"The rotten character of the Hun/' said Mr F. W. Haybittlc, at Wellington, " was fchown in a little incident that - occurred at Bapaume. Three weeks after, onr troops took Bapaume, the Mayor and a few priests went to the little cathedralnob a big one —to hold a service of thanksgiving. They were in the middle of. the service when a time-fuse- bomb went off, the Mayor and all the rest of the party were bown to atoms, and the church fell in. There was simply nothing but a heap of ruins when I saw the place." The Oamaru Mail states that dredge 222,' i which returned to Dunedin on Tuesday, after haying been employed three montni in dredging the silt in the harbour, is said to have done good work. The cost of he* hire, eto., will probably run into about
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Otago Witness, Issue 3396, 16 April 1919, Page 45
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