Lone Pine has Young Sapling Growing Near

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 861, 3 January 1930, Page 8

Lone Pine has Young Sapling Growing Near

Historic Ridge Remains Sacred to Anzacs GALLIPOLI CHANGES Lone Pine, on Gallipoli Penin. sula. which is sacred to Anzacs, is losing its right to that name. Near it a healthy young pine sapling is striking upward, evidently starting from a seed from the original tree, says Colonel C. E. Hughes. Deputy-Commissioner of the War Graves Commission, in the Near East, who returned to Melbourne in the Orama. Anemones. irises and poppies flourish on the hills of Gallipoli in the springtime, and in the sheltered places the Australian gums are growing to remind tourists of the men of Anzac who made history there in 1915. The best time to visit the place is between March and June, according t# Colonel Hughes. He had many interesting experteuces on the Gallipoli Peninsula, whe* lie acted as doctor, judge and admin, istrator of the inhabitants in that part. His medical outfit included boxes of pills, but these were unfortunately mixed during transport operations. CURE-ALL When villagers required medical attention they were given these pills in varying quantities. The uniform efficacy of the treatment eventually became famous. In a judicial capacity he settled many minor disputes satisfactorily and even essayed th« task of pronouncing a divorce decree. Colonel Hughes said that the cemeteries in all parts of the Near East were being well looked after. Owing to the extremes in the temperature on Gallipoli Australian trees did not do so well except in sheltered spots. The temperature varied from 110 degrees in summer to 22 degrees of frost in winter, when blizzards were frequent. In Egypt and Palestine gums and jacarandas flourished. BOAT AND ROAD SERVICE A regular service was run by steamship companies to Gallipoli. At Chanak there was ample accommodation for visitors, who -were taken to the scene of the operations on the Peninsula by way of the Straits, and then by a good roadway across the hills. Colonel Hughes said that the bodies of the lost Sandringham company of the Fifth Norfolks, who disappeared at Suvla Bay, were found near Karacol Dagh, to the north of little Anafarta village. The men were annihilated by the enemy after refusing to surrender.