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odds and ends a soldier needs, stamps, post cards etc. and also a little refreshment counter where tea, coffee, cocoa [and] milk can be obtained very cheaply, mostly a penny a glass, and all sorts of buns, cakes and biscuits are very cheap too, and even jellies and stewed fruits can be had for next to nothing. Short services are held every day and a prayer period of 10 minutes or so is held at the same hour every evening. No effort is spared to make these places welcome and homely for the soldiers and the Officials sent out from Australia by the Association are generally to be found about the place or Camp and are at the disposal of the troops for information etc and to look after their wants generally as much as lies in their power to do. Splendid concerts are arranged all over the place as frequently as possible, often held by parties who do the run of the camps in certain districts, and they are held amongst the men themselves. You can leave things there to be kept for you if you like till you return from France or holidays. The Church Chaplains make the Huts frquently their Headquarters. And in almost every place I have been so far Bibles and Testaments are always on a table free for the troops to take if they have not already got one, of if is lost.