DISABLED SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 229, 22 June 1940, Page 5

DISABLED SOLDIERS

Civil Re-establishment League’s Work A year of continued progress and expansion is recorded in the sixth annual report of the Soldiers’ Civil Re-establish-ment League, to be presented at the annual meeting in Wellington next Wednesday morning. “All the league’s activities have been maintained, and several new ones started,” the report states, “but reports from the leagues enw lo { mtn £ officers tell of the increasing difficulty of placing disabled men in permanent employment outside the leagues own fa have s^ bla '\ ltcd a^nt^. e Government suggestions for the re P at ' . tion of men of the present.forces, and have offered their services in this con " “The league’s stall at the Centennial Exhibition proved a great success, and £3157 was paid out to disabled soldiers for goods sold there. Two disabled soldiers were employed “S. 811 ®® 1 " 0 .?..* “J,*. ing the whole period of the Exhibition, and proved very satisfactory. Sections of the report deal with the work of the various branches and shops throughout the Dominion, the disabled soldiers' shop in Wellington has had a very successful year, in fact the best since its inception,” the report states. “The total sales were £3083, and there is every indication that the shop isi becoming better known to the public, .the factory making dust shields has operated throughout the year with excellent results. The average number of men employed was six. During the year, a woodwork factory was established, , making toys and other woodwork novelties. An average of four men were employed, and now that initial difficulties have been overcome, it is confidently expected that good progress will be made during the coming year.