L. I. ,;%:? - No, 1 .- Printed on board M S . SOBIESKI

JAN. 14th 1930.

my crew since yo& erabarkation some nine days ago, i; and you will understand--how very much your splendid . 5A -

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Xe wish you God-speed and good luck in your *L'3'- F--$-

noble undertaking,and when you return t o your nat- I - -1. . - - - ivo land we hope t o have the pr ivi lege of bearing - -

,55 - you back to New Zealand, home and beauty, in the :7;; . .

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- - ' -' Gonment is heard a l l over the ship on $he obv%ou determination of the abipss staff to give the . t r i p which will be remembered. That the sold pre.ciate this klndnesls is shown in the cheery iley in .

which they m e e t members of'the crew, 7henevb~ $&ex% %s aa nppbr5unity 828 of .%he 6rew, %en% efforts to le Gaporary shipmate bandied aW.u% %bat;

groups o r soldiers gather rqtm heezTuLly gestioulating in %$m sra .samething of the languam 'oq s. . EB is evident from the ,&*%i some ~9ucoeas is being atta%kned. '

One of %he senior oifi~ers sf t h e I!:, s o m glog.. He couZd noti t ; r a a k e &inself unaer took a pieoe of paper, g a ~ e it a good liok an it &awn on %he table, to show that he wantad to st%$&. A f t e r a short absenae, the obligi returned, with a piece of blotting paper! .

WSeal ~ b e a ~ ? ? I j ~ e a . s a n t ~ ~ milea o d a@in at thc piece o?l paper, this

Wa gieaes togethes.

"Bh! Yes,@, trerg goat l t And %hihis tfme %Be: t back good Emlish gLoy.

I ffe nave Deen inforrued by a correspondent froa 1 tween decks, which, we understand, is abaft the poop

1 on the port side, that our training at 3urnhan was a l l preparatory to boat drill i n the t r anspor t . O u r correspondent is so ce r t a in of his facts tha t he gives

-- an outline of the procedure which is recounted here. Boat Drill is .a parade. The Staff , we under-

stand, af ter a lengthly conference has decided that these parades should be cerejjlonial. In tile event an d a m , which w i l l be recognisei! by a t leas t one re-

explosion, and t he sharp end of the bqat from the blunt end, the following rules w i l l

encouraged. 5. When marching to statzi.ons, o f f i ce r s w i l l see

that the standard s e t on board the Bransport

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following messages have b w n he Covernor-General of New Zealand 81x3 1-iIajor-GenBml ir lndrew Russell. 1% are certain t h a t the Fisst o&;lon of the 2nd Yr. Z.E. P. w i l l f u l l y maintsin '%he mart ions of the New Zealand DPvislon oP 1914-19IE. nd t h a t all will a p ~ r e c i at e these messages.

The Governor-General9 s message is: -

I 'On the eve of t h e i r departure f m m t h e i r Hose- and of the R r e t Echelon of the New Zealand Expodi; ionary Force, I should lfke to c o n v e ~ ~ to you, as C@m- landing ~ f f i c e r , and to t h e of f%= :ers and men under your command, ~y wannest congratulations on laving been chosen to comprise ,he main body of this Dominion9 s ?ooree for. servicc a v ~ r s c a s . The lrompt "'response of a l l those .caving to-day to answer the n a t - .on's c a l l is a fu r the r proof to ,he,worlb of tho unwavering dev- )tion and l o y a l t y o f the peoplc - ---

t h i s c o u n t ~ ~ t o King and Enrp- and the spirit whi ch has I " "* * t! .clhr*'+$,"d k

do +hey 5. w h e - ued all- concomcd to a t ta in , c? maximum degree of of fi cicncv; I t e i n theminimurn timo, is in/_ ee~ing vSth tho splendid t r a d i t i o 14-1918 - t m d i t i o n s which I knowy t h o members of! t h e rst Echelon will do t h e i r best to maintain. 1:11k ~u zase accept for yousali and convey to t h o s e

o u r command my veqr best wishes for a good passa safe arrival a t goup d ~ s t f n a t i o n , ' ~ - , , - . I

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E & i j ~ ~ - ~ % m o ~ a l Ilusscl19 s message is: -

I "To &ne ml Fro!~berg, 0. G., 2nd N. 2. E. R : 1 w k $o ylou m d your s ~ o ~ ~ B Q . 6.Ia man sf tho 018

cdi t ionaAry Force have aoniidence in r70u all..*?

