THE SOLDIERS' MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1927, Page 6

THE SOLDIERS' MEETING.

The reporters generally appear to hart missed the real point of * the alleged no»y meeting. The noise came from a very fe" and their noise did not show hostility. I* was true three or four speakers in a very f»if way put the opposition case, but the show of hands from about 250 persons present showed at least 8 to 1 in favour of the projects brought forward. I never dreamt I was letting myseli in for so much correspondence. Letters are pouring in from all over the Dominion offering congratulations, and some of these from officers who held come of the highest commands. I* appears plainly to me that throughout Ne ff Zealand there is among ex-service s-oldiers the strongest feelings of hostility, especially regarding the canteen fund? and" the attitude of the K.S.A. thereon. There al ? o appear equally strong opinions regarding the distribution of the patriotic funds, not against the individuals administering Them, but again** the policy. The. trend of opinion goes to show the funds were collected for relief when the men came home and nm to be spent «• by a pension's board extending <r> er long year*. Finally, there seems to be a strong opinioa that certain medical men employed by Government have in a great number of cases cut out pensions without justification. TW* meeting seems to have put a high explosive shell into an ammunition dump. A. HALL >KELTON".