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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 15 September 1915, Page 4

A shortage of life-boats ou transports which, ar e conveying troops to faz war zone fs surely ig, most ~,en 115 omi:;sion. And yet letters from some of our' soldiers, -who fhave recently crossed wide sseas, indicate that the authoriM is have neglected to make adequate in this vital connection. ;vn AneUlaad » soldier, writing under date August 20 (six days after departure fr>-n Wei 1 in gton), remarks: "In the ev3n'.ig leAtr were drawn fojr places in the to™*.-, shoujld accident occur. 3tn>go It is that tliis boat carries 14)0 men to the ; front and yet has acco nidation for 500 only in case of accident. Boat frill wilt bn practised by those fort-mate 1 to draw a seat, the rest of u< r.-can-while standing fore and aft whilst the row away." -A Second letter 4 from an Auckland boy contains the statement that his vessel only had boats enough to accommodate one#hird of the Ship's compaav. if a adds: "A man does not> *nind ris£ ; -.ig bis life OH'i&e "battlefield, but he floss not cherish the thought ./>f dying lgw> a rat j without tlua elmoe 1 f leins restnied^'