WORK OF REPATRIATION
"... OPERATIONS IJf OTAGO; ', [BT ::^toGfHAPH:-*d'WN ■; tonnEspowißENT.] ~ p WELLJsaTO^^atuxdey. The repatriation scheme is -working'in a very Knootb> ajanne* in the Ofcago disItfict, the report from the. District Board Covering the ! operations ; for 3^ : indicatbig that in spit* of-the adverse uidiisttial conditions due ito the railway curtailment ifarfra is practically no unemployment among returned *»ldiers»_ while the various features of the Repatriation Board's work are all showing good results. 'i, : Sustenance is given fc> unemployed sol;b tt * m Otagb Board ■' reports that *\t&vjUf>i&ppti&if.mii 'bav«'- been re' cetsredi-and m casual work is airly plentiful, it does not anticipate any further .payments. for some thro. Hie total pendi'ture/tiirtdicr this, heading during the board ri existence is only £30. Notwithstanding the- set-back due to the railway restrictions, employment has been plentiful, due to Che Central Battery, requiring recruits, and to the fact that the slopping position is much brighter, arid that a large engineering contract at Port Chalmers his number of mm, Applications for farm labour are .also, plentML, The number of S f iF ■ P°" B dw % 'the month
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17229, 4 August 1919, Page 6
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178WORK OF REPATRIATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17229, 4 August 1919, Page 6
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