RE RETURNED TROOPERS.
(To the Edftor.)
Sir, —Will you kindly allow me a small space in your valuable columns in which -to express my indignation and sorrow for the manner iv which the troopers who arrived here from Africa on Monday were treated. Why were not the authorities here notified in time, so that they might have prepared a welcome for them? Are they less deserving than their comrades before them, or have they risked less, that we should treat them so? And then, again, fancy allowing1 invalided soldiers to travel steerage, and to put up wifh the inconveniences thereby incurred, when they should be enjoyingl the privilege of every comfort. Is it so we treai our men after all they have been through and endured for their country's sake? Shame, I say, if snch a slight and insult is allowed to pass unnoticed. What rfust they think of such a homecoming?—l am, etc., ONE WHO FEELS FOR THEM. May 30.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 130, 3 June 1901, Page 2
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161RE RETURNED TROOPERS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 130, 3 June 1901, Page 2
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