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WAIRARAPA R.S.A.

PROMINENT YISITOBS WELCOMED,

By Telegraph—Svccial Correspondent.

Masterton, 'September SU. In ilio Council Chambers -this afternoon, a civic reception, presided over by the Mayor (Mr. W. H. Jackson) was tendered to General Sir Andrew Uussoll and Dr. Ernest Boxer, president of the N.Z.R.S.A., who are to be amongst the speakers at the annual reunion, of the Wairarapn Returned Soldiers' Association.

In welcoming General Russell, Mr. Jackson said that they were proud to havo such a man amongst them—a man who Iftid set up a standard for all New (Jealanders to follow. His was a great accomplishment; he had gained the love, respect, and obedience of thousands of men in France. The Mayor extended a hearty welcome to. the General, and said that it was the citizens who were honoured by the reception rather than their guests, Mr. Hugh Morrison, chairman of the Wairarapa Patriotic Society, also paid a, tribute to the guest, and 6poke cf the honours achieved ill the field and at Home. No better division had fought in Franco than that sent from this Dominion, and its success was in no small measure due to the man they lad with them that day. General Russell thanked the speakers for their tributes. He could not lay claim to all the good work attributed to him, but lie would say that the New Zealand Division at the front was among the best. He was pleased that they liad extended to him a civic welcome, more especially as it showed that tho sacrifices of'the soldiers had not been forgotten. It was to them they owed the fact that to-day they were still under British rule. lie hoped that they would recognise that the men who had Been awav had gained a broader outlook and infinite experience, aud that the minus of these men would before long make themselves felt in the recasting of social ''Dr. Boxer thanked those present for the welcome. Tho R.S.A. was as yet in its infancy; no one knew what placei it would take in the country s life. No one knew, cither, exactly the amount of good the association had been .the means of doing,. In other countries vast numbers of ex-privates and ex-officers were out cf employment. Such a thing could not happen- in this country, where the association had teen, given a voice-in repatriation matters. It was something to be proud of that of all the soldiers who had been repatriated only five per cent, ad turned out "bad eggs." According to the Repatriation Departments books on July 31, there were only between. 150 and 200 returned men in the whole Dominion out of employment.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 311, 25 September 1920, Page 7

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WAIRARAPA R.S.A. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 311, 25 September 1920, Page 7

WAIRARAPA R.S.A. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 311, 25 September 1920, Page 7

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