RETURNED SOLDIERS.
ihe question of jgrcpAißAiflgj ALLOWANCES. (From Our Own Correspondent^. i Wellington, July SO. Members of the Wellington Soldiers' Association urged stsouffy at ft meeting to-night that the increased separation allowances, as at preasnt paid, sfconld be retrospective. They *#- fused to believe that the financial difficulties were insurmountable, as ttijfod by the Minister of Defence, and titey insisted that concessions made to Second Division men not? ought to bo trospectreely.by married men who ffljjAt in the early years of the-war. "The Minister for Defene« says that we were volunteers, and therefore accepted the old conditions wifh. our «yee said one speaker. "That argument ignores the factor of .patriotism. Soldiers were wanted in a huryy. Anpeal was made for recruits. What would Jiave been the position if we hut stopped to argue about pay aad a3IW« ancesT We volunteered without taflc. mg of conditions, and now the Master for Defence says that our rea&nu i 9 put country before self-interest ijs proof that we did not need the allovnt&cet now recognises to be fair."
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1918, Page 4
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174RETURNED SOLDIERS. Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1918, Page 4
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