N.Z. CAMPS PRAISED

Nelson Evening Mail, 26 September 1916, Page 6

N.Z. CAMPS PRAISED

According to Mr G. Plowrdght, a returned Australian Eoldier, who is vis'ting.New Zealand, Australia has no training camps that, can be said- to approach Trentbam and Featherston, !ot general all-round cleanliness, comfort, and convenience. "I have visited' both your camps," he said, to a. Post, reporter yesterday, "and-although I have no wsh to ran down my own country, I must admit that they are oat- on their own. We have nothing in Australia to approach them; not even- Liverpool, when It Tras m (v&.swmg. There is, in fact-, bo comparison. We. have no paved streete He ydurs, mo butrrfcnts, no stretchers to sleep <m, and when I was in camp we got nether butter nor milk In Australia the men have only bell tents to sleep in, and have to make their feeds on tbe,-hard ground with only an oilskin and' two blankets Your camps are really luxurious, though you don t appear to know ft.-- Some ot your boys say that our men get Is a day more than thev do, but let me tell you this, that that is more than; equalised by tne excellence of your camps. ' •Mr Plowright added that he was speciallv .impressed with the military hospitals in'Trentham and" Feathe-nrfon Camps, which could honestly he said to approach the general hospitals in any de-cent-sized town. .Nothing more, he was p&Q could/ be don© for the men.