ARMY COMMISSIONS.
SIR J. ALLEN'S STATEMENT. Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 12. The Acting-Prime Minister (Sir James Allen) told a reporter to-day that the suggestion had been made that promotions to commissions in the New Zealand Forces at the front: were not always made on merit. He| had made careful inquiries into this, matter, and, as far as he could; gather, appointments were made on merit. He did not want parents [o think that they could help their sons by applying to him; that could do no good.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 989, 13 April 1917, Page 8
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87ARMY COMMISSIONS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 989, 13 April 1917, Page 8
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