AUSTRALIANS ADMIRED.
D EMONSTItATI V K I'll KNCH. Melbourne.. .June o. "Franco is ;i very beautiful country. I thought T;isu:;uiiii was very pretty, but it lists to lake second place to Franco, in. my opinion," says Private, H. J-. Ha-lbort. in a letter to his tiiothor. Mrs. ' Ellsworth, Vincentplace. , AD)crt I'arjc. "A\ r o received a groat- welcome from the. French people," continues . the writer. "At every station ilio train stop])f(! ami <to\v(ls oi' 'pcop^ , siirroiiiiilnl Mic I rain and us all .>Di'ts of ;j;ouil iliin.U's, ln'ead. cakes, Iriiit, fliocolaie.-;. and such like. They all wanted souwiurs from us, and some of tlie lads wow nearly torn to pieces by the skirls wanting to take I heir badges of I' their tunics and hats. As for and kissing, I think there must be a .strain of the beai , in (he French women. One \v()ii!d have that Ihe only tliLiifj; wanted to save France was the arrival of the Australians, th, fuss (hey made of us. '
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2967, 15 June 1916, Page 1
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