HOME FROM THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 92, 13 January 1919, Page 4

HOME FROM THE WAR

FOUR 1 HUNDRED SOLDIERS ARRIVE. Four ]iuu<}reil officers anil men difr embarked froiji, the transport .Alanngiinui, which arrived; iir Wellington at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Weather conditions were ideal and a very large number 'of people" ,w ere present to welcome home those who had been contributing their share towards defeating the Hun,- The Mayor (Mr. J. I', Luke, C.M.G.) was present to offer the men the. city's welcome. No time was lost in getting the men off the boat, and credit is due to the responsible authorities f 9r the speedy manner in which they disposed . of the men. Tho organisation was perfect, and in an hour. the whole of the troops were off the ship! The volunteer motor corps was well represented and performed excellent ser-. vice. With tho exception, of .six days of particularly rough neither shortly after leaving the Home port. the. voyage was without incident. Huge seas were encountered during the rough weather, and one wove came aboard, injuring a seaman and a soldier, both of. whom' suffered fractures in .tile lower extremities. The fittings of the vessel for'ard also suffered some little damage. T.he Southern portion of the draft proceeded South by the ferry stgamer on Saturday night..

Those on board spoke, in very glowing terms of the wonderful hospitality shown them by the_ residents-of Colon w)ien the ship arrived at the Canal. Every man was entertained m a most liberal manner and made to feel quits at home.. As she has a quantity of cargo to discharge, the, Maunganui has taken up a berth at tho Queen's Wharf. TAHITI AT PORT CHALMERS. By Telegrar-h—Pr«sß Association. DutiQdin, January 12. The troopship Tahiti, with 950 soldjerp, arrived at Port Chalmers at daylight. The vessel'had a fine voyage with the exception of two or three days after leaving Liverpool. The meii had a very warm welcome at Panama and are indebted to the , people there for kindness during the voyage. Physical training was conducted with excellent results. The voyago.'occupied .4(1 days. Soldiers for ports north, of Dunedin leave to-morrow.