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Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1922, Page 11

A reference to his proposed candidature for Parliament was made by General Sir Andrew Russell at a returned soldiers’ reception at Nelson last week. He said he was going to stand as an Independent, and that if he got into Parliament he hoped he could work with other returned soldier members. He was not looking for political honors in the ordinary sense of the word, but felt that if he entered Parliament he would be able to talk without feeling that he was giving .away party secrets or trying to influence member.from a party point of view. Tn that capacity he might be of some use. ”0i course,” he laughingly concluded, “it is on the cards that I will not get in. There are already Government and Liberal candidates out, and there i< bound to be a Labor one. In fact. I don’t know who is going to vote for me.” Notice has been given in the Gazeti* that in accordance with section X oil the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, the Governor-General has disbanded the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces raised in connection with the late war with Germany. The date of disbandment is December 31, .1921,