Eighth Reinforcements.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 December 1915, Page 2

Eighth Reinforcements.

TJiiS LIiA'JA .UJiN A member ol the Chronicle utaif nae received tno following letter from JLtobart. 1l was written aboard Troopship Ao. 30, at sea ami boars the dlato November lOiu.— "We horulcy Luko up the only In, o! pencil there is on the slii|j (one and threc-ciuarter inches Jong; to let you Jiomv that tiio Levin quota m tho Eightli Iteiuiorccjneiits are istill alive, though we have had a vt-ry bad tossing ou tiiu briny. We are about to put into Jlobart lor repairs a« the ships have beea greatly Jinoeked about. Alex Hall has had a stirring time chasing plates round the mwjsroom for a week, and Bob i'ringle [L>. ami V.'b rep. on board) has been indisposed on account ot tiio nwcll that has been prevalent. i<. A. Sloan, late uarrier to G, i\Mh poultry farm, has now resumed his practice or" pushing air into the The captain of this boat sayr* tliat this is by far the roughest trip any troops have hadi. The food -has been fair, but nothing to write homo about; but when wo get tired of stew we go along to the canteen and get tinmxi lish at very reasonable prices. \Ve will now closo, and write to you from time to time and give you our experiences. Rometnber us to all Levin people.—lours, etc., 11 A. Sloan, if. Company, K. A. I'ringle, A.5.0., A.D, Hall, A.S.C.