LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE MEN IN EGYPT Sir,— I Tlii! Minister of Defencu has made so many assertions. but lie is treating the boys' parents disgracefully. Uis quite true iho men feel iinil have always felt thai they hnvo been forgotten liy Iho Now Zealand il.'ople. What arc. the parents going lo (to!-\ Are f hey going to stand by and see their boys detained ill (lie dirliesl hole oh the earth? It is a. disgrace. and will always remain a disgrace lo New Zealand, the way our men have been left there, flero is a list of I lie returning troopships:—Waimaiiii, with 167. r i troops, due .Inne 21; I'rinzessin, willi . r >o7 troops, due July 2; Maungunui, with 1128 troops, due July 12; lluahine, with H59 troops, due July I; Tahiti, with I21(i troops, due July 18.. Will Sir James .Mien stale if any of these troopships are bringing our troops from Egypt?
Hen), is an extract from thu "Chronicles of tho N./i.U.Ii 1 .," July 10, 1918:—
"Tho Brigade has moved from the valley, which the hoys welcomed, as it is a near approach to hell."—l am, etc., »- THOOPKR'S MOTHEK.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 217, 7 June 1919, Page 8
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193LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 217, 7 June 1919, Page 8
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