DISCHARGES FROM A.I.F.
PRIORITY PROCEDURE (10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 14. The system of demobilisation would be retained, said the Minister af PostWar Reconstruction, Mr. J. J. Dedman, yesterday. While the general principle was that length of service should be the main factor in deciding the priority of releases, it was recognised that the men responsible for dependants had the greatest need of orderly reestablishment and the extra weight allotted to dependants was designed to meet this need. It was inevitable that men without dependants should be somewhat critical of the weighing. Demobilisation was proceeding so rapidly that, no serious hardship was being imposed upon the single men. It was stated officially to-day that since the end of the war up to February 9 289.000 had been discharged from the services—39,ooo ahead of the goal of 250,000 set for the end of January.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21946, 14 February 1946, Page 6
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