ECHO OF PAST DAYS.
BRITISH RESPONSIBILITIES IN COLOGNE.
Ey Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian ami N.Z. Cablo Association. COLOGNE'S, Dec. 20.
TU a path worn by the sentries’ seven years patrol outside the Excelsior Hotel, the former general headquarters, is the only remaining sign of the liritish occupation of Cologne. The hotel was to-day reverted to its pre-war uses, fulfilling the notice displayed across the frontage after nearly eight years’ occupation : “This hotel Is again free." A specially invited company of Government, civic and other guests celebrated the occasion.
The British taxpayer must defray the rent, compensation ami renovation of the hotel, and the adjoining premises, an nnpnlling total which is fielcsly disputed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 31 December 1926, Page 9
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111ECHO OF PAST DAYS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 31 December 1926, Page 9
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