A SOLDIER RETURNS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1915, Page 5

A SOLDIER RETURNS.

IMiAISIC l'Ol! MAJOR HOME. Wearing " khaki topee characteristic of tlic liritish soldier I'rom the tropics, mid looking bronzed it ml well, Driver A. V. Stapp, til' New Plymouth, who Uvt with the first •■xpoilitionary force, retunii'il homo lust night, having been invalided from Kgypt. There was a l;ir;j ■■ crowd ill Hie railway station to welcome the first iS'ew Plymouth limn xa icturn iioine from the wur—for, although Driver St«|i|i did not reach the firing lino, lie is entitled M the fioiior owing to the men who volunteered mill took, their chiinee it ml he was aeeorded a - v warm reception. The bund played '■Home, Sweet Home" as the train drew iiifn the station, mid then tin- Mayi.r (Mr. .1. K Wilson) welcomed Driver Sl.t|)|i in an apprii]iriiite speech. Ik ioiii lesion, Mr, Wilson said that Driver Stii])|i wished him to mention the magnificent work which Major Home, of New Plymouth, was doing in Kgypt, wltero lie was in charge of the woundeil New Zealnndors. Everyone knew Dr. Home, Mr. Wilson, and everyone was pleased to know that lie was doing such a good service in Kgypt. and prowl to find one of the first things that a returned trooper hail to say was praise for Dr. Home. Driver Stapp ihanked the gathering for the warm welcome accorded to him. He hurt volunteered for the war with. others, niirt hart taken liis : , chance, bat unfortunately he was not well enough to go to the front. He did not want to come back, but wanted to go to th(» Dardanelles, and as soon as he was weil enough he would Volunteer to go with ,the reinforcements, * "