"Lessons from the ghosts of Gallipoli
Published: Thursday, 30 March, 2006, 09:29 AM Doha Time
By Robert Fisk
LONDON: Wellington reminds me of Maidstone, Kent, when I was a little boy; the 1912 facades of so many New Zealand shops, the narrow streets, the trolley buses, the giant coins, the slightly old-fashioned English, the demand for doughnuts and hot-cross buns. Everyone in Maidstone used to call each other “mate” – yes, I know this is an Australian expression as well – and older men in Wellington wear ties, just as my Dad did back in the 1950s."
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