THE TOFUA'S WOUNDED.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1915, Page 8

THE TOFUA'S WOUNDED.

RECEPTION AT DCNEDIX. CTtEAT PoPt'LAk DKMuN.-TH AITOX. Dunedin, Oil. 27.

The military ami medical authorities got through the arduous task ol examination of the men by the Tofua and the compilation of the records most expeditiously, and bv S a.m. the work of disembarkation was practically completed. Even thin*! worked without a bitch. Dunedin rather excelled itself in extendi!!-.; a cordial wcleunic to the suldi'i's. The weather was jjloriou?. A "eneral forenoon holiday was observed, and the lon.u' line of roule from the wharf to the new drill Jiall at Kensington was crowded with citizms, interspersed with many bands. The cheerin:.; was eioitinnous lhnui;;liout. ' The soldier, were conveyed in motor-cars, which, at a brisk pace, took liftveii minutes to pass a point. The concourse was impressed by the brightness of the soldiers, who had benefited remarkably by tie- splendid voya^ 1 , 1 of the Tofua. At the drill hall, where there was a civic reception, the men received an ovation.

The arrangements won* admirable. The .Maoris got a particularly enthusiastic ovation. The speakers wen* the lion?, -lames Allen and (J. \V. Uussell and the Mayor. Tlic Anglican Primate (Dr. Xevil!) nll'eivd up a prayer of thanksgiving. Mr. ntisseli staled thai the men would be nurse.l back lo thorough convalescence, and when litcy had attained the -ami' mental ami physical fitness a-, at the turn* ol enlisCnrnt, ihey would i>e offend the opportunity either to return to the front or lie given employment under .tiie Hon. A. L. Ilei-uman's Department, in poultry, fruit, or dairy farming, fie had given instructions to the medical oil jeers not to he too hard on the men during convalescence.

The moil left lor north and south by pppeinl trains at 11.1!) and 11.50, the soldiers being given a jrreat send-oIT by a crowd of over 5000. iln■ destinations of tin! men are as follow:—Canterbury, 88; Wcllington-Xvlson, 2'; Auckland', 91; Southland, 20.