RETURNED SOLDIERS.

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RETURNED SOLDIERS.

[ United ]?ress" Association. ]

Dunedin, June 3,

The trnusoorti-Tabiti «iid Maunganui arrived this aftcnlopn, . Tiio.^ahiti has 139"riW on board,fof .-waorn ol wera fVom':J^giai^'^b;?\vei'iiS-liaken'-on.:-poara at SuM: :^ rest are ;.9onvalesceni3. from fenes^;-.Maip>isfeia,;^s oomixi^din^fCap^in^C^^iip's^utaiit' and' I)K:^^^o^U\vm medigalj officer. •':-<;Mig!&&- ■■■ 'er . ; •Tho Marjigfitite^as 2rf invalids. When tlie vessel*!lesfc"Suez these included 15 cot oaaesj/bUt only the following 5 are now eohfi^d: to bod—Quarter-,nia,ster-SergeanV:o/ W. Masterton, Art^iiery; Sapper iOiR. Beni/e, Engineers A.;C. Hoalv. Wellington Mounted.lliflos.'; Tnvu-to J. M. Robert son, CfnitcrbUry- '-- Infantry ? Pi-ivate Poi'ti Nc.v Zealand Pioneer Battalion. The North Island men lrnvo to-mor-row' at 11.53 a.m., and .slvo^ild'-reach Lyfctelton at 8.3-1 p.m.i .-. ' . . - i Lieute»innt< Wostriitieo&fc, who is on| tlici Tahiti,-■■lftsi>> ii^g jrist above the' ankle. ■' '~ I ' ', . . One remarkable kiko is tliat oi a Grcvmontlr trooper who- received some! 3U shrapnel wounds. He. was given up by doctors, but made a wonde-rr-ul -recovery, and isjiow cheery and bright. WsStmgton, Juno o. The AUienio arrived to-day, bringing 9x retiirued soldiers-and throe officers] (Major White, -D.5.0., and Lieutenants Cotton ia-nd Leo).-. . ~# , The nnrioi-ity of the. men belonged-to. tiio Main'l^dy, aiid bad been hospital' cases in V.ndaiKl." They were greatly J benefited by ihe voyage. There axe. several c?.Rt:s.of:perman<?.nfc oisoblement. The men were accorded v civic reception this afternoon-.