REHABILITATION PROBLEMS
FARMS AND HOUSING The major problems in the rehabilitation oi returned servicemen — land for the settlement of farmers and housing — were referred to oy the president, Mr. H. J. Lancaster, at the annual meeting of the Levin R.S.A. on Wednesday evening. v ' ivlr. Lancaster, who is chairman I of the Levin Rehabilitation Comimittee, said that since the comunittee had first met 175 returned : servicemen had been graded for j farm work, but insufficiffiit land was I available to settle those qualified to jhave their own farms. Thirteen men were training on approved farms, | four were at Massev College and 58 j who iMd been graded "A" were still I waiting for farms. As far as the provision of farms for returned men was concerned, this district was a "tough one," added Mr. Lancaster in reply to a question. Dealing with housing, Mr. Lancaster said the situation in Levin was acute. Thirty-one ex-service-meii were requiring houses in the town, but there was liiDie nope ioi 'them at present.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1946, Page 4
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