- Otago Witness, 2.1.1918Several great events mark the year that has passed. Only those that have an important bearing upon the operation of the year which has now been entered upon need be briefly recalled. The operations of the French Army have been marked by their great and successful work north of the Aisne and their partial successes in that difficult country known as the Western Champagne. As a consequence there were not the same number of people in the streets as were to be seen on Christmas Eve. The leavening effect of the thoughts for our men in the trenches restrained anyone giving way to undue exuberance.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 01, 2018 13:41 UTC