DR. THACKER
ASKS FOR ROYAL COMMISSION. [Per United Press Association,] CHRISTCHURCH, January 11. Dr Thacker, M.P., has addressed a letter to the Prime Minister asking the Government to set up a R<jyal Commission to take evidence as to the methods and complaints thereon of Medical Boards’ examination of reservists and the medical treatment of soldiers in camp, on leave, and their treatment when given extended leave without pay. He says reservists are being sent into camp and retained for a few days, then given extended leave without pay. These men are still uncertain as to their military future, and there is thus an enormous waste of public money. Mr Massey says the matter is on© for consideration by Cabinet.
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Evening Star, Issue 16629, 11 January 1918, Page 4
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119DR. THACKER Evening Star, Issue 16629, 11 January 1918, Page 4
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