BRITISH "TOMMIES"

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2402, 6 March 1915, Page 7

BRITISH "TOMMIES"

TRIBUrE OP A FRENCHMAN (Rec. March 5, 5.25 p.m.) London, March 4. ' A 1 Frenchman living near La Bassee writes:—"We are beginning to understand the spirit of your 'Tommies.' One day they loso several trenches, but it does not upset tliem or us, for wo know they will keep their pledged word to retake them. I met a British company returning after four days in the trenches. They did not look like humans. There was not a trace of uniform, merely walking blocks of mud; they could hardly walk, poor fellows. We can uever over-estimate what they are doing for us. Despite tho discomfort they never complain, and they seem to be just as keen as on the first day."— "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. HIGH WAGES AND DRUNKENNESS LICENSED PREMISES AND THE WAR London, March 4. The British Trade Defence Association, in a manifesto regarding the coilduct of licensed promises since the beginning of the war, declares that there lias been a substantial reduction in the number of offences for drunkenness recorded. There was a majority in districts where there were several big cities. Where wages are high drunkenness lunroMea.—"Timos"- awl Sydney "Sim" Services,.