EMPTYING THE CAMPS.
WORK GOING FORWARD. The discharging of men from camp was urged in the. House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon hy the Hon. I), Huddo and Mr G. Witty, who suggested that tin,* men were needed in their homes. Sir Janies Allen said that steadily and without advertising it the Department had been demobilising. The camps were blocked ofl, and from a convalescent section men were being discharged as fast as the medical men would let them go. In the course of three days a fairly large number would be discharged. Men were being spread out as much as possible, as others were discharged. As for lighting the epidemic, the Department had assisted in every possible way. Replying to a declaration by Mr G. Witty that men on leave had come up from the South that day to join their wives in camp. Sir James Allen stated that these men would not. 1)0 allowed to enter camp.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1388, 21 November 1918, Page 2
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