SIR JAMES ALLEN
TRIBUTE FROM R.S.A. WELLINGTON, April 16. Representatives of. the Returned Soldiers’ Association visited Sir James Allen in his office this evening to take leave of him, and wish him success in his new sphere of activity as High Commissioner for New Zealand in London Mr C. Batten, vice-president of the Association, said he believed that Sir James Allen was the only Defence Minister in all the British Empire who had held office during the whole period of the war. He paid tribute to Sir James Allen’s fairness in dealing with all le ~ turned soldiers’ affairs. The Ministei at the head of the Defence administration had always been impartial and just. -Sir James Alien, in his reply, said he wished to say that if he had seemed hard, at times, it was not through any desire on his part to Hie so, but because lie had a double to perform—to the country as well as to the soldier. If tlio soldiers felt now that ho had been just, bo was satisfied. He could ask for no more.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1920, Page 1
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