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GALLIPOLI'S SHORES.

AGAIN COVERED BY SCRUB. "MANY SAD MEMORIES." LONDON. May IX. Major-General Sir Charles Ryan, consulting surgeon, of Melbourne, where he is Consul-General for Turkey, has returned to London after having spent the winter along the Mediterranean. General Ryan states: "I cruised within half a mile of Gallipoli, whose shores are again covered with scrub. The sight of the cemeteries stirred very many sad memories. I avoided landing, but through my field-glasses saw my old dug-out and also the boat which drifted helplessly round Fishermen's Bend and which contained 50 or 60 soldiers who had been killed by machine-gun fire. The boat has since been washed several hundred yards ashoio. "I proceeded to Constantinople, which, once full of the magic of life, color and poetry, is now a dead city. 'I he women formerly were clad in bright vari-coloured garments, but now they wear black clothes. They are unveiled and sadlooking."

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19027, 26 May 1925, Page 9

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GALLIPOLI'S SHORES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19027, 26 May 1925, Page 9

GALLIPOLI'S SHORES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19027, 26 May 1925, Page 9