W.C.T.U.

Nelson Evening Mail, 5 August 1916, Page 2

W.C.T.U.

.V FF.TINC OF V BRANCH. '1 he mf.nthl_\ ii:ee!in:_- of the Y Branch vY.C.T. IT. was iu Id- last cvejiicaj; in the .Reciiabite Pall. Miss 0. Hayes, president. wa.s in the chair. Miss K. Shone, . ec' ; ( i lry. re.->isjnod. 'lie i'i:llowii,j < ili. ers were .-({.pointed : M iss Siunnoud-. .i.'ary: Miss H. Sintill lil'ess leprirter. "Further a rrangeuioni s wci'e made for the concert, to ht- held or. .August 23r<l in aid of the Organising Find. Sever a] in' w mendiers ha\e been initiated ilui-in-o t!u month,. Tne Diet' tiuu v> a - jn''-c.-;ie.l l>v a gather- I of Lhe L.T.i... over which Master 'I . ivei-nimr presid> d. T'en-aik- wli/.'h have been made during { t lie Rua trial to ihe effect that Sir Kd- j ward (,'ai -=«>!• ouniit to have been prose- | cr,ted l'-f-r u.-;n.' .-edition l -. la;'.'.'.uage in hi.- : s[:e . lies w.-re ilie subject of coinnit-nt i-ecently. by hi- Honour Mr Justice ; Chapman in the course of his suiftming- : up .-it ehe Supreme (.Dial. He .-a'tl that , s.itr.f of Sir Edward I arsop's earlier -i s'a'Of'lies j-, ad like -,e;i: tina s speeches, but •' tiierc w«s no war at the time. The mo- | inont war . ame ali the politic:'i parties in : 1; el.urd. Ktii;!.'!nd. and Scotl:;n.i close ! • their rank-, forir.rd on:- party, and. fr.r- ( t euntolv, had stuck touether ever since, j Sir Edward C'arscn was. notoriously, a. j ma I .', who used was ahsoiutelv loyal to his King and country-. Many people had called hint a j man. "Put thrit might te apyiliod to a great many polil "eians. es- . jueiallv when a case like the lri.«b rutcstioii was under considera.tion.

The following amusing' letter by Tain Mad I re>fi ir io his "mit.her" appears in the regimental magazine. The Review: "Dear Mither. —Whif wey liap ye no sent me onv sicaretlees? 1 canna g-et. a smoak here at- a". It's an awt'u' nice r>! ic<-> t his. but uey dangerous. "We «o col an-' kill a lot o' Turks eve.nv morning. ■■l.-' th.Mi go bark for dr-nner an' syne In cot an' kill a lot. mair in the efternoon. An' whiles they come an' kill a lot o' us, bit 1 like it- a' the. same. Si metinies we g-> into the toon at nights. Whnsky is gev ehenp. but it gi'es ye

•in a-w f'.i" heid in Ib.- mornin's. The niggers are so nice an' <liima wear mnch Haes maist- <," them. An' the weemeii' are s 1 i; sijj;lthat there is a law that makes them bide their faces wi' a. bit o" black ciiitli. The pyi'omi-ds are bonnie, b'it— Hand a we 'ae a d-odge this si-ell. My. thai wis a near thing ! Itkilt- a boarnil, thai wis in ma jam tin—* ye, see. it's ge- dangerous here. Wdmwon wi' the Hearts Inst Setter-dev, atu f '.veil's in Mic Knipiiv t-his week? Mind nc' .-end tlus msigarettes the next time ye write. \A"husky must- be awfu' dear ath 'nit'. ii.:i;. Wiiit -dis i'ryther <M-e for !ns mornin' ? 'i'ell him I'll send him norm?money only cor oflisers censer oor letti rs. so lie might na get<it. Best- luv tae n" at hame. Frae.your loving Tam."

.An interesting lut-ter Jias been received n Christ-church from Corporal F. Ivel--1 'gher, of Wellington, who left- for Mesopotamia with the Xew Zealand Wireless Corps. Corporal Kellegher says: "The hardships our boys have to -go through are very trying. The heat arid the floods are the principal ones. The cholera is also about, -but, thank goodness, none ( f the wireless troop have been a victim to :t. All our water has to be boiled before we are allowed to drink it. Mesoi otarnia is no white imevn's country. The heat' is something terrible. We have 11-eas, files. but;s, ants, mosquitos. .-nakes, turtles, wasps, and hundreds of other posts to keep us company. Of a moi-fring one of our aeroplanes flies over ns to see that- every thing is O.K. Our t■ oops are doing good : work, and are in good health'. We have .tour .stations, three low-power adiii one high-power. I and Sergeant W. A. JPKeowit, of Karovi road arid Telegraph Office. are in charge of the high-power field staton.

After leaving Colombo- we travelled 1 by nil to Talamn.nar. then ferry to THhanas Khodi, then rail to Madras, then rail to Bombay, then boat to Basra, then boat to great sights, the Parsee Chamber of Silence, the spot vvltich the Bin dear s'lell at Madras, and dozens of other pl.iees of interest. lam writing on a piece ot cardboard off a cigarette, box. Paper is very scarce."—Post.