HAWERA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1915, Page 3

HAWERA.

A TROOPER'S LETTER, (From Our Own Correspondent,) Hawera, Yesterday. Trooper AY. Grant, in the course of a letter written from Alexandria on July i, says that he, with others, had beeiv over to the Dardanelles, but they did not get ashore, as at present there was no use for horses. He says our boys are making a great name for themselves. They stop at nothing, and are lighting the 'Turks at about eight to one. The day of an armistice revealed liie fact that there were three times as many Turks dead in front of the. New Zealanders' lines than there were in front of tiiu Australian-' lines, who occupied a longer front. "It" you were to see the [dace where our boys landed, you would scarcely believe it when I tell you that thcy"climbed a dill' 1000 ft. high', t'u'l of machine-guns and \iilcs. Really, to look at the place one. would think' it impossible to climb it with rille and equipment, but they showed the Turks a point by not going in at the gullies, each of 'which was full of barbed wire, mines, spiked trenches and other obstacles, besides being exposed to artillery fire. I have seen the gunboats in action, and when the " Lizzie '' speaks it make one think some. It. gives one a sort of feeling that one does not want to bp in the road, and what a wonderful boat she is! I have seen the forts that she has been playing with, and I tell you they are not. now worth much. There was one fort Which was obscured from her view by a range of mountains, but she managed to blow it to pieces, and it is supposed to be one of the strongest forts outside The Narrows. There are some very line boats which have been turned into transports—some of tlie trans-At-lantic, liners. AVe were there when the submarines were about, and expected to go up at any time, but they got the Triumph and one of the dummy gunboats instead. The Maoris left last night for the front, and we are all anxious to know how they will get on, ; as they ihave been very keen to get . away. Referring to Alexandria, t'ai.s place and Cairo are nothing but hospii tills, and we can do with plenty more > nurses and medical men. Last night fifty New Zealand nurses arrived." The letter concludes: "At the present time i , f am a driver of a small ammunition ) cart, and wish to* be remembered to all i the boys." (Trooper W. Grant was in Mr. Co'rkdahl's employ at Hawera.) GENERAL. V Mr. T. Hill and Mr. J. J. llardley s. went to Auckland by the mail train f last evening. t At a recent meeting of the executive i. of the Paten Licensed Victuallers' Assoe ciation, held in ollice at n Hawera. special reference was made by the chairman. Mr. D. J. Goodwin, to the departure, of Mr.' T. Hill from Hawera. His assistance and good work bad at all times been of material benefit, and • he wished liiin every future success and prosperity. Mr. T. ('. Gonnley fully endorsed (he chairman's remarks, as did also Mr. G, 11. Gibson and Mr. T. New. Mr. Hill thanked the members for their kind remarks, and said he would always :. bare the interests of the electorate at heart, and would at all times be glad ~ to give any assistance, n