Nearly £55,000,000 For Rehabilitation
(Special) WELLINGTON, This Day. An increase of over £1,800,000 during July brought the total finance expended or authorised for the re-estab-lishment of ex-servicemen in civil life to £54,325,816, says the Rehabilitation Board.
Of this sum the largest part is accounted for by the £40,845,208 authorised for loans for setting up homes, farms an d businesses and for the purchase of furniture and tools of trade and other minor miscellaneous purposes. The purchase of land for settlement, its development and related expenses, accounts for £6,832,374; training for trades, both at rehabilitation centres and on wage subsidies, including farm training, £4,317,000; education, £1,196,568; and special grants, allowances, expenses and other minor small items, £523,807.
Financial aid extended to Maoris, apart from what individual Maoris may have received through ordinary channels, comes to £445,199. Grants, allowances and loans to sustain the various activities of Disabled Servicemen’s Re-establishment League and the Blinded Servicemen’s Trust total £165,660.
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Northern Advocate, 8 September 1947, Page 5
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