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GRAVES OF THE FALLEN

ANXIETY OF RELATIVES. Another question regarding the p«>posul that relatives of soldiers buried on the battlefields of Gallipoli and France, nr in Great Britain, shall be assisted by the. Government to visit the graves of their men was asked in the House of Representatives yesterday by Dr. Thack«r. Ho said that lie had had letters on the subject from widowed mothers of Bolditrs; who wished to go lo see the graves of their eons. Wealthy people ho said, could go to visit the graves of their relatives, and the eame privilege ought to bo open to the poor people of the country as well as to the well-to-do.

Mr. Massey said that the problem was a very big one, and ono very difficult to deal with. It. had already had the consideration of the Government, for the Minister hud received just such letters as had been referred to by the member for Christchurch East. The Government would make the provision asked for if possible, but no decision could lie made at present, and none would be made before tho end of the present year.

•Mr. Jennings asked whether arrangements r.ould be made for the exhumation of bodies for their removal to New Zealand for burial.

Mr. Masse} said that he had already had some experience in this 1 matter. When he was in Franco at the beginninu of the year lie had had inquiries from parents of dead soldiers whose remains wore buried in France and Gallipoli, and m every cad the request had linen turned down by the Imperial authorities, on the ground that'if anything nf the sort wero attempted it would lead fo chaos and confusion. He could assure parents in New Zealand that the Braves in France and Britain were being cared for. Unfortunately he could not say tho same about (iallipoK, but the Krave9 there would be taken in hand.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 23, 22 October 1919, Page 6

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GRAVES OF THE FALLEN Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 23, 22 October 1919, Page 6

GRAVES OF THE FALLEN Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 23, 22 October 1919, Page 6

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