SOLDIERS' GRATUITY.
NOT. A DEMAND, BUT A GIFT. By Telegraph.— Association. Wellington, Last Night. Dr. Ernest BoXer,.president of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, has telegraphed to the Prime Minister expressing his personal and official regret at the attitude and action of the deputation of Wellington returned soldiers, stating that such was in complete antagonism to the spirit and decision of the Christchurch conference. The executive did not consider the gratuities in any sense a demand, but a gift from the country. Therefore the matter was entirely in the hands of the Government.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1919, Page 5
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93SOLDIERS' GRATUITY. Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1919, Page 5
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