The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, MARCH. 5. 1915. LEVIN'S SOLDIERS IN EGYPT.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 March 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. FRIDAY, MARCH. 5. 1915. LEVIN'S SOLDIERS IN EGYPT.

The "\Viii 1 Club formed in Levin this .week deserves the hearty support oi every section of the community. Amongst those men who have gone i'roin Levin and district to help to fight the battles of the Empire are some who must yearn for news of the place they know so well; general news that may not reach them in the letters of frien.ls i>l acquaintances. Then, too, there are ones who unfortunately have not fr!on:ls here who are sufficiently interested : n them or. maybe, able to spare'the time to write letters with regularity. A circular letter to our men at the front would help to fill this need, and (as Major Jjurlinsnn happily put it in nis speech last Wednesday) show those who are fighting for us that we do appreciate their services and do take a kindly interest in their welfare and have nil enduring inclination to afford them any little happiness that we may. One suggestion for helping to improve oir local soldiers' conditions at the front is that the members of Eevin War Club should forward to the collective units from Levin occasional packages of chocolate and other food luxuries. So many private letters received this year have sptiken of the hardness of die soldiers' fare in 'Egypt that it goes for granted true that something should be done by local residents to better the plight of our men. Certainly it "is"' mentioned in some of the letters that extra rations may l>e purchased oy ihe men, but the fact remains that a soldiers' quota of pay is insufficient for such extratneous outlays as these O'ltlnif'd above, the Levin War Olirb ind Soldiers' Aid Society can do a great deal to better the condition of our boys at the front, and .assuredly every citizen and settler of Levin and district may be depended upon to do whatever he can do to help to brighten the lives of all those- to whom we in common with ".11 parts of the British Empire are beholden. Another proposal of the var club that deserves hearty support i'roin the citizens is that voiced by Mr C. S. Keedwell at last Wednesday's meeting : viz., to have a roll of honour installed at the public library, to perpetuate the memory of those who already have and who may yet lay down their lives for the Empire. 1% doubt all these matters will take concrete form in the course of the next month or so.