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Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15133, 30 January 1917, Page 7

As the result of a storm that passed over Winchester on Monday (says the Timaru Post), all the oat crops 'with;a radius of t.vo miles from Winchester have been literally threshed, and are not ■worth cutting for thre.-Uiug purposes, though oaten hay may he made of them. Tito wheat crops escaped on the whole. Root crops have suffered in some cases, but will recover. A rather unfortunate case of a returned soldier who has lost the use of his right hand has been brough under the notice of a Times’ reporter. It is stated that the soldier has made application for employment to several Government Departments, but without success. lie applied to the Department of Internal Affairs for a position as night-watchman, hut they would not entertain his application—if b 3 ' were attacked in the night, how could he, witn one hand available, defend nimself? The soldier is afc present walking the streets of Wellington, begging for work. "At Home,” states the Times’ informant, "there is a special Government Department—a Department responsible for of men who have lost the use of limbs—a Department .whose especial duty is to ensure 'that physical disability is not a barrier to obtaining a livelihood. Why cannot onr Government take ithe necessary steps to ensure that New Zealand returned soldiers eujoj» the same prievilegee as the British "Tommy?”