PICNIC FOR WOUNDED COLONIALS
GREAT GATHERING IN ENGLAND. By Telegraph—Pyesa AE£oclation-Copyiight ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) • London, July 6. ''' A picnio for 'Australians and New ;Zcalanders at Hertheld was the greatest' success.' ' There are 270 wounded there. ' They;' are; -thriving famously, and' are , intensely- satisfied with their treatment and', surroundings.. Roomy wooden annexes, each holding twentyone beds, are being built with, feverish speed to accommodate , : the • steady stream of wounded arriving in England. The expect shortly to. be able to accommodate 500 men,- and may possibly ' . annexes; English neighbours are prodigal with gifts designed to -improve the mon's conditions.".''Wealthy Australians are equally, generous. At the picnic the men sang in chorus, •' 'Tell our friends wo are perfectly happy, arid will soon ,bo ,hack in the trenches, .ind that they should send as many as possible to join us there.". < . • Altogether,, there, are 1100 wounded men and :100-. officers in England. • They i are distributed over a score of hospi- | tals.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 6
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160PICNIC FOR WOUNDED COLONIALS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 6
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