NEW ZEALANDERS IN EGYPT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDERS IN EGYPT.

Y.M.G.A, WORK

"A. new?tp aper recently received from : Alexandria. • contains the following interesting account of the. New Zea- ■ landers'- oarap at:vOairo:,— _ f; "A marquee,' large and ihighj with comforfca]>lo'. pliauk strong tables, ffo'ooks, >. 'jiapersV writing material, l.s ■the XM.O.A. reading and writing Ttektu-'. A beautiful Broadwood piano, i.awaiting,the erection of a. Y.'M.Q.A. ■•entertainment, tent, p^ompes gaiety *«iid goodwill. The men, cheery and ; good-tempered, are ready to. tell of "the glad, wilting sacrifice 'of their ••country, for the Empire and of the active park every individual inhabitant t,CH>k : iri the fitting out of the Expeditionary Forces; how thousands of • men .-.came forward, as volunteers, efiiers li&ip-ing, (with money, with .eyfts of horses and motor-oars'. The j soldiers deobro that they owe the whole of -their underclothing to the generosity of fclie women of New Zealand, who alno supplied eacli man with a pocket Testament. Goodwill, giadnesß, aixd British pride reign in this; city of white tents as it lies •silhouetted against the eastern sky." The V.M.C. A. authorities in New "Zealand have cabled £100 for the 'Y\M.C;A. work among the soldiers there, and.another £100 will soon be ■cm the way., This amount should be •doubled, quickly, if Mr Jessop, the secretary in charge', is to furnish the facilities for recreation needed by the "Ne.w Zealand troops in camp. This week the. Reinforcements at Trent*ham were mf^fmed that V.M.C.A. rnaxqueea bad been pitched in tlie ETgy,ptiau. (iixap at Zeitoun. The ■announootniftkb was received with • satisfaction' .by the meni, who will naturally espec.t to shai'e in the ■privileges provided. About ;BsiiQ\ is needed altogether •to eoxabla tW V.M.C.A/ to carry on its good wo:rk: unong the troops, and hlx A. V»xp.^7. V.M.C.A. Building, Wellington, w;;i be pleased to.receive \r>vJhFcr>ptionr,.