"A BOLT FROM THE BLUES."

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16435, 31 January 1919, Page 9

"A BOLT FROM THE BLUES."

TO TH& EDITOR OF "THE TBESS." Sir, —For a tew minutes a death-like silence reigned in Cathedral square as what appeared to be the whole population of Christchurch gazed, in wideeyed, open-mouthed bewilderment at a sight they had nover 'before seea L or even dreamt of in their irorst nightmares—a little knot of men. dressed in blue uniforms, with white collars, and red ties. Then an intelligent lady, noting that the men wore military hats, approached them, and enquired whether they were just back from Turkish prison camps, or belonged to the submarine corps. The "diggers," for "diggers" they were, replied that they were attached to the French Legation. Then the dogs spotted them, and they had to run for" it. They tried to board a train, but the tram shied, so they had to "legf' it all the way back to Christchurch Hospital, with the dogs of Christehurch in a hungry, howling mob at their heels. As the soldier patients at this hospital hare now got in-Blue-nza, they will be grateful to the people of Christchurch if they will keep their dogs tied u p.—Yours, etc., . SKYLAIUK. January 30th.