A True Partner.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 19246, 30 October 1934, Page 3

A True Partner.

GOVERNMENT AND SOLDIERS.' POSITION IN CANADA. HELPING RETURNED MEN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Oct. 30. An outline of the National policy of Canada to help returned soldiers was given yesterday by Brig.-Gen-eral A. Koss, president of the Canadian Legion, who', is on his way co Melbourne. He said they were trying to get groups of those ex-sol-diers who had established themselves to assist in finding work for men who were not permanently disabled. The average age of a returned soldier in Canada was 47 years. Men who were permanently unemployable received pensions of £8 a month, and there were 5000 such men. A Legion difficulty was with the men who were partially disabled, and it Avas for those men that the scheme was designed to help. Canada's soldier settlement scheme was not altogether a success, though about 11,000 put of 20,000 men 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 capital cost. The latest concession, was thai for every £1 worth of produce, the returned 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.