REPATRIATION.
WORK OF DEPARTMENT. % '.•''■' '.' ~':'."'t •'. ■'■■'.. '".■■■' + ; [Per Peess Association.] \ WELLINGTON, July 4. ' A progress return of. the Repatria*tion Department at June 20 shows tha : number of returned soldiers.: in th»f department's register to be 58,824, ia-; eluding 27,159 who returned since th». beginning of this year. Already 594 loans, totalling £131,465,, to assist discharged soldiers to staro' in business, have been approved. :;••■: During the past month £55,000 was actually paid on behalf of soldiers in the way of furniture, tools, business' sustenance, training fees, > subsidised % wage assistance to. apprentices, etc. . 4 , The total number of men. being trained by the. department is, 819. .": The department secured during mm month billets for 821 men who applied); | for such assistance- / <. - r . .',.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18141, 5 July 1919, Page 7
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118REPATRIATION. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18141, 5 July 1919, Page 7
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