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Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1919, Page 5

A returned officer, discharged from the Expeditionary Force, is entitled to wear liia uniform and the Imdgjis of his Expeditionary Force rank. The present rule is that officers discharged from the Expeditionary Force retain their rank temporarily. They are being placed in a special list, pending consideration o! the whole position after demobilisation As holders of the King's commission, tlify are entitled to wear their uniform at any time. They are in a different position from non-commissioned officers and privates, whe n\ay not wear uniform without authority. A returned discharged officer is not entitled to wear his brigade badges, but the authorities are not likely to be over strict on this pointThe Defence authorities have learned by experience the importance of dcalin» with stranded mines quickly. The carelessness of the casual "local resident" is extraordinary. When a mine appeared in the surf on the west coast recently a man attached an eight-foot ler.gth of rope to it and hauled it ashore If one of the horns had bumped against a rock that man would have been "missing." Th e naval party that exploded the mine a day or two later noticed that it pro(hijed a crater five feet deep in the sand. It la gtated in service eiwlea that a Mf.cri who fouisd a stranded mine in the north tried to knock off one of the horns as a souvenir. Fortunately for Ma fc not Mt.ffliitfiu