From Trentham

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 July 1915, Page 2

From Trentham

1 SOLDlliltS AT LEVIN. Oji Saturday afternoon word ivub received by the Mayor (Mr IS. 11. Gardener) to ruaike arrangements tcr accommodating several hundred troops from Trentliam. The -men had left 'Jrentham for the Waikanae camp, bub on arrival there it was found that the heavy rain had flooded the camping ground, and it wa« decided to quarter them in Levin in the meantime. The first body of men. numbering 150, arrived here at 5.30 p.m. and were brought on by train to the Tyne-street crossing, where they alighted and marched to the Drill. A small number was sent on to the Druids' Hall. The men were given tea at the Town Hall.

Another lot of 100 . men arrived by the 8.40 p.m.* train and were put up at the Levin school, to where the men at the Drill Hall also were moved yesterday. There is now a total of 250 men quartered at the school under Cajptain Jolly. How long they will be there is not known, though it is reported that they will 'be hero for a few weeks. The Weraroa Hall has been set aside as an hospital and already it has seven "patients.