THE DIGGER
A PADRE’S OPINION. PERTH, September 29. There lias been a. change of demeanour among returned soldiers of late, .the Rev. Mr cSchtoeder thinks. to the .Returned Soldiers’ League, he said ,tbe= Australian'soldier had earned a reputation of fearlessness, but since his return .there appeared ;to toe evidence that the women of Australia had and the old-time Digger was no more. Mr W. J. Stagg, ex-Secretary of the R. 5.1., laughed last night when he heard this “good story,” as he called it. “The good padre,” he said, “seems to have been deceived/by the good old .Digger.” ■' .; ‘Old-timerUilias turnedput to be a jquiet', model husband, it doesn’t mean'Tjiat the women are ruling him. ../to . “Rest assured*,that the Digger will have his way—in the long run I Age has not dimmed;the vigour of the men of the A'l.F.” ' ' ' ' ■’ ■Colonel A. W. Hayipan denied the '.padre?g- suggestion, and added .that .the D’gger sifiU maintained his individuality, his strong personality and his loyalty.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 6
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