AN AUSTRALASIAN PICNIC
WOUNDED IN ENGLAND WELL TIIEIATED. jjy Tel&ffraph—Press Association— Copyrlzhi "XluicH'’ and Sydney • - bun" Service*. LONDON, July 6. An Australasian picnic at iiorthcld i was the greatest success. There are 270 ’ wounded ■ there. They are thrivinU famously, and are intensely satis lieu ’'with their treatment and surroundings. Roomy wooden annexes, each holding twenty-ono beds, are being built with feverish speed to aocomniodato the steady stream of wounded arriving in England. The authorities “expert shortly to bo able to uccommo‘dato 500 rn'isii, and may possibly have to build ' further annexes. English neighbours are prodigal with gifts designed ...to .improve the men’s condi--1 tiolis. Wealthy Australians are equally generous. At the picnic the men Bang in chorus, “Tell our friends we aro perfectly, happy, and will soon bo back in tho trenches, and that they • should‘ sqnd ■ as many as possible to join us there.” Altogether, there are 1100 wounded men and 100 officers In England. They are distributed over a score of hospitals.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9090, 8 July 1915, Page 6
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164AN AUSTRALASIAN PICNIC New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9090, 8 July 1915, Page 6
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