for a long war, and the Red Cross to be somewhere at 0 o'clock with 80 part exchange for

The trouble about this idea. Is that bas been active in preparing and sandbags, six picks und six shovels,

they'll be there on the lick with--he the horse

trap vendors would and planning to this end," A "Fenny-A-Week" Fund for the brought his fist down on the table not be too keen on the deal, for they £20 10 £25 for a trap that Red Cross has been started in Great each time "50 sandbags, six picks can get

be worth £5, and £30 to Britain, and has the wann endorse and alx shovels,"

"I don't

a chlidren's pony formerly pree," In a letter to the ment of the Kingp Red Cross and St. John War Organ-j slowly,

do you make that out," Just how little a car is worth for ation the Keeper of the Privy Purse

said the Australian.

swapping purposes at the present wrote:

"Verra simple," said the Scottime you can gather from the fact "I am desired by the King to ex- press the interest of His Majesty in "They'll have scrounged them from that some have actually been ex-

the poor English,"

changed, on level terms for bicycles. the report that a Penny-n-Week

You must ask Mr. Anthony Eden, In the matter of converting saddle Fund, national in scope, is to be or- ganised with the help of employers who may perhaps put your Inquiries horses, it is estimated that one man and Trade Unions in aid of the Red through the proper Dominion channel, with an assistant can break a horse John's Fund. Hin when sorme more of these Austra-into a trap in about a week. While Croas-anct St. Majesty, as Patron both of the Brilians will be arriving in France direct it is well known, of course, that one tish Red Cross Society and St. John from the Outer Barcon and Cockle-horse, without an assistant, can, in certain circumstances, break the trap Ambulance Association, welcomes the murrumbullabong.

I wonder if Hitler remembers them. considerably quicker than that. scheme."

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