| 'Mrs Minnelli held a ,successful dance ’in the f orester-.’ Hail last night. The Xgaire Co-operative Dairy factory Company will re-open lor the season on .Monday next. Angus; ‘dad. i Curiosity has naturally been aroused hv tin' mystery oi the sudden change of front towards Lord Kitchener made bv the group of newspapers controlled by Lord Norvheiifi'e. Sir Henry Liny, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, relates a story whiih he thinks possibly accounts for the strange performance. W hen the rigid rules ot the censorship, undoubtedly inspired, if not literally dictated by Lord Kitchener were first put in force The Times, not without reason, as many think,, hotly denounced them, pointing out how unfair the prohibition ot war correspondents was to regiments and men engaged at the front, and how detrimental to recruiting. After this trade had been kept up day by day through several weeks Lord Xortheliffe received a polite note from the Prime Minister inviting him to call at Downing Street. On arrival lie found the Secretary of Slate tor War in company with the Prime Minister. Mr Asquith pointed out that the injury likely to be done by continuance of this criticism of the censor, which thinly veiled an attack upon the War Office, laird Xorthcliffe maintained and justified his position. “I also am concerned for the public interest.” said the war lord of the British newspaper world. ‘‘l believe I am honestly serving it, and cannot undertake to abandon the line hitherto pursued.” “Very well,” sad Lord Kitchener. “This is Wednesday. You can go as yon please up to Saturday morning, inclusive. But how will it he if on Monday and subsequent days there should he no Times!-'” ,T!ie remark was not uttered by way of throat. It was rather a polite inquiry. But it had immediate effect.
When news of the line w nk ol the Wellington Battalion at the Dardanelles came to hand, the Stratlord
Patriotic Committee sent a cable to Lieutenant-Colonel .Malone congratulating him and his men on their (ii\o performance. The Chairman (Mr W. P. Kirkwood) has received a reply from Lieutenant-Colonel .Malone, and with his permission we are able' to publish the Colonel’s reply, together with a covering letter, which explains ietself:—“Gallipoli Peninsula, 8-6-16.
-—“i am to-day only in receipt of your cable of 2-1 th ultimo., reading: ‘Congratulate you and men.’ It had to ho sent to where 1 now am by army post, which means always some unavoidable delay. i thank your committee on behalf of the men and mvself for vour
very kind action.” The covering letter is as follows;—“I have just written a formal letter of thanks to the chairman of the Stratlord Patriotic Committee for a cable of congratulations to me and men. 1 don’t know who such chairman is, but have half a notion that it is yourself. In any case I should like to add a few lines to the formal letter. ! . don’t know whether the congratulation is special or general. My Battalion has been in a couple of very special jobs, and have done very well, and is now on another, in which it is making its mark.
Anyway, the cable was welcome. i am communicating it to the men, and especially the Stratford men, than whom none had done better. We have had and are having a strenuous time, hut it suits us. We have had. as you can probably picture from our casualty list, a somewhat rocky time, but are very fit and well, that is the rest of us. Weather A 1 (but hot and too many Hies.) Food: Army ration all right. Work: Plenty, night and dav. P.S.—Under censor rule I cannot give you any definite address.W.G.M.”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 76, 29 July 1915, Page 4
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