CANADA'S SECOND LOT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 60, 11 March 1915, Page 5

CANADA'S SECOND LOT.

REACHES ENGLAND SAFELY. •. ;. ~ , "LONDON, March ,10. The second contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force has landed" i» England. . . ."_.'.._.. .;.. . . 7-7J; . ". : -.- . ...... .-. - - -, L.S.K "' OUR BOYS IN EGYPT,', ..' .: ' ' - - . - -.'"'- A BEFORE THE SUEZ 7FIGHT. ' , The" following are" extracts from letters received" at-Thames "by-Mr. .J. from members of the Thames section of the.6th (Hauraki) Regiment who are now located in Egypt with the.main body.of the.New Zealand Espeditioniatry Eorpes:. . ~., "There are runioursrthat there has-been . some skirmishing in7.the7vicinity,,.b£ Ismailia, which north of,- whete we ' are encamped, and at : El Arish, whichria on-the road to Jerusalem, but we cannot get any reliable details 1 of what really .-,' happened.. .You., will- khow r mcre7by7cabi» than we to : laio-v bjaepvai: . that is,-a;fact.:There afc'sb' : maiy7"rumo*rra floating round that one does not know what to believe,; but there is a general opinion that things are'likely to be'-inter-esting before Jong and,.JhaVtherrTrrrks will try. and attadr-the positiohXinpthja -hope of inducing the natives to revolt and " join inj: poor lot,, but they; know yvhat they7have.s**fiefijd under Turkish' rule and though "they ihay ; not" [actually ■■'"'.' is a question (to;.them) of two evils. The devil" they do know-is Turkey,-and; they won't let thatcrowOn - 'again.". "7 "'" "-.'- -'■•>-"■' > 7" V.:". 7' •.- At a laW date they write i'Thei whole . < camp is acfivitW The long-loolad-fOi; has comes at last; and, the Turks haveTarrlved-^omewhere.-/.The: .infantry have, received ..theicZmaraiing - ; orders, and as webelong.to this7aSmj»f the ser*dce?it means" that we are;about 7to knpw-what.war. plehiy : of^dTtauc,but ; those who 'shogld . knowisay that we areto march "7 -Suez Canal,7which"'is.being threatened byabiigebodyTof Turks. Ihever r thoignt they wouldiget*so Jfar, but perhaps -they have, been enticed-here, and will.Jgiowall about;itlater.oh.l 'Thie^hole'campf is on the "iove-rat.least.the pbftipnv-uhder7orderi to andtsing- 1 ing-iuid.cheering been such "a long wait thai 7: pear":to beHjuite being" relieved from the tension. No information can be forwarded-*t6'tie l number of tbetrobpa i or.their destination, butaU-arerkees-aa - ■ mustard, aha'as llhaye said•&fore,>ite ' aiisio**s.tO/bejftfted-o«t'--ahd"tn§r" * courage and capacity 'te&ed. : l*£opszt&ai they..**"•'? g£vethe. Turks all 7 a nd Tinore than they warif, and I am quite sure the New Zealanders will, acquit themselves with credit-in ;this, their>firstresperieioß of real fighting.' - .;, ;. 7 ;,.,7 7^.-^l^::^

: '.«B&fcKs£ z~} - ' 7 A novel for. the training ot '-•> theTNorthern Territe-y7!ua<fe"\in useful- ' protective advocations has.'.been mada byMr. J. K;Beckeft,,Chief.ibapector erf ■■'■■*■ & Aborigines. The .idea/ is-to"utilise them foe military purposes; iriaudingTthe .estaW "" " lishment stations. Th"e i ,hative7giite,;Jie"v.-6ugge6ta, .:i could Tbe:-converted into £ fine, mobu* * corpsTJFor. Bed Cross work. " ' Mr. Beokcit Migge*ts that two.balfc»ate station* ioinueA, One-la tEeTvicinity otiJarWini-.anil rtKe other"'in the south, near AK*e Springs, eaeh-station'.to be:placed 7-m'd-rr military control.; .There should be undertaken the training of half-castes 7 and selected aboriginal- youths for mounted -'"'-. ■-: regiments7"aridthe breeding of the -remounts: for ; theistrmy.-of Aißtr*liai--Thi" " .srartest Jioree. and-:cattle-men and" the best shots •;in ■' "th.c -Territory, -Sa-ys.7'Stt, -'•■■> Beckett, are. ball Hastes.: ;He;points out Jbat niilitary dfeciplihe under efuMsssaf klndlyrdispoßition-wotild bhil'd vup a regment out of thie. scattered r aia wasted, yet excellently-made .material* which Australia "might, he proud.** possess. He includes both - male an*, female half-castes In-the scheme, as, half-caste-girls areas apt*arid smart among houses as their brothers. Mr. Beckett adds that a fine corps of full-blooded aboriginal men could ako.be organised with; non-commissioned; 7-officem' chose* 7 irbm the.most of: the half777"?""' ' ■ ".'.. "- > " ~'~~ Z' 7' 7771 ' '"The repdrt hasTbeen.r^.r-ised -with 'inter, est by Mr._Hugh.7Mahbn, Minister of ' ' External AffaorSj, istratbr of the Territory, will' go hit* the matteron his; return "tpjjarwin^.-i skating; ON A "TROOPMI?. Mr. Thomas Aider,.; son-o£7Mr."TEL Alder, iae Prevention of Cruelty to-Animals' went Home" to see'S'tho-world; ahd7 :; havmf; learned his -business 'as a'ship's 'carpenter in.Audtland, ;is-how-in7a similar position on the troopship-City-;of; Dunkirk.. He -.wrote -to: .his.-parente'an interesting account, which7gives'.-some idea, of -the. risks,- and also the~ amusements, engaged...in during,vthe- trip* across,the'.Chanhel. . -, ; , 7,- 7, : ' "VVc have.been having a'lot of bad luck,"* writes Mr. T. Alder to his parents under date of January 11 "We "cam* :out7of 7dry7dock'qnthes-4tii -of--Jahuarv, filled up with troops and went strai?iit acrOss ~to Havre. There our bunkers ' fired, and %7*idA@ls£-p uhtitithe 9th, taking.,out..coal, aft.er.jrchicW.wo went into dry .ddckl agaih7\ Qnoour .llfet trip across, every one- oJUthe men had?a--lifebelt" eri,7and;asA.theyrwerermost sickiyou can "judge of.their appearance. "The writer adds: '•X. am very. glad, to think -our. dear island, is still safe." Further. on~ in the 7 letter the writer . says: "This job is Atery -trying-;in,,' such'rawfu^:.weather.'* He relates'how they 'had experienced an awful snow stormrahd the'lTommiea went in for snowhalling and skating ivhen rthe -stuff was-.frozen - on : the decks'. He states that'there'are. always about forty bigjhips lying at Southampton. "ready 1 to* notice" ahtwhere. Dunlri--k brought twiopab &$£ -lidand, *nd the iifixt.J,soo. men. from Seotlaad. ( .a( arhgia.7s9o: could, n* E-jgU-j-p. *; . <.' ■-;:■ - 1 - - ■'..;... .-. ■ ...... ■■