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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 204, 30 July 1941, Page 7

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DESIRE TO ACCORD WELCOME. (Press As.hu.) WELLINGTON, July 2ft. lb show how difficult it was to make contact with sick and wounded men returned from overseas, .instances of good intentions not fulfilled were given by some members of the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Council at a recent meeting. A complaint was that, lor those who were concerned with providing for the needs of the men, the notice of their arrival was too short and inadequate. In some eases no notice was received.

Messrs H. Keesing (Wanganui; and A. E. Mansford (Palmerston North) related experiences in their centres. Trains on which returning men were expected had been met, but no soldiers were to be found. In one case the train had arrived when the notice regarding a soldier travelling by it was received from Wellington. Mr Mansford said that something should go from the meeting to the Minister, asking that better arrangements he made for notifying centres. Though agreeing that the suggestion was quite good. Air S. Blakeley (Upper Ilutt) said that some of the men did not want to he seen at the time for the purpose tinder notice. They had fheir relatives eager to meet them, but the cases where men had no relatives required attention.