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STRANDED IN ENGLAND.

SEVERAL EX-SOLDfERS.

NO MONEY FOR PASSAGES.

(Bit TEUEQJUPH. —OWN corresponds

CHRISTCHUKCH. Tuesday. Several New Zealanders who served during the war are now stranded in England, and are unable to get back to their own country, owing to lack of money. The facts of two such cases have been laid before the executive of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, and it is their intention to bring them under the Notice of the Prime Minister. Last year a New Zealander who was residing in England, and had served during the war, could get a free passage back to New Zealand for himself and his dependants, under the overseas settlement scheme for discharged soldiers. However, on December 31 last, the system of granting free passages ceased, and apparently no other form of assistance has been substituted. The only system under which a New Zealander stranded in England can now get out to the Dominion is by the ordinary nomination system. However, under this system, a portion of the passage money has to be paid, and this is often an insuperable difficulty, especially for a man with a family. . One of the cases brought under the notice of the Returned Soldiers' Association is that of a man who was born in Christchurch. He served throughout the war with the Australian Forces, and alter the signing of the armistice served ma relief expedition to Northern Russia. After his return to England he waft Ul for a long time, and had to cable to New Zealand for assistance. As he had a wife and three children to support, the High Commissioner advised him to apply for free passages under the overseas settlement scheme, and he made arrangements to do so last November. However, owing to tha death of one of his children and the illness of hie wife, he neglect&Tto apply until February, and he was then told ho was too late. At the present time this man is working in Manchester, and earning £2 4s per week, on which he has to support bin wife and two children. He has, therefore, no chance of saving money to pay for the passages of himself and famUy back to New Zealand. This New Zealander has an excellent war record. He was severely wounded three times, and was one of the first men in the war to receive the military medal for conspicuous bravery. He won a bar to his medal during the campaign in Northern Russia. Ee has two first-class discharges from the army.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18224, 18 October 1922, Page 10

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STRANDED IN ENGLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18224, 18 October 1922, Page 10

STRANDED IN ENGLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18224, 18 October 1922, Page 10

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