TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS.
CHARGES ACASNST WAIKATO SANATORIUM. LIFE ALMOST UNBEARABLE. J SEVEN LEAVE INSTITUTION. i I H SITED PWM ASSOCIV'MV* i Hamilton, .June h'2. As the result of what thev considered unreasonable treatment at the Waikato Sanatoi him. seven returned soldiers left the institution. The administration of the institution, they allege, was so severe thai life be* jcaine almost unbearable. Games I were largely prohibited an.l the earns iwhich tilt* men used were seized, alj though there was no gambling. Hie climax was reached when one of the ' soldiers for walking with a lady in the grounds, was practically placed in I solitary confinement. As the men's 'complaints met with no ro-dress—they state they wow either ignored or received with abuse—they wore forced to take other steps to meet the arbitrary treatment they wore subjected to, and in consequence they left the institution.
On arrival at Cambridge. Llioy communicated with Major Northcroft, the officer commanding the group, and supplied him with a statement ot their grievances. Major Northcroft arranged for the men to go to the Waika to, Hospital, where they still remain, i
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 66, 22 June 1916, Page 2
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184TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 66, 22 June 1916, Page 2
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