AUSTRALIAN GRATUITY BONDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 207, 27 May 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN GRATUITY BONDS

Sir,—A number of Australian ex-sol-" ; diers resident in tho Dominion will shorfci j ly be in-possession of their gratuity :, bonds for active service. The Common-. | wealth and -State public services m Aus- ■ tralia aro cashing the bonds for. me*. : who left their service to enlist, and a . j number of firms are doing likewise, boi- . diers with whom I have discussed the ; matter would like to know whether any, ; similar consideration would be given j them in Now Zealand. TheJjonds will -,! mature .in three years,at the Commotf' . wealth Treasury, MelbouK The De- 1 fence Department in the Dominion has j the addresses of ex-N.Z.E.F. men, nowf ; domiciled in Australia, and;-there would . : probably be a similar number ot ex- ; A.I.F. men in New Zealand. Could not : some reciprocal action bo arranged be-• < , tween tho 'two countries, so that ox-sol-. ■; diers who have taken up their residence, ■ here could have consideration shown. ' them, and vice versa? I notice that a , paragraph in your local columns to-day , ; states ttat a business man in Wellington ; is prepared to accept bonds in payment j of purchases at his store. Would this I business man be also prepared:* accept j Australian bonds? Such action would ■ ,- l>e keenly appreciated by the "stranger ; within ti,o gates."-I am,, etc., j liX.-A. J..r • ' ! May '24, 1920, , ,;