A Soldier's Letter.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 September 1917, Page 3

A Soldier's Letter.

'1! WEiNTY-Eli G HTM i;,LL\4'Oi{CE--UE-Vi'S. Sergeant Eric Barratt, oi Levin, writes from a port ui call stating that the ships conveying the 2Sths from WeJjling.oii arrived sulely in the port oi , though, when leaving the last boat was ;i, lortnieju't behind

| tine last boat was a lortnig'nfc behind, tlie first. The boys were all-owed on shore, and they had a splendid tunc climbing "the mountain," visiting the public institutions, w«Ccuiug the ruggers, and patronizing iiie ohops. Ihey strucK tile town so lioaviiy ior ham and eggs that suopkeepers will not forget uie cv. for souiq time to come. Ail the boys ■ wviv well, arm uu shore tuey were so well beliavea that the police and residents spoke of it to tlie oiiicers. loung JJarratt 101 lin witu Win WlntaJxer and Percy Teal, of .Levin, ana tine latter had been iisiiiug una nutting a good haul. Hie catch was sorvou up for breakfast next mormng. iiarratt, in his letter, says ne iuid pos'.ed thirty letters to Ins -V,v Zealand friends, but few oi chew." will reach tJiose to wtom uiey a,re addressed, because the mail iroiu clus poru went down with the i'ort lieiiibla that was -blown up oil i'areweii 6pi-, Nelson, tiio other uay. At tiie time of writing two large passenger buats were waiting to receive the wlioio of tlie 28:h Reinforcements and convey them Home. Hie cransioreiicc wonhi moan -more room and comfort. The boys heard that Wellington had been visited by a severe earthquake, and that there had been much damage to .property, many buildings being utterly ruined. They weix- anxious to hear particulars. While writing, a boat had .arrived at this port with New Zealand (wounded; <11 their way to the dominion. ft was this boat tliat brought short letters, which arrived on Tuesday last.