"A CREDIT TO THE DOMINION"
-Fress Association.)
(By 'i'alegraph-
WELLINGTON, Last Night. At the reception the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, welcomed the men back. The Minister of DefencC, Hon. P. Jones, said when he farewelled the contingent in March, he formed a high opinion of the men New Zealand was sending away and, judging by the reports, they had worthily upheld the high reputation which soldiers from the Dominion had gained on former visits to te Old Country. The selection of the contingent by ballot had been an unusual method, but the aim of securing as fully a representative body as possible had been aehieved, and the men had been a credit to the Dominion. Hon. W. Perry welcomed the " men on behalf of the New Zealand Beturned Soldiers' Association,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 143, 5 July 1937, Page 12
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