AFTER THE WAR
PUBLIC WORKS
JOBS FOR RETURNED MEN
Potential employment on Public Works throughout New Zealand after the war is set down by the Department's engineers at 14,000 returned soldiers for two years at an estimated cost of £14,000,000. A .statement on the subject has been .submitted to the Rehabilitation Board for consideration as part of a more extensive national scheme for the quick placement of ex-service-men in civil occupations. The programme of Public Works lias been prepared with a view to coping with the first "rush-up" of returned men for employment. Thus, it is estimated that 15,000 men oould be employed without delay, this total being gradually reduced so that over the hvo-year period an coverage of 14,000 men would be cmployed. The tentative schedule covers six activities, including developmental work. These are main highways improvement, settlement roads, land improvement (including irrigation), river control, railways and hydroelectric power.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 83, 27 July 1942, Page 3
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150AFTER THE WAR Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 83, 27 July 1942, Page 3
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