"THAT LAST FEW HOURS"

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 5

"THAT LAST FEW HOURS"

(To the Editor.) ' ' ■ ' Sir, —May I beg space in your ■ columns • for the following : lines" on be< ; half of the 12th Reinforcements. Mr. Allen, in his remarks re the llths hav< ' ing a fow .hours' leave on the day. of ; embarkation, points out tlia't 'it : is'."no( i to bo taken as a, precedent, , but was _ due to unforeseen circumstances." "Well, Sir, seeing that it was such a success > from every 'point' of vkwj'aud tho'meq being put on thoir honour, and behav< iug themselves in such an exemplarj way, it should give the Hon. the Min< ister of Defence encouragement to es»'; tond iho privilego to the 12tlis, ..espcci< ally after their behaviour and conduct. ' in all their, day and night operations, by,,; the way our Colonels J etc., speak to us ; ,of them. ' They'.'must have confido'nca 5 in..our integrity .and 'discipline,,.: or j they would not say so much as they do. i : I would also point out that our dear ' ones left behind look upon that last ; few hours as sweeter than all-the re- ' maiuder of our leavo'put together,-for ■' everyono likes the last moments with. ! thoir nearest and dearest. '. 1 i . : Sir, i. feel siiro that if some mors : able pen than mino took, up this in the ' proper manner,, that .Mr.-.Allen would grant us the same few,. . hours before 1 leaving, and by so " doing ' would earn the gratitudo of, T think, the , whole of < New Zealand. Trusting-you will grant ■ the' space, , and thanking "you-in -J !pation,f-I' " ' ONB: OK. '