Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

PROPAGANDA LIES

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD "They are awful liars." In these words Lieut.-Colonel F. S. Varnham discribed the propaganda tactics of the Italians in a recent letter received by Mrs. Varnham, New Plymouth. "The other day," he writes. ' "the Italians broadcast that they had killed 80 per cent. of the New Zealanders with bombs. Actually nobody was hurt." He mentions a number of New Plymouth officers in the force and says they are all fit and well. Those he refers to are Major G. H. Thomson, Major S. Hartnell, Lieutenants J. Hutchinson, K. Staunton, E. Morton, and David Thomson. Colonel Varnham speaks of a considerable quantity of mail received in the New Zealanders' camp but one message was a particularly interesting one. A cable reached him on August 29 which read: "Golf Diggers Fitzroy Sunday send greetings Taranaki boys.— Burgess." Colonel Varnham said he had the cable published in battalion orders for the day, for the boys to see. "It was very nice of the diggers and Sid Burgess and we greatly aporeciated It," said the letter. Felt Hats Discarded. "We are .wearing sun helmets now," continues the letter. "They have the New Zealand badge in front. They look quite smart but take a bit of getting used to the appearance after our felt hats. "Spread out as we are here each company does Its own cooking and feeding arrangements. This applies also to the officers, so each company has its own little officers' mess, consisting of a tent. . . . For field work like this we purchased some time ago two small kerosene stoves and the men all have their own mess utensils, and the company keep a few spares for mess visitors."

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19400923.2.29

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1940, Page 3

Word count
Tapeke kupu
282

PROPAGANDA LIES Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1940, Page 3

PROPAGANDA LIES Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1940, Page 3

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert