DESTITUTE AND WORKLESS.
RETURNED SOLDIERS IN N.S.W. APATHY OF EMPLOYERS. By Telegraph - Press Association -Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. • Received May 17. 8.40 a.m.) SYDNEY. May 17. Officials of tlie Returned Soldiers’ Association state that nearly 1000 returned soldiers are unable to find work, and are literally on the bread line in Sydney. There are at least another 1000 in other parts of. the State, and they are practically destitute. The officials declare that the Government dole leaves them in tlie position of watching their children die of malnutrition and of lack of medical necessities. They bitterly complain of the apathy of employers and the Federal Government officials.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16735, 17 May 1922, Page 7
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109DESTITUTE AND WORKLESS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16735, 17 May 1922, Page 7
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