FOR SOLDIER SETTLERS.
ADVICE FROM FARMERS. REPORTS ON THE SCHEME. fclY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. , WELLINGTON. Sunday. At the meeting of the Dominion Executive of the Returned Soldiers* Association, -with reference to the suggestion that district advisory committees of farmers should be set up to assist soldier settlers, the following reports were . received: — In Auckland province committees were set up in various farming districts, and a number of men-availed themselves of the advice given. Canterbury: No committees had -yet been appointed, and it was difficult to get farmers to act > and -■ pay their own travelling expenses. Wellington: A committee of five prominent farmers had been appointed in the Wanganui district to act in ;an advisory capacity. Otago: It was not thought that the scheme would meet with favour, as the soldier settlers could gain much the same benefit by joining local branches of the Farmers' Union.' ">. . ■■.'"!, J" It was 'decided to' press for legislation giving effect to the recommendations ' of the Pensions Commission, and that a subcommittee wait upon the War, Pensions Board to discuss the question of , neurasthenic cases; - .. ~.,.,..'.>
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 6
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