TAUGHT BY ANZACS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 1872, 13 February 1920, Page 11

TAUGHT BY ANZACS.

EGYPTIANS CHASTENED. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and X.'A. Ca'>le Association. (Roc. Feb. 13, 1.25) LONDON, Feb. 12. According to Mr I'ercival Phillips, in a message from Cairo, the Australasian troops largely contributed to a lasting improvement in conditions at Port Said. Rogues, vagabonds and piratical, predatory guides are greatly chastened—especially guides, who usually depart on a single sharp refusal in English. A resident explains that the guides on other routes never knew when they were likely to run against Australasians in mufti. It appears that the Australasians discouraged such attention in the simple, direct fashion characteristic of their breed. A blow square on the jaw usually followed the third refusal to "buzz oft'," and broken heads were plentiful, until the parasites learned wisdom. The effect of the British military occupation has been a vast improvement in sanitation and a decrease in crime and rascality.