RETURNED SOLDIERS
LAND SETTLEMENT DISCUSSED,
GOVERNMENT SCHEME CRITICISED.
6>ra Umstjed Pkjum Abbociatioh.) TV. M , + WH AKA t ,VNE, May 20. 11m WhakaAane County Returned Soldiers Association last ni-ht decided to send a. remit to the annual conference of the Dominion Association nest month, suggesting the appointment of district boards for settling discharged soldiers on the land. J. he government scheme was strongly criticised, the president {Mr R. U o vd Ws) stating that there -were 400 returned soldiers m this part of the country, but not one .bad settled on the land. MEETING AT HAMILTON. (Pbb United Pbess Association.) HAMILTON, May 20. /Ih© Waikato Returned Soldiers' Association passed a resolution thai prior to the Government purchasing land for subdivision for soldiers it Acrid obtain the approval of the Returned Soldiers' Association, which will obtain outside expert advice whether the land is suitable. It was also resolved to endeavour at tho conference to induce the Government to grant retrospective mufti allowance.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17630, 21 May 1919, Page 5
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