MORE BUTTER

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24116, 27 November 1943, Page 4

MORE BUTTER

MINERS AND SOME* BUSH WORKERS ALLOWANCE OF 4oz . A WEEK It has been decided to grant cod miners an extra ration of 4oz of butte? a head a week, according to informal tion, received in Christchurch yester* day. Sawmillers and bush worker!: living in isolated districts will also qualify for this additional ration, e*. pecially those in localities where theif : diet is restricted because of the lack of normal shopping and other facili" ties. ' ■ RETURN FROM THE PACIFIC DRAFT OF N.Z.E.F. MEN ONE BATTLE CASUALTY (P.A.) AUCKLAND. November & . A draft of 54 soldiers from the I® New Zealand Expeditionary Force “ the Pacific who have been invalid** for various reasons has returned w New Zealand. Many of the men have been in the forward areas and some have fought against the Japanese, Dtre only one of the party was wounQW in action. The remainder are suffer* ing from various types of sickness w are accident cases. Private D. C. Murton, of EUersue, who is the only battle casualty, w® wounded on Vella Lavella during “® New Zealanders’ advance into w® , jungle. He was a member of a paru ambushed by Japanese, and was wounded in the right shoulder by • machine-gun bullet. Private Murton served with the battalion conunanoea by Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Seaward, who won the Distinguished Service Order on the island. He said he was about three miles into the jungle ween a Japanese machine-gun opened and he was hit with one of the nrs* bursts. . . Also among those who returned, though on special leave and not jjj" eluded among the men needing ®®®£ cal attention, was Gunner C. of Kaitaia, brother of the late Fly*®* Officer L. A. Trigg, New ( most recent Victoria Cross w]&W r ' Welcome from . The party was welcomed 6n arriv “l by the*. Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister » Internal Affairs, and the Hon. D. son, Minister of Broadcasting, civic and Returned Services’ Ass ciation representatives. . j All those classed as sick or wouno were medically examined immediate j after arrival, and arrangements ,«e made to send them to their tomes quickly as possible. , n Although they seemed to be sorry have left their comrades, the were glad to be back in New * land. Their impressions of the ls|a** where they have been, especially . those in the forward areas, aPP e “: d to be a mixture of heat, jungle, mosquitoes. Those who had served action said they had found the anese tough fighters, although tn| J said the enemy was aided very cons* erably by the protection they rec ® iv 0 from thick jungle, but they had « doubt about their own ability to cea them. ___________