SOLDIERS' RAILWAY PASSES.
CONCESSIONS TO RETURNED MEN.
The'MinjSterr,df;Defence .has. issued instructions to ..the; various" recruiting offices that, .returned discharged soldiers, on application,-, will"'-be" issued-, with a three-week railway pas?; "available over any of.'tbekGoverMient-railways in the Dominion, provided .that they have not previously, received that' privilege; since their .return from .Egypt. :. Applicants for passes may select any period of .three weeks, but the period must; expirevprior to-; April.3o:next-. This date'-.has- been 'selected- in- orders to.vgive men-who have -returned -to-.work, the benefit of making use .of-the concession ! during the Easter holidays. Returned -soldiers, supplied .'with .'passes willyfind it necessary: to weal - their' Uniforms when travelling-, on.-the.-trains,' Eefenee"Minister's order-prescribes.that guard, are not to recognise a pass-if the bearer is. in "mufti. ' Special permission must- he officials-ior. percn:ssion. : for .applicants to wear the'uniform...The railway pass and certificate of permission ■to "wear-:-: the u_tiiorm''vyillybe;iliable'':tb;;-cancellatidn .in the case ..of unseemly b'ehaviduf *6iT the part of the bearer..
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 5
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151SOLDIERS' RAILWAY PASSES. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 5
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