FACING TROUBLES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVIII, Issue 10943, 15 June 1927, Page 4

FACING TROUBLES.

LESSON FROM THE SOLDIERS. A SYMPATHETIC CABINET. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. Speaking at iai social in connection w,ith the Returned Soldiers' Association conference last evening, the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. J. Rolleston) said that '£ the people of New Zealaud would o:.ly face the present troubles with the same courage as the men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force had faced theirs in the war, there would be no concern for the future. The Minister said the Department was still taking a lively interest in returned soldiers. Any request from. them would have Cabinet af sympathetic consideration. j General Sir Andrew-Russell referred' to the reviving interest in the Association. He thought that five years hence they would reach the peak of applications for war pensions, for a 4 the men grew older their war disabilities would tell more upon them. When the troops were in danger they closed up and faced their difficulties 1 , and if the country was now facing difficulties the people should stick t»» gether and thev would pull through. "All knew that the Prime Minister carried a pack in the front line, but he now had a heavier one to carry. They should trust their leaders and close up their ranks. They should think less about themselves' and think more about their women and children.