SOLDIERS' GRIEVANCES.
SEVEN LEAVE WAIKATO SANATORIUM. [Per Press Association.] HAMILTON, Juno 22. As the result of what they considered unreasonable treatment at the \Yaikato Sanatorium, seven returned soldiers left the institution. Tho administration of the institution, they allege, was so severe that life became almost unbearable. Games were; largely prohibited, and the cards which the men used were seized, although there was no gambling. The climax was reac-hr.fi when one of the soldiers, for walking with a lady in the grounds, was practically placed iu solitary confinement. As tie men's complaints met with "no redress—they state that they wexe either ignored or received with abuse—they were forced to take other steps to meet the arbitrary treatment they were subjected to, and in consequence they left the institution. On arrival in Cambridge, they communicated with Major Northcroft, th 6 officer commanding the group, and supplied him with a statement of tneir grievances. Major Northcroft arranged for tho men to go to the "Waikuto Hosnital. where th"y remain.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11731, 22 June 1916, Page 6
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