REHABILITATION OF SOLDIERS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23701, 28 July 1942, Page 4

REHABILITATION OF SOLDIERS

LOCAL COMMITTEES TWENTY-TWO TO BE ESTABLISHED An outline of the procedure for local rehabilitation committees, which are to be set up by the Rehabilitation Board in 22 centres in the Dominion was received by the Christchurch branch of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association last evening. The executive nominated Mr Colin Miln for the committee. Representation on the committees is provided as follows:—A member of the Rehabilitation Council (if resident there), local authority—city or borough council, town board, or county council, Returned Serviced Association, organised labour, business or farming according to the type of district, member of Parliament for the electorate exofficio on each committee in the district, Women’s War Service Auxiliary, Maori representative where required, any other persons whom the board may consider necessary. The function of the committees shall be to advise the board on any of the following matters in regard to the rehabilitation of discharged servicemen in their allotted districts; employment, training and study for civilian occupation, land settlement, housing, financial assistance for acquisition of land, stock, implements, tools of trade, furniture, or businesses, and any other matters referred to the committees or originated by the committees. The board will supply to each committee particulars of every returned serviceman who resides in its district as soon as possible after his arrival in the district. Each committee will maintain contact with each returned serviceman in its district so long as its guidance or assistance is necessary, and will, each year or more frequently if required by the board or the committee, report to the board on the progress. needs, and general position of each mao.