EMPTYING THE CAMPS.
WORK GOING FORWARD
The discharging of men from camp was urged in the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon by the Hon. 1). Bmldo and Mr G. Witty, who suggested that the men were needed in I heir homes. Sir Janies Allen said that steadily and without advertising it, the Department had been demobilising. The camps were blocked off, and from a convalescent section men were being discharged as fast as
(lie medical men would let them go. In (he course, of three days a fairly largo number would be discharged. Men wore being spread out as much as possible, as others were discharged. As for lighting the epidemic, the Department had assisted in every possible way. Replying to a declaration by Mr G. Witty that men on leave had come up from llie South that day to join (heir wives, Sir James Allen stated that these men would not be allowed to enter camp.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1905, 21 November 1918, Page 3
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158EMPTYING THE CAMPS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1905, 21 November 1918, Page 3
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