EMPLOYMENT SECTION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 301, 21 December 1945, Page 3

EMPLOYMENT SECTION

PLACING EX-SERVICEMEN The task of locating suitable jobs for ex-servicemen and ex-service-women was entrusted to the National Service Department some months ago and a special -ection, known as the Servicemen’s Employment Division, was set up for this purpose, said the chairman, Mr. J. E. F. Co te: ill, M.P.. gi”’r. details yesterday of the cases

dealt with by the Wanganui Rehabilitation Committee during the past two months. “Good work has been done and at present only a small number of men are receiving rehabilitation allowance pending placement in work or decision on war pension claims. Light work for men who are not physically capable of undertaking heavy employment is difficult to ob.ain, "but close , contact is maintained with employers and every effort is made to locate suitable light jobs. Employers can greatly assist in this matter by advising the Division of any vacancies,” 1 said Mr. Cotterill. Statistics show that 4375 men and women in the Wanganui district, up to November 30, have been released rom the Forces, their disposal being as follows (Maoris shown in arentheses):— “Still on service pay, 511 (14); intentions undecided, 81 (4); placed c. ith pre-iervice employers, 901; selfiacea with pre-service employers, .’295 (19); placed with private emloyers, 453 (25); self-placed with •rivate employers, 1061 (53); placed ‘h State employment, 68 (3); returned «> own farm or business, 236 (5); -tablished a home (women, 68 (1); acquired farms or businesses with rehabilitation assistance, 98.