SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL.
ALLEGED OVERCROWDING. fßy Telegraph.—Pre's Association.) TTMARU. Thursday. The Government was sharply criticised hy the Mayor. Mr. .). Maiinp. at :i meeting of i!>e .St. John Ambulance Association tlri, .-veiiinjz. ejjjpc-iailv in regard to iiii- treatment of returned soldiers, i;i sending llicm "t-o the hospitals nearest to their respective lioines." lejirtr.lle.*?; of wiieUier there was a«-<?omodation lor tunm. I'he Mayor said *aat :it a mcetiug of tJip Ilospiuil Board on V\>dn{"!duy. two dovtolo wh-o are niemberss of the Board spoke of the need ■for a consumptive sa.T]atorium for •soldiers in tl.e South IsJand well as in the Nortii. and generally That the crowding oi returned soidiers \nU> hoepitals was unfair to both them and civilian patienlfi. If the liospitals were overtaxed now. what, woilld'ihe popilion thousands returned after the
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 46, 22 February 1918, Page 6
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130SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL. Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 46, 22 February 1918, Page 6
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