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Northern Advocate, 2 July 1917, Page 1

Zealand folk can rest as•best treatment of our nveland is aptly shown ■*g extracts from the unded Hokianga boy. He mellow cannot help but get ..re—'ln fact, my leg is healing quickly for my liking, and I suppose they will be shipping me across to a convalescent home at Hornchuroh or Oablands Wie get the; ■vfery best of everything here. The sisters cannot do enough for us. Just fancy sleeping in sheets and pyjamas, ■and living on fish, chops, steak, eggs, stout, etc., after the way we have been 'existing' in France for the last few months. lam not in. a hurry to get back again now that I am here. Visiting parties from London and elsewhere come three times a week and give us concierts—very decent, too. Every day we have plenty of lady visitors, who bring us books, sweets', fruit, and all sorts of luxuries. There is no.-mistake, New Zealand's sick and wounded are. well caned for while in hospital, and I consider a fellow that can get a wound like mine and .get across here with it is very, very fortunate. It is one of the joys and pleasures of soldiering." '