REHABILITATION.

Kaikoura Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 65, 21 August 1944, Page 3

REHABILITATION.

ELIGIBILITY OF RETURNED MEN The eligibility of all classes of returned men, and the state of demobilisation at which applications for various types of rehabilitation assistance may be lodged, are defined by the Director of Rehabilitation (Mr F. Baken.) in the circular outlining the policy of the Rehabilitation Department regarding returned servicemen. Applications for all forms of assistance may be lodged by returned servicemen or women of Grade 11. or lower, who are unfit for further overseas service, and are discharged or posted to area pool on indefinite leave without pay. This includes officers struck off the strength and posted to the retired list or reserve. Returned servicemen of similar grading, but who are retained in the New Zealand forces for instruction duty, or otherwise, may ledge applications for furniture loans, Ivans for the erection or purchase of houses, special grants, and may qualify for preferential allocation of State houses.

Referring to Grade I. or Grade 11, personnel returned for instruction and duty, compassionate leave, etc., the circular states that as these men are retained on Army strength and are liable for further overseas service, assistance is not available at this stage, except for loans for the purchase of dwellings, furniture, and priority in the allocation of State houses. MR SPEAKER REBUKES MEMBERS i In the House of Representatives on • Thursday night, Mr Speaker rebuked! members for the amount of talking that took place in the chamber whilst niem,bers were sepaking. He said there was too much conversation going on, and those listening had made complaints concerning this. If members wanted to converse there was a place outside the House for this, and mem|bers must allow a speaker to make his speech in his own way. There was dead silence following this rebuke. Just prior to this members of the Opposition were talking loudly, and one statement audible over the broadcast was 1 ‘ that there wue onlv six members on the Labour benches,” so that the Labour members could not have been the guilty parties. It is noticeable that son<e of the backbenchers of the Opposition, who ar * allowed 60 minutes to make a tp?ech, have little of importance to sav, but when information is being imparted to them from the Government ml~ of ;he House they keep on interjecting with nonsensical remarks, and act like a fot of chicky hens.