THE WHIRL OF THE WEEK.
RACES AM)' AVAR
WELLINGTON, Oct. 28
Tlio Wellington Racing Club belli a “dry” iweting this week.- This was not a voluntary circumstance on the part of the dub; it was to be either a dry meeting or none at all. At the last meeting of the club (whose premises are contiguous to the Trentham camp) in April, c-ome soldier*; are alleged to have acted in an objectionable manner while under the- influence of liquor. The club missed its October meeting on account ol its buildings be ing used as hospital quarters for sick soldiers. It is said that at the April meeting some 150 men h it the camp as a consequence of their behaviour. This year the camp commandant stipulated “no liquor, or no races,” and the club held the “dry” meeting. On the first day some oOOf) soldiers were allowed in the grounds, and they helped to make it a good meeting. If those nirn had not been in attendance things would have been flat. Though the attendance was far short of the ordinary, and the feeling of thrift consequent upon the war was upon all, the tote put through £3648 more than was the case a year before on the first day, and a total of C 0278 increase for the meeting. THE RETURNED TROOPS. Once again Wellington turned out to welcome the troops returned from the war. The ferry steamer brought the northern lot up, tying up at 11 o'clock. Many thousands lined the quays and city streets to give the glad hand and lusty cheer, and the vigour ol the welcome had not diminished despite the fact that it is becoming a monthly occurrence. The majority of the. lads looked a good deal healthier than those preceding them. They were not nearly so pale and wan. In lact. a medical officer remarked that they were the healthiest looking lot of wounded he had seen. But looks are not everything. One man who was deaf (the result of concussion) and had had his foot smashed, looked as though he might lie just starting out for Gallipoli. But when you spoke to him. or he tried to walk—that was the end. Motor-car owners turned out with their cars in good numbers, and (he men were motored to the Town Hall, where the customary encomiums were passed, and the parents and relations had an opportunity of a few quiet words with their heroes. The effects of war upon different men seem widely divergent. There is a returned officer in Wellington who cannot bear to be alone. He cannot stand it. A man who returned wounded today could not bear to be with his own parents even, lie could not stand their company although they were the most devoted'of kinsmen. He went away to seek lodgings- in a secluded s|mt so that lie might be alone. For one the night was ghastly and Idled with horrors; lor tin l other solitude eolitained a solatium. It’s curious the effect of 1 killing men.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1466, 30 October 1915, Page 4
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508THE WHIRL OF THE WEEK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1466, 30 October 1915, Page 4
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