REPATRIATION OF SOLDIERS.
THE GOVERNMENT'S DIFFICULTIES. WELLINGTON, May 28. Reference to the question of repatriation was made by the Hon. W. D. S. MaoDonald last night at a dinner to the delegates of the Wellington Farmers' Provincial Union. "So far as giving the returned soldier his due," said the Minister, "we know that it is absolutely impossible to assess in money the sacrifice the soldiers, of this country made. We do not mean that we are doing all that a soldier is entitled to. perhaps, but we are doing all that the country can possibly do for him. You can only go as far as your means will allow. Some gentlemen who were gathered together in one of the southern cities were talking a good deal about what ought to be done, but they never said anything about what had been done." Every member of the Repatriation Board was trying to dohis best for the returned men. The Minister of Lands was in a very difficult position .. because he had to get the right class of land for soldiers in the right position at the right price. To put a soldier on the land with success was no easy thing. The Government did not want to put soldiers on the land where they might not be a success.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 66
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218REPATRIATION OF SOLDIERS. Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 66
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