NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE.
PRIZES FOR BEST ESSAYS ON— HS^ T' Z- MANUFACTUKEKS CAN BESl 1 HELP OUR RETURNED SOLDIERS."
The two gold medals presented by Messrs. A. and G. Price Ltd., engineers, Jhames. for the lljest essays oh flhu above subject, from any boy or girl attending any College or School in New Zealand have been awarded to the following :—
Girls: Winnie Catherwood, Feather ston.
• Boys: Ralph Wilson, Taupaki. The wholo cf the essays received were of a very high standard and reflect great credit on the writers, most of whom came to this conclusion, viz., that New Zealand manufacturers can best help returned soldiers by:" Firstly, giving them preference in employment; secondly training soldiers who -wish 10 learn; thirdly, giving the light work to partially disabled soldiers.
The competitors considered that the general public could give a helping hand ■' by buying New Zealand-made goods, ttnis making the manufacturers so busy that they would require a lot more men, and which -would enable them to employ* the sojdier-s as they returned to take up civil life.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7564, 7 May 1919, Page 7
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178NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7564, 7 May 1919, Page 7
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