SOLDIERS ON HOME SERVICE
GRANTING OF HOLIDAY LEAVE (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 12. Arrangements for the granting of holiday leave to soldiers on home .service were announced this evening by the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones). He said members of mobilized units of the territorial force and guards and coast watching detachments were to be granted 24 hours’ holiday leave on one of the three following days: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Because of the necessity for such units to be ready .to carry out their normal duties it would not be possible to arrange for personnel to be given extended Christmas or New Year leave. Members of the second echelon of the special force may be given leave from December 22 to January 3, said Mr Jones. If on the other hand the men desire to remain in the camps they may do so. Members of the Maori battalion may be given leave on the same conditions as those applying to the second echelon. Mr Jones said that in all the cases mentioned it must be distinctly understood any travelling on leave would be at the expense of the individual concerned. No travelling warrants for boat or rail would be granted but advantage might be taken of the concession fares granted to troops.
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Southland Times, Issue 23998, 13 December 1939, Page 8
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