LONELY NEW ZEALANDERS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 3

LONELY NEW ZEALANDERS.

Sir,—l have to thank you for publish- . ing m Thb DoMiNioN-my previous letter re the boys who long for news from ■ New| Zealand,/but/getriio ; .letter.-by the, ; niailj and t6 let you know that I have received qiiito a lot of notes from sympathetic moil and women from all parts of the Dominion relative to; the subject/ ■ ' i.i To. me the thoughtthat some thousands^ of 'our' soldiers are .lying- at .thoivarious '■ -hospitals'thinking of..God's Own Country and expecting news,- but not getting a line from anyone on mail daj-s is con-, tinually present, and I feel impelled to worry: you- again and again to make . sure; that lthe; 'sympathetic: folk' of our ■ island home may be reminded of the - "great pleasure tho receipt of a. letter - (even' from . an: unknown person ■ will ■ • bo :to -the man whose correspondence '. has perhaps gone - :tp ; thefiring-line ■ .while' he—wounded/,-and-idown-hearted . for'the time being—is transferred .-, to tho jjaso for medical *' attention.. . ■ To.morrow is Sunday, and I am sure everyone of your'readers can spare tea minutes or so to tell tho brave boys'who ■ are fighting for us sqme little thing, or. iwo;' in a. : letter—it'-'is'-such- a trifling ■ thing ,to do at this end, but the- result : at the far end would surprise and cratify the. writers of such notes, Wfien you thank. your. Maker, for tho safety you ,'erijoy : out. here, don't forget the' NewZealander behind the gun. . Drop, him' a line,, enclose a- sheet of .writing; paper' / ■■■■.. -arid an envelope—both are, scarce at ! times, and'an addressed envelope almost always ensures a reply. ! l - : Address' the ;. letter in big - figures on the top 'left-- . : handoorner "No. 15/67," and then add , 'the words, "Lonely New >Zealander, care Lieutenant Donald M'Curdy, New: Zea- ' land' Military Post Office,** and; in the - left-hand bottom cornor write "per G.P.0., Wellington." . He will see that : an. ..arrival- the" letters so addressed are handed out to the Now Zealaiiders in . hospital who that day havo not 'received a letter by'the'.incoming mail. .-If there is a surplus of "Lonely New Zealander":: letters (which 1 hope -will be .. ; the case) he will send a; batch;on to the "Field' Post Offices" -to' the boys- at the . firing-points"'who have not had a line from New Zealand. ' Will..other papers : please help the movement by /republishing this letter— I'am, etc., ANGUS J. M'CURDY, "Hutt Valley Independent."- . ,upper Hutt,-August. 27, 1915. ;