NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS.
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES) IN THE HOSPITALS. .';>...* SPEEDIER DEMOBILISATION f MEN NOT TO GO TO GERMANY. VOLUNTEERS FOR RUSSIA MUST i JOIN BRITISH ARMY. (Special from the Official' War Correspondent.) LONDON, Dec. 26. Christmas festivities held; in the hospitals were marked -by more than ■> the , usual gaiety. There *3ias 'been recently ;a cdnsiderabile' reduction m the number of i patients, as ho wounded - are now coming through and the majority _ of patients are those whose' more -serious wounds are slowly healing,- or who are victims of influenza. Concerts; dinners^ and dances made the day pass cheerily.' The wards were gaily decorated, - prizes being , given for the most artistic; Santa Glaus visited each ward, . and';. every "digger" woke to find something 'm -his stocking. ■ ... ' , v At. Walton .m the evening there wais a brilliant scene, when medical officers, sisters, nurses, and patients dined m the large hall./ Speeches were made, by Sir Thos. <MacKenzie, General Richard-, son, Colonel, O'Neill, Matron Wilson, and Sir James Coates. - \ .',
■ It is now announced that vthe division ■will not form part of the army of occupation m Germany, so that demobilisa« ; 'tiori ! will proceed more speedily' • than originally anticipated. • ,:- • General Richardson,- after* '■■ a brief visit to the- division, will proceed ''to New Zealand .m connection with demobilisation arrangements there. *
If the Allies send a force to Russia there will be no New Zealand ( con.tirigent, and it is understood- that any New Zealanders volunteering will have to join the British army. ' t
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14800, 2 January 1919, Page 5
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