AUSTRALIANS REPUDIATE GRUMBLERS.
LONDON, July 126. '
" The majority of tho wounded Australians, ,in England; resent' ctilie ; controversy regarding fobd and •treatment, believing that tho result is that Australians .are being .considered' "grousers." They" point out that there are very few grumblers, and that some are experiencing discipline for the first time. When convalescents were first able to leave tho Hospitals, some who were given leave until 5 o'clock returned at 10 or 11, with unfortunate results to their health. Under these' eircuinstiuiccs, tho grout majority immediately assented to - necessary changes in the. rules. Since Sir Georgo Reid supplemented it, the dietary scale has been ample at Htiroiield country house, which'necessitated remodelling the kitchen and cooking 'arrangements'smd making a trail sfer of the wounded from outlying hospitals to Hareiield and other convalescent hospitals. ' r The Hon. T. Mackenzie has received no complaints from .New Zealand wounded regarding the diet_ and treatment in hospitals. . Interviewed, the men all said they had no)complaints: to make regarding tho food or treatment.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8202, 27 July 1915, Page 4
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