ABOUT GROUSING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 232, 30 September 1936, Page 22

ABOUT GROUSING.

While not knowing the" extent of Mr. Maltby's army career, a safe guess would be that he came out of the "dust up" sound of wind and whole of limb. Many British ex-servicemen, through war service and hardship, have been in distress in this country. They have given thanks to' K.S.A.'s and canteen funds. These "grousers," as we term them here, have been able not only to look after their own, but also render assistance to many Tommy friends. What is Mr. Maltby doing for those of his kind that happen to be down? Of these pensioners he talks so freely about (promises made by the citizens of New Zealand) thousands were well over there helping the Tommies before ever they were discussed here;- and thousands never heard the word pensions until landing back here. Mr. Maltby paints the picture of New Zealand milling around, wondering what they were going to get before ever picking up the old rifle. Well, to dispel his ignorance, I have in mind, when the call for assistance came, crowds downing tools, up rifle and away. Many of those chaps now lie on the slopes of Gallipoli and the fields of France. Many were friends of mine, and I for one take not lightly insults on their names. As a member of the one-time New Zealand Division, now incapacitated through service, do I take, it that he infers that the men who formed this division and that those left from it were and are a pack of goldgetters and scroungers ? v I FORBES, Ist A.1.8. »