A RARE TALE.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 January 1918, Page 5

A RARE TALE.

A quaint story comes from the front says an exchange, An officer in France had to adjudicate on the grievance of a deputation of. peasants living in the vicinity of his camp. Rabbits in that district, it seems, are as scarce and as precious as venison,' and the peasants’ complaint was that the Australian soldiers had been enjoying rabbit stews. Where, then, did they get the rabbits from? And the simple peasant minds concluded that the soldiers had been poaching. The officer listened very gravely to their complaint, then patiently explained to them that the rabbits eaten by the soldiers were tinned, and were a present from Australia, where, he also told them, rabbits abounded in millions. They were finally convinced by a present of a tin apiece, and went away quite satisfied, exclaiming loudly at the extravagance of ■ Australians who made presents of anything so valuable as rabbits.