DEMOBILISATION

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16370, 15 November 1918, Page 7

DEMOBILISATION

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(SPECIAX- TO "TIIE PKESS.") WELLINGTON, November 14. Demobilisation of tho men at present in tho training camps cannot proceed until the influenza opidemic is chocked. Nearly all th© men are either patients or contacts, and so are held by the medi. cal authorities. Moreover, at present it is impossible to arrange transport for any large bodies of troops. , "Wcr shall not hold the men a day longer than we need to," said Sir James Allen this evening. BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PLANS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association J (Received November 14th, 10 p.m.) LONDON, November 12. In the Houso of Commons Dr. Addison, Minister of Reconstruction, in announcing tho demobilisation plans, said that the Government had made provision for such unemployment as might occur. Ex-service men were entitled to unemployment benefits for a total of 26 weeks. Demobilisations must be governed by industrial requirements and broad social considerations. He announced that pivotal men in industries would be brought back at the earliest moment and then men with places awaiting them. The armies both at Home and abroad would be demobilised in equal numbers daily. He believed that the process would be carried out rapidly.