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The first n i g h t on board we were summoned $0 t d r i l l , and wended OUT way down t o o u r ws- cabins t o don t h o f a m i l i a r appl iance. Imqginc

our surprise %!hen we found t h a t t h e cupboard wa d steward was called, and the ensu ing conversat was in this wise:

Cis to r : ??No l l f e - b e l t here. St @ward smiles; no .glimmer of' comprehdnsion.

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S i s t e r a t t e m ~ t s t o make the p o s i t i o n c l ~ a various movements o f ams around chest - swimming ! rncnts, e t c . Still not an answering glimmer from the steward. Eventually, in d e s p a i r , s is ter says: ''t;e H':. IL r -:

Light dawns. The steward rushes to his ctwi'n cabin, which is ncarby, shows us h i s b e l t , and sp-

hat we are not drowning r a ? i d l ~ ~

K a ornorgo from the dcpt hs, and are m c t lat by the s e n i o r steward, who comforts u s b!r s a y i n g "Iio danger tonight; l i fc-bel t tomorrow."

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machine-gunner: (bol. Calm. Then ool locted!

TIT EZAG-WEE DZLICTO

Unfai l ing courtesy and tact of Po l i sh doctors' is a fact - a fac t which inc identa l lp shows in start-

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9. the .dose8 deadlight. The 201 iah sailor bukkers .. LM-.-k--

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~pilogue: At 8.30 next mornin$, two

quite def ln i te -information from the warshi9 t 3 tween 2250hrs. &x 2 36hrs. a br ight l i g h t was on the starboard s i d e -f the Sobieski,- amids oabin -0- on D be&. Humbl:? t h e subaltezns their a ~ A i l crime, but. + - h ~ i r discomfiture.was

, shadowed by admiration ,,. the unceasing vig i l and efficieno:~ of t h e B ~ i t i s h N a q ~ .

lll'JS\:EE TO CBRJWZP OWDmS I .. . .-

user - Amendment 42a, re la t ing to k.fO 1 w i l l appear - g e r h a ~ s - in orders tcanor

' i the meantime oontinue to gut %he toothb the le% s i d e of the pugaree.

Curious - TV E ~ S ~ B ' 8 ~ a l t s . i @as%. Reader - Sea re717 to mrious. "s.aii, - We lanow nothine about tat tooing. Wrqf

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to exdhage, life-jacket, size &s, size SEW. Apply oartoon dept

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glinrpse sf N.Z. at 8 . p . ?t @xix&oh paraee and iP pool g o ~ u l e r . S h q blow du ~ba-;sf &*

8,. Training. leoture8 and F,T. o , .B, Sailing w e s t at 12 YE knots on .lo. Ilypl.oachingAua't~eliful amst . Bier ; glmes-IJPmmmainlasd.

.j&aaa and tt%ssqegears u .1L. fdB@a'cbr ~ e r y warm. Land vfsible a

~onvay +loas d m and swiags ii)ou%Eth.. .li.an %&xqships - Oraadefs, Ordates, g%rawaveT. -; $olin oonaoy , =king C gsc?ort streng%&ened by EI &&i,S, &die% Sydas;g and o t h r welrahipfs,

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In re ?tweten beak 8molring $oe King i s not joking!

: Rest quietly, dear B.S Ild:.. , For you our hearts do yearn We know you've gone to IBaven You were t o o darn' tough t o b

ere a r e no Virgin Islands around &uort

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