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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 7 April 1915, Page 1

) WAITED. WANTED. " GIRL for Office Work ; must be good Typist and Shorthand Writer. j Apply by letter. S. KIREIPATRICK AND CO., LTD., 3 Nelson Jam factory. :ANTED, a General. Apply Mrs. Robinson, Manuka-street (next j Tennis Courts). " . .. • ANTED, a respectable Girl to, mind baby; sleep at home : . Apply 5 P.O. Box 130, Nelson. ANTED,, Young Man for Trade; ' used to horses. —Hortbn, Butcher, J Bridge-street. \ - ;• ... ";■'*■■ W ANfiBD. • . '■' . : .. ' * SMART, Energetic COUNTRY ledge of Hardware, Farm Implements, and General Merchandise. Applications in .writing to , E. BUXTON. AND CO., LTD,, v ■'. Nelson. I :'. ,"\ •'■■: WANTED. r -\"■ iRdUSERS and VEST HANDS. Also, Apprentice to the ; Tailoring. " i . DEE AND SONSANTED Kriowri.---Weare opening lar<re stocks of WINTER CLOTHING FOR! BOYS. Jersey, Suits 9s 6d to j 16s; Dark Sports Suits 16s 6d; to 50s;.' Overcoats" 10s'9d to 355; Tweed Hats Is. coin Bennett's 10s 6d to 13s 6d; Borsa'ANTED Known.—Now showii 'splendid range MEN'S SDFI FELTS. ; t6 , -.145;6d-i-I.m--; • colnßennet t's 10s 6d to 13s ;6d; Borsalinos 10s 6d to3L6s"6d; Smart Caps Is 9d to 5s McKAY AND "SON. v ■,, ; . ' Room, (unfurnished), with iis& ■pf ! conveniences. : v Apply 'T.E.B.'; "Mail"Office. 7" ' ..\.;y-v:-. ..;.-.'■■■. ■.'■■■-A; ; 'ANTED;i in about tw,6 -weeks,: 'Gbod ; '.General.': .Apply, Mrs. j Dee, c/o Dee and iSorls:,\y;. ;■ ;>k\v,- ; . '' ANTED Known-^Mad^e'D'Aliiia, I 'may- be ■consulted daily ; i High^tree^'M^ f i IMPSON -5 Monumental Works; Coli ■ , lingwbod-staeetj J.Nekoij'- ,i Establish^ ; tibn, Telephbtte' 475: v ; . STENCILLING ;, Beautifies the Home! :. ;■-: ■,';, We ; kjjesp-::(all , things, riSbessary ior ■ this pur Patterns ;(cuf> and ■. uncut)., Brushes; .yjiJ. Mi Special "Colours^—J. Pi ,e6bke;aM Hairdy-: : : BtrJeefc : '\:].'■;. :-^ ■s }l ': f^JreTfeaturihg^ ■ on display in th^wty;^ Y-r- '-..; t:o iirfbrd Trafalgaristreet. ■;; i " "v y vEii VE"'; just- S received : -'lateji I - mi ikes" Sigh 1 t-test) ng all the rnbre 1 , perf ec*•.<;.; l- ; <'^S^y;C:,P.vROBERTS;.-«iptl'ClAWi#^:':^ T-OTWITHSTANDING our Christmas N rush of work, our stock of \Vallj papers'• is still large, and we are prepared i {to undertake any' work-in this-line.—J. }P. Cooke and Son*, B-vdy-itreet. ' j . UNDER FIRE ON CANAL 1 NEW ZEALANDER'S LETTER. ~A CHANGE FROM ZEITOUN. ' Writing from the Suez Canal, Lance-. Corporal'V. J.- B. Hall sends an interest- ; T^J.4.— j_ ut- „„„„„+,. ;„ A„ n U n «J. H it ;tb.' :, write;i a? he states; }.: "but:T -beitr;.; '■•. /this morning \that I, can? say ihbref■ than; I; had expected! '■■',".-We had Soften; ■jbif -stKe ;?Gurkha: troops, but I sdpn't t&nk by..;'sHde^wii^i:toemi^^' ; ' ; >;y6ul' n^ver. •sa'w a keenef; merrier; happier, lot : lof; littleVchaps;,; Most;Jbf ' ; semybere^arer ! :We watbhed theni play a 'sbccer.'' snatch; , against ; ; teiTitorialsvtbe ;qtber' , -dayiv"•■ were ;4 f^bfj '^^ybungyMaori players.V There^ey^uni; fjiabisj tbbV ■; Their cbriversatibh;' iiii" so far ■ asi theyycaii converse in.English at fall;: "gives one the impression j that 'both.; n '*i&;wn#, : . .child-like •races,^.the.! Gurkhas possessing; Yalso the natural aptitude of children _foi'* pibking-: up-":thing's-^jn/the ineta^orical '*seiis&. ohly;f -di'] they 'are as: honest'as tlie .day;■;^'•^\v■■^.^•''^ v ■Ui':■''^^^^y::^ , ■'.■^■:y;.,i■.:'^^.:; r''Apparently it need no longer, be an ; open secret that v we. are on the "Suez Canal. It' was like: setting out for home. again,' coming back; to. the iyehad; •steamed" past seven or eight -weeiks;be/fbrei ; :F6r a while, of course;: it: ivery interesting here—a pleasant change frbni the dry routine of Zeitoun camp life. Steamers are passing continually,: with few or many passengers to•; wave ; to, or to exchange greetings;: Sometimes '.we' have favoured., them' with a baka,/. : and frequently, they have favoured' .us < i twith gifts; of of cigarettes -and /tbI baccb, which -they '■■. -overi ! to be picked ;up : l, by, boatmen, or •■ ndore* (often,' by-swimmers. ':, ■:, • v v;' "I -had: better not go -into a detailed: description of our exact i but I can say that we- are close by a railI "way. Oil the east is the desert, at first ; a perfectly .level ' stretch j j then: broken j ridges; thien a range of some height. ''To-day we are filling in a trench it has been decided Snot to •occupy. ; Life is. scarcely, exciting,>but we gather now that there is still,a onance of helping to de- ; stroy or capture ' the Turkish araijr'for, : tne invasion of Egypt. If wb coulcf-haye our share in that it would give .us';'some; satisfaction and be good training;, in iac&,~ the best we could, get. A few of ub were, in a mild sense, under fire/.the .other: night, well 'under: it,' , down behind a bank. We happened to be on guard at a \ point wh,ere.a very minor attack was .'.■■.•n?ade,, : with no intention :of getting '•' across the canal. It was rather interest\iiig to '"hear, bullets 'singing' overhead, and fe Jtiipw,..that they \veve -being fired not to "hit a target,. but■■■to hit any ofna who happened to be there. As a'imatter .of fact they hit no one. Wo had no op'poi'tunity of replying, "and nothing; to gain by 'doing aQ." ; •.: -]' ■■: ■■■>; ■>..