NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1917, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

AN INTERESTED LRWEB. _Mr. R. H. Nolan, setrotaiy' (it •fewfl New Zealand War Contingent AlflkkSyglg lion in Londob), in as Interesting latSfeaflj to the Mayor of Hawera (Mr. &.JtanKlgj ! "On January 9 I roceiyoil tirog(h IliraH IliJi Commissioner a cheque for Alapyg fis 2d, ju«t- Stating that it wag ap, sent by. Hit. New Zealand lUhlOmWJm3s|§ 'Christina comforts' for our men, eq : same it- came from Hawera, Js<;wH money arrived too lato for CfartityhwJH tam row holding it awaiting MbuM as to v-li other von wish mo to in rmv particular v. atf or lcavS my luuijs to do a; J think best, nit many ways by, whioh n ckirJH|| arfil good dorji> to tljgco.• ■ SdlßraiM .'■". mo over from Franco and get Mjugnfl hands of vultures, who rob ihw/qKffiH .everything, and tliey arc left others, again, lo«c their mono; ihraftrifajffll no fault of their own. In suoTt* tisnmH I woulii lilio to he in a position t!ii'<n a hblpiiig hand. Again, thwlmnH colter casta in which Itralthful )<iki education coiil.l ha nlTurilrd th/!*ytouß poviding char-a-hanei tft sen thi slfblijpsSS These aro just a f enrol the nkcaos which ;>i>od could hi; ilo'io fov our U«o[|jj but as 11; if di<.po.-:il nf t;io u!!ici)|& jEJjij will Ixr entirely -guided by yo'i '•! Fii*f9 close a return »f ilia badness at wOa Soldiers' Cinb, from which fat-.WBMB notice that last month tlm Ms avftriuaj® jW -20. and since fys inception iiu( From Urn %ur<* you \>ill Mf is a' fair-sized lupines.-, and to that the .boys beluve thmsfjlvas up I the present ditto oi.2'!'l liive b*dii iftfj commodatod with bsfi?; and only oS®S|| man arrested fur miainbdviiur. ? tHipltJjl l great djiil <>f t;:ls is cuo to the euoc of the stuff, and More p«rtiw>WtyM tho 'ludieti, who t*ro all voluntatis working r,isit end, .day, Wo Itafe ipjOT daneu one week miJ a twit* skVV.jjiJ the other v,e*k, Tvh'.-.U 'maßM tVtv praßjfl realise that an interest i.« Ytlsg txkwjaM In them. I contend \!ul al! diK.-fls the won to lead a flWn, 1 lift \ylii!« on !.Yv». Ahoul ,',C ( to Imm men a day arrive from I'rue?,.a\l so|m whom are met :it tko statlen Md'wiM|g corl.ed tq the Oiub, where tt|f iltMB | their pack*. Thoy tkon have a j&ad MK@jm bath, every man being mnpHti > with a clean shirt, mmm ponte, soaks and towel; (n old otytf'AWsfl taken away, vtrrilUed an,i.w«sh#4, rajpln any in good or<er are served Vf^b'fm They all describe it as th» grwt*il.'|jl treat thoy ha«e had since leavln* K«sM» Zealand. After the bath a <vlt!t i* s*ld to tho barbers, of nrluim tprea ai» on the premises, and to also keep boot ahiMra, so ~ou irill gavaer that m , 4 <s[ aro well catered fori in fact, mor* dona for our ocuutrymcp than for otbor troops, but too much cannot )H . dons for tliem. They can alto get h*( meals rugai and day. A fair number <» 'u| HawSr* men havo boen here jj amongst them l>eing, Goorga Brongh, Coln/ai), Willie George