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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION T.WIf.G MAXXF.K.S IX "nil!. tßeeeived this dnv nl 0.30 a.m.) LONDON, i VO, 11. The “Daily Express's” Essen correspondent reports tlm condition in Kunr is becoming more difficult as the French grip upon the district tightens. The French arc no longer standing upon eoremony in dealing with civilians. I'hus. a French sergeant ordered a meal in an Essen restaurant and was refused. Xenrhy was a German whom the waiter had just served with a succulent veal cutlet and a. huge dish of vegetables. The .sergetant snntehed the plate from the German. The hitter choking with rage denounced the French nation saying:—“You have violated Versailles. It the restaurant refuses to servo you. it is hy >rder of the German Government.” '‘Quite .so.” replied the sergeant, between hites. “I am now eating this cutlet hy order ol .Monsieur I’uincare.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1923, Page 3
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