NEW ZEALAND & THE WAR.
23rd REINFORCEMENTS. (Per United Press Association.) WESTPORT. April IG. The acting-Prime Minister lias received advice that till 1 , first portion of the 23rd Reinforcements has reached a certain port on the due date, all well. . SOLDIERS’ SUICIDES. CPer United press Assooia-tion.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 16. Sir James Allen (Acting-Prime Minister), under date 14th inst., writes. ar» follows to. the secretary of a Christchurch union “In reply to your letter of March 1, I have had inquiries made in regard to suicides of soldiers,, aiid have had the inquest proceedings searched with a view to ascertaining the causes. Out of nine suicides which have occurred, two appear to have been due to alcoholism; one case followed on an epileptic' lit ; one was due to private worry; and one to menial derangement. Tu the lour remaining cases there was nothing to indicate the reason for the act.” -
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Mataura Ensign, 17 April 1917, Page 4
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