A large number of young English women who have married Australian soldiers in England arrived in MeJbournc on the Ist inst. Rain was falling and the wind was cold, not at all like the weather the now-comors had expected. “We heard in England that this was the land of sunphine,” said one. “I never felt such a cold wind before.” That Australia was a land of great winds, but a sunny land for all that, did not convince some. Babies and very young children were numerous. Six babiesJiad been born between Capetown and Fremantle. The mother of one of these was a dainty little French girl. Critical eyes scanned the groups on the ship’s deck, for everyone wanted to know what these conquerors of the Australian soldiers were like. They were, (says the “Argus”) not all pretty, of course, but allowances had to be made for the effects of a_ long sea voyage. Some looked about them rather timidly. Everything was so new, and they were a long way from England.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1918, Page 3
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171Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1918, Page 3
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