AUSTRIA.
FOOD GIFT TO AUSTRIA. KINDNESS TO OUR PRISONERS ACKNOWLEDGED. Received Jan. in, 11.50 p.m. Vienna., Jan. 10. Tlie people gave » friendly reception to the detachments of the Warwickshire regiment who escorted the food supplies sent to relievo the children and women. Major Bethell. thief of the British mission, addressing the burgon<aster, said the provisions were a. free gift, and a sign of appreciation of the humane treatment given to British war prisoners in Austria, in marked contrast to what they had undergone elsewhere. The burgomaster replied, thanking the Mission ?nd promising to distribute the foodstuffs to the poorer class according to the senders' intentions.—Aus. N.Z. Ca'.de Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1919, Page 5
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108AUSTRIA. Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1919, Page 5
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