WAR-GRAVE SHARKS
PROFITEERING THE BEREAVED.
FOUR-DAY TOUR TO COST £7,
(Sydney Sun Cable.) LONDON, May 7. Owing to the prevalence of “sharkish’ agencies in France and Belgium, which overcharge visitors to Australian graves, the High Commissioner for Australia, Mr Andrew Fisher, has arranged, in conjunction with the Y.M.C.A. Hospitality League for fotir-day tours at a cost of approximately £7, including third-class travelling in England, second-class on the Continent, hostel accommodation, meal?, and the services of guides. The fee doe,? not include motors to the cemeteries, but the hostels are mostly within; walking distances. fit is pointed out that it is essential that Australian visitors requiring fixing up should fijjfet call at Australia House. The A.I.F. headquarters in Horeeferry road have been returned to the Wesleyan authorities without a penny’s worth of damages!, and fit for almost immediate occupation. It is estimated that the A.I.F. saved nearly £200,000 “barrack damages” in aII the properties occupied by the Australian soldiers in Great Britain,
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Southland Times, Issue 18835, 31 May 1920, Page 5
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161WAR-GRAVE SHARKS Southland Times, Issue 18835, 31 May 1920, Page 5
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