HELPING THE DISABLED.
There have been so many commissions of inquiry in New Zealand that the appointment of a fresh one usually evokes but the most languid interest, darkened sometimes by cynicism. There will, however, be universal approval of Mr. Wilford's decision to appoint a Commission to devise means of making partially disabled soldiers more independent. New Zealand has done well by her soldiers, but nobody really believes that she could not do better. If anything can be done to train disabled- men to earn more and get more out of life, it is the obvious duty of the country to do it. As a spokesman of the R.S.A. says to-day, work is preferred to pensions. Mr. TVilford made it cl.ear that it is not a desire to save money that has influenced the Government, but solely a wish to benefit victims o£ the war, and everybody will hope that good will come of this inquiry.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 209, 4 September 1929, Page 6
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