GRATEFUL VETERANS
':-... ,- THANKS TO PREMIER. (By Telegraph.—Special Oorrespondtnt.) " "Hastings, December 2. _;At the conclusion of the-Prime Minister's speech last night Veteran W. Y. Dennett, on behalf of the veterans of. Hawke's Bay, expressed;gratitude to.. ithe . Government for removing the restrictions regarding the granting of military'pensions. It was left, he said, to Government to take a commonsense view of/their, position and the Government's .action would be remembered with grateful hearts by the veterans. ' ' - 'Mr. Massey, in reply, said.that the. Government had thought, it was only,, right to recognise the services rendered to the country in the troublous times years ago. . ;.' ■ , A party of Maori veterans occupying seats on the stage displayed their ap-.. preciation of the removal of, the re-. ■ strictions by dancing a haka of wcl-, come to the Prime Minister when he. rose to commence his address.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2323, 3 December 1914, Page 6
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138GRATEFUL VETERANS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2323, 3 December 1914, Page 6
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