Progress of Rehabilitation
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WELLINGTON, June 21. Sntisfactiim at Ihe progress mad in manv rospects with the rehabilita tion oi' ex-sorvicenien, was expressed b .Major-General Kippenl>erger in his ad ] dress to the annual conference of th> X.Z.ILS.A. Ile said the various Iiehab. ilitation Aets had been a'dininistered syinpathetieally and it was estimatod that about 90 per eent of tliose who served overseas were merged in the community and in all essentials reestaldislied. There were still over 12,000 j seeking state houses and over 5000 cpialilied and waiting for farins, while tnany hundreds were still in hospita! periuanently or for recurring periods. The three major i^atters which remained unsettled were land settlement,( housing and readjustment of pensions.i The exeeutive lioped the Rehabilitation' Aets would not be too earlv allowed to go into disuse and that the Rehabilitition Departinent would not be wound up too earlv as was the ease with the Repatnation Department after the Pirst World War.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1949, Page 5
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159Progress of Rehabilitation Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1949, Page 5
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