CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20583, 5 December 1928, Page 10

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE.

Pace Leading Articles .. .......... 8 The Speakership. . Parliamentary Procedure. Franco-Italian Friction. ■ " Dental Examinations ........ 2 Supreme Court- 2 Lincoln College 2 The Common Round ......... 2 The Silent Stage 3 West Harbour Affairs ...... 4 Horticultural Society 5 and Finance 6 'The Gore Show 6 Sporting 7 Racing News. Trotting. Riccarton Training Notes.The Auckland Cup'. , Ashburton Acceptances. Shipping .. .. .. .. .. ~ ... g Cable News 0 Personal .. .10 Visitors to the City ' 10 A Passing Race ........ .t .. 10 Unemployment Problem .. .. .. 10 Missing Solicitor .......... 10 • Returned Soldiers .. .. 10 A Boy Burglar .. .. .. .. .. 10 Shipping at Bluff .. .. .. .. .. 10 Accidents and Fatalities ...... 10 Opening of• Parliament . . .. .. 10, Provincial News 13 District Highways .. 1. .. 15 ■ Magistrate's Court ' 15 RETURNED SOLDIERS. DEATHS AFTER DISCHARGE. ‘ 1 ' AUSTRALIAN FIGURES " EXAGGERATED., United Pbebs Association. I WELLINGTON, December 4, Base records of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force which has kept a careful record from available sources of the. deaths of soldiers after discharge gives the New Zealand'deaths to August 31, 1928 as 3604—-nearly one-flfth of New Zealanders’s casualties during the war. As New Zealand had approximately one-third of Australia's strength at the war it would-,appear that the deaths after discharge should be in the vicinity, of 13,000. It is understood that the military authorities in Australia' do not keep actual records of the deaths which have occurred subsequent to the war, and therefore, it appears that the figures in the cable message are at best a rough / estimate and exaggerated. ' ■ A cable mesage which appeared yesterday, morning stated: Mr W. Stagg, secretary of- the Returned- Soldiers' ,- League of New, Spilth: Wales, estimates that over 60,000 Australian: soldiers have died since their discharge from the forces, which is actually' more than' were killed in battle. ■ ■