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MINISTER'S ADVICE TO SOLDIERS. WELLINGTON, January 24. The desire of the Government that sol* diers should return to the conditions of civil life as soon as possible was mentioned by the Hon. Mr Russell when presenting the Plunket Shield to the Canterb.ury oricket team. Mr Russell referred to the; fact that the Wellington team contained three roturned soldiers—J. W. Condliffe, W. Raker, and H. M. M'Girr,—while in the Canterbury team L. R. Rrunton and D. M'Reth had also "done their bit." "What the Government wishes," said Mr Russell, "is that our soldiers 'shall, as rapidly as they are able, and as soon as their health permits, get back to their old occupation* and their old sport, and regard the war as something that has passed.'
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Otago Witness, Issue 3385, 29 January 1919, Page 47
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