KAPATRIATION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18574, 29 November 1920, Page 7

KAPATRIATION.

DOMINION SOLDIERS IN BRITAIN By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, November 2»j. Lieutenant Stabback, formerly uu Major-General Gollibrand's staff, and now secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Discharged Soldiers' Association, in an interview, stated that iiis committee welcomed the _ repatriation proposals as liberal, without being over-generous. They were practically based on the committee's recommendations to the High Commissioner. In the last six months there were approximately 8000 discharged soldiers in Britain, three-fourths of whom are married. It is anticipated that 3000 will apply for repatriation, together with probably 3500 dependants. The estimated cost of transport was £300,000. Tt was suggested that repatriation be (spread over twelve months, in order to avoid congesting the Australian labour market.