TUAKAU GLENBROOK

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 191, 14 July 1916, Page 1

TUAKAU

GLENBROOK

The Rev. W. Buttenvorth, of Tuakau, at the monthly meeting of the Auckland Presbytery on Tuesday, refused a call to Whakatane. The Baglan County Council have decided to take action in regard to the practice of farmers and drovers* in driving largo mobs of cattle over bridges without first breaking them up into mobs of 30 or under. Damage was recently done to the Tuakau traffic bridge, when a mob of some '250 beasts passed over the structure and becoming jammed thereon smashed two of the big stringers, with the result that when the recent gale raged the stringers were carried away, and repairs had to be effected. The Council have now decided to strictly enforce the by-laws relating to traffic on bridges, and defaulters will be prosecuted.

"IN FRANCE" WITH THE TEOOPS. By tho last mail Mr William Waters, of Glenbrook, received an interesting letter dated May Bth and written " Somewhere in France" from his son, Edwin. In the course of his communication the writer said: " I cannot fay in what part of France I am but I am very well and doing tip-top. This is a lovely country. Every inch of the ground is worked and it. is heaven after Egypt. The people are moie than good to us and in fact cannot do enough for us. They all flock everywhere we go to try and get a lcok at the soldiers who came from the other side of the world. When we got out of the train we marched ten miles with full packs on. The roads, through being so hard after the sand, made our feet very sore but I saw the journey through very well. When we left there after about a week we did a seven mile march and then the next morning we went on our way again for 17 miles. The food here is much better than we got at Gallipoli I thank you for the parcel you sent; the tobacco was a treat. I recently received a copy of the " Pukekohe Times " containing the account of the Pukekohe show. We are going to get eight days' leave in England soon and I ani looking forward to it. It will be heaven to get a few days' holiday. I saw Philip and " Sid " the night before I left Egypt and they were both well then."

It may be mentioned that the three brothers, Edwin, Philip and Sydney Waters, who are nephews of Mr Joseph Henry, of Patumahoe, left in the 6th Reinforcements— Edwin in the infantry and the other two in the mounteds. They all saw service in Gallipoli, putting in two months there under fire, the two belonging to the mounteds having volunteered to go as infantry men from Egypt when the service of infantry at Gallipoli was so badly required. They came away with the last of the troops to leave Gallipoli aud returned to Egypt where Philip and Sydney are at present, Edwin being later sent to France as indicated by his letter. Although they have all had close calls none of them the latest information had a scratch. At Gallipoli, Sydney, while holding a bag which his trench mate was filling with earth to repair the trench wall, had a narrow escape. A Turkish shell exploded and knocked down his mate, whose arm was torn open, and swept the bag out of Sydney's hands but left him without a mark. Sydney also saw some hot work after the Arabs. Before joining tire Expeditionary Force?, Edwin was for several vears managing a creamery for the N.Z. Dairy Association, as was also Philip, whilst Sydney was farming on hid father's placo at Glenbrook.