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Grey River Argus, 1 September 1917, Page 6

Corporal GeoTge Johnson, of Wellington, apparently does not have much sympathy for "conscientious objectors" and other of that ilk. In a letter written from France to his parents he says : "In a paper one of the boys got from Wellingtonl read where four or five men doing detention at Buckle Street had refused to -work because they were not getting enough food. Well, they want to send thoso chaps over here as soon as they can, and then they might have something to growl about. Compare the following list of rations which we receive with those with which they are disatisfied. We are. issued the following rations every 24 hours :— Meat, *lb fresh, or 6oz tinned, bread 6oz, or hard biscuits Boz, 3oz cheese, 3oz bacon 2o_ sugar, or 3oz jam ,or 2oz honey! doz Machonichie's, ioz butter, T._oo_ mustard, 1,360z pepper, 1.16 tin of condensed milk, tea, lib to every 100 men. We are all content -with what we get though, of course we would like more know we are getting the best that can' be obtained, Ind we just grin and bear it. "I