WITHIN THE DOMINION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 221, 5 June 1915, Page 5

WITHIN THE DOMINION.

A RETUiftNED NEW ZEALANDEE. FROM THE DARDANELLES j HOW W.A.R IMPRESSED HlSf. ! WELLINGTON, Jane $ Sorgt, Gabriel, of Petono, one of~is* New Zealanders who landed at G.-uipoß has returned home, havig collapsed through illness. Ee describes the fir« ing of the fleets' big guns as differ* iug. The explosions of the OuCvcr Elizabeth's 15-inch guns was so ierri* fie.as to cause distress among our rae33 by the awful concussion. The TurJiS opposed to the New Zcalanders were &13 big strong men, but Gabriel descri&GjE them as rotten shots; all the dasi&ge was done by shrapnel and machine g-arjr which were served by Germans. Oa tire' voyage out many of the men had tc ivork in the stokehold owing to trouble with the firemen. The latter were puf ashore at Melbourne as prisoners. — m NATIONAL RESERVE. || BRANCH FORMED AT WAIHI. \ WAII-n, TMs Da?, i An enthusiastic gathering of citizen?, presided over by the Mayor last nigui decided to form a branch, of the >2e= tional Reserve of Neiv Zealand. £ large number enrolled. ... ■