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SOLDIERS AND WOHK. A DENIAL OF RIGHT. (IlorciVixl !).:!0 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The bill tcrminatinj: preference of employment to soldkTß, fathered by Mr. (.J. Cann iMinister of Mines), himself a returned soldier, met with bitter opposition, particularly from soldier aiembers on the Opposition side. The chief reasons advanced in support of 11k , bill were that the position in regard to returned men had become normal, therefore there «aa iio need to continue preference, and that the employment of returned men unable to perform work h;!d largely incrcMrd its cost. Another argument wan that men wearing returned badges were placet! at a disadvantage in obtaining work, employers regarding the batfgAi as an indicating that they had losi tlirir ability. The opapnetlte describe , /! ihe bill as scandalous, declared that tho whole attitude of the Government was to ilony not only soldiers, but loyalists (vhti stood by thorn, the preference, duo to thert>. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 281, 25 November 1921, Page 5
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