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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1915, Page 3

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Chronicle Office, 3 p.m. MALCOLM ROSS'S itEL'ORT. Wellington, This Day. Oi the New Zeaianders only the artilkry and engineers have taken part in the recent lighting; both the iulantry and mounted men having been eight weeks in the rest camp on an island; beyond tho sound of the guns, xiaving toouperated, re-fitted and abosrb<>v . enforcements they have returned to the peninsula. They were loudly diet red at their departure 'by the incoming New Zealandeivi on the troopships, and the sailors on the warships. The infantry have re-entered. their trenches, and the mounted men in reserve in bivouac. The reinforcements are a fine-looking lot and Keen te enter the light. Colonel Rhodes, after »n inspection of the hospitals and postal arrangements at Alexandria has beenduring tho past eighteen days visiting tho dressing stations and casualty clearing stations on tho peninsula. He also made an extensive round of the firing trenches, practically along tlr; whole of the Auzac, Helels andi Suvla Bay fronts. lie is returning to Egypt t<. inspect the Cairo hospitals, proceeding thence to Malta ami perhaps to England. The Maheno has returned here after conveying sick and wounded in on to London.