ACTIVE SERVICE

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11718, 7 June 1916, Page 1

ACTIVE SERVICE

I WITH THE FLEET, j A NEW ZEALANDER'S EXPERIENCES | "Writing to his parents, who reside | in Ciiristcnurch, an officer in the iS'avy, j whoso address is vaguely given as "Chi • active service at sea," gives an inter- ! caiing glimpse into naval life. He Sii v S I "I am well, and iu great form. Wo ; aro having a. very swirt time, as our i station is from or between Shecrness j and and and . | Some war zone, eh? Very exciting, i too- li is ail very wonderful. We race ! along the Channel, tho searchlights are ! playing from the shore (a great sight): j we Mvmg past tb« More, the wireiet»s I zips and crackles and we are bound in. • A few sharp, precise orders, the speed ! slackens, and in an alarmingly snortj time wo are again on dry land. Halt! ; Who goes there? And we again re- ! alise that England is at war. A war | more terrible and bloody than a vast : majority can ever conceive. The subs. : are busy making medicine for us ? and ! wo sir*.* equally as busy on the antidote. I It is sure a great game, but the stakes I are too terribie. Personally, I am well iKvustomed to the game, and don't get enough spare time to get ' eoid fcet, f in tact I don't get enough time to write my friends, but I beg you all to overlook tho irregularity of my letters, for I am ';on active service, and twentyfour hours a day."