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<p>[Page 8]</p><p>to the front. Even though he was decidedly better than our first Commander, Capt. Eaton, he will not be missed. Major Holborrow has replaced him, so from a military ranking point of view, we have graduated a step higher. H. is quite kind and amenable, which can probably be explained by the fact that, unlike the other guys, he has already served on the front. There, he fell with his horse and broke a leg. For the first time we are being treated like gentlemen and he will even offer a chair to you if you're going to see him in his office. H. also served as lieutenant in the Boer War, and Lt. Colonel Holman in Liverpool was his bugler. So he would even be ranked higher than the latter, and because he is quite wealthy, the government seems to have granted him a lot of discretion as to how he wants to treat us. After various entreaties from our part, H. has been able to convince Melbourne that we be given land in the "Township of Anakhoon", enough land to allow us</p>