Returned Soldiers In Railway Service
NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THEM. Per Press Association. WELLNGTON, Last Night. In the House this afternoon Mr Coates on behalf of the ex-servicemen of the House asked the Minister of! Railways if it were the policy of thu Government to dismiss returned soldiers from Ihe railway workshops. He said there was uneasiness among the returned soldiers that unfair discrimination against them was contemplated. His. remarks applied to the Addington workshops. Hon. W. A. Vo itch said wherever the retention of services of returned soldier could ho justified they were being retained. No discrimination against returned soldiers was contemplated. Tlio size of the staff depended upon the volume of business and available funds.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5608, 24 March 1931, Page 6
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116Returned Soldiers In Railway Service Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5608, 24 March 1931, Page 6
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