WORK FOR DISABLED EX-SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 225, 11 June 1923, Page 8

WORK FOR DISABLED EX-SOLDIERS

“A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY’*

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, June 9.

At the conference of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association to-day, it was decided that the Government bo again urged to find suitable positions for all disabled unemployed men whose names and particulars have been submitted by the association. It was thought the matter should be made one of great urgency on account of the serious position in which these men now found themselves. The Unemployment Committee, which submitted recommendations that were adopted, was of opinion that private employers were not prepared to find employment for disabled men, as the pension was inadequate. It devolved upon the Government to supplement it with suitable' employment to bring the pensioners’ income up to the average standard. It was also decided to make urgent rei>resentat:ons to the Public Works and Forestry Departments and the local bodies throughout the Dominion with a view to commencing immediately all necessary public works and giving preference of employment to returned soldiers.