RETURNED SOLDIERS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19943, 30 October 1934, Page 5

RETURNED SOLDIERS

ASSISTANCE IN CANADA By Telesraoh - Prps!» Association AUCKLAND. October 29. An outline of the national policy of Canada to help returned soldiers was given to-dv.y by Brigadier-General A. Ross, president of the Canadian Legion, who is on his way to Melbourne. He said they were trying to get groups of those ex-soldiers, who had established themselves, to assist in finding work for men who were not permanently disabled. The average age of the returned soldier in Canada was 47 years. Men permanently unemployable received a pension of £8 a month. There were 5000 such men. The Legion's difficulty was with men who were partially disabled. Though about 11,000 of 22,000 were still on the land, the loss to the Government was about £7,000,000. Adjustments and reductions of interest had been made, and then an all-round cut of 30 per cent, in the capital cost. The latest concession was that for every £1 worth of produce returned, the soldier was subsidised £1 by the Government. This was of great benefit to the worker as against the slacker, and the Government became a true partner of the returned soldier.