EMPLOYMENT FOR SOLDIERS.
OFFERS FROM FARMERS. [BY TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington-, Thursday. The work of the new Department in charge of the Hon. A. L. Heraman, to look after the interests of discharged soldiers, is proceeding smoothly and satisfactorily. The roll of the Tahiti men has been compiled, and the names of most of the men who arrived by other steamers have been obtained and recorded. Mr. Herdman said to-day that in future he hoped to have all rolls for transports completed on the ships' before arrival in New Zealand. He had not yet had many applications for employment, bet he had one or two very good offers of assistance from employers. One farmer in the Palmerston district had offered to take a man who was maimed or otherwise incapacitated for ordinary work, keep him on the farm, give him certain clerical work ■which would occupy about one day a week, and pay him 30s a weeka very acceptable addition to the military pension to which the man would be entitled. Mr. Herdman said he had received a similar offer from a. man in Marlborough.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16025, 17 September 1915, Page 9
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