MOUNT PAUL
Sir,—with the words of our Prime Minister still clear in our ears, “Nothing is too good for the boys when they return,” we find our rehabilitation farms offering housing similar to shearers’ quarters. There is also a little red house down by the river, in which the occupants may be wise to keep a few doves in the event of a flood. Most of us old digs, have tried ’ sleeping on the rock at El Alamein or in the snow of Italy, praying we would not get corns or rheumatics. Now we will have to adopt a different tune, and pray our wives and families will be as fortunate as we were when we gave our services to King and country. We would not mind indifferent accommodation for a few months, but years—well!—Yours, etc., EX SERVICE. August 11, 1947. [The Minister of Rehabilitation (Mr C F. Skinner) had no comment to make when this letter was referred to him, but he said that if the correspondent sent him specific details he would be glad to look into the case.]
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25276, 30 August 1947, Page 3
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