"HITLER, BEWARE!"

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 8

"HITLER, BEWARE!"

MEN IN FINE SPIRITS

GOOD IMPRESSION MADE

(Received June 21, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. The Australian and New Zealand troops came in one of the largest single convoys ever to enter port accompanied by a naval escort. The first ship was one of the New Zealand transports. Shouts of "Haeremai" rolled across the water. Then came a tall ship with the inscription chalked on the side, "A.I.F. j Aussies. Stop! Beware Hitler!" The| Australians shouted, "Hitler, here we come." There were other tsiaips astern, all with the same exuberant spirit. j The official party, headed by Mr. Shakespeare and a group of Australian officers from Palestine and a New Zealand brigadier, boarded each transport in turn. The troops besieged them for news from home and France and then ] assembled for the official welcome. Speeches on the New Zealanders' ships were given through microphones and loudspeakers donated by the citizens of j Dunedin. The troops said that the voyage was calm throughout. They had regular sports and athletic contests and produced a ship's paper. They had shore leave at Cape Town, where they received a tumultuous welcome. The troops also called at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Thanks to the Navy the convoy was not molested. Tender after tender brought the "Anzacs" ashore to waiting trains. The Maori Battalion was the first of the New Zealanders ashore. Their appearance and bearing made a profound 'impression. Singing their own battalion song composed by a member on departure from New Zealand, they came ashore in full fighting kit. The New Zealanders, more serious than the Australians, left the ships in the most orderly fashion. The Australians sang riotously "Roll Out the Barrel," "Kiss Me Good-night Sergeant-Major," and