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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2719, 14 March 1916, Page 3

"Had they done but ordinary things at Gallipoli, the British public might noli liave boon so indulgent, and even not pleased, at tlio strong spirit of independence displayed by the sians" (says a London correspondent of the Melbourne "Herald"). "Ono stayed with mo in Essex, a very tall boy, who, since he left Australia, had grown out of his clothes. His tunic, 'although still sound, was painfully short, and his sleoves were creeping up towards his elbowß. He had fine, black eyes, a little restless and wild, and ono could readily believe the story of how Be got his wounds. 'He joined with n Turk in a bayonet fight. The Turk stuck him in the leg, and at the same moment tho Australian drove into his body. So far a tie, they remained, each pushing to prevent the other from withdrawing for a fresh lunge. Then tlie Australian pulled the trigger of his riffe, and the fight was over. The first day he came to Esses he saw a number of pheasants and partridges. It was a waste of words to tell him that to shoot an Englishman's hand-raised pheasants was as bad as to shoot his poultry. I left him for a fow minutes one . day in Cambridge, and when we met again lie had a breech-loader and a few hundred cartridges. He shot all over tho district. Gamekeepers stormed and threatened; imperious landowners politely explained the difference between conditions in Essex and Australia. But tho sport went on, and wo fared very richly and variously. A young Home soldier trying such a game would be caught and punished on tlie first day; the Australian carried on ior three weeks, and no action was taken."