EX-SERVICE MEN
| APPEAL BY EARL HAIG NATION'S PROMISES MUST NOT BE "REPUDIATED Br T«legr&Dh-Prei>i Allocation—Copyright London, November 17. Earl Haig, in u feeling speech lieforo the Council of the 'Union on behalf of ex-service men, said the men were induced to enlist with promises that they would bo looked after after tho war. At the same time money had been raised and dividend? paid thereon. What would be 'said if tlio loans wore repudiated and the dividends withheld? He could not sec the difference between that and tho treatment 'of men who had fought. The directors had said that they would not be justified in donating shareholders' money to this fund. 'J'hey did not understand that they existed only through the efforts of the ex-service men. It would be a Wot on the, nation's honour if those fine men were condemned to reninin in tho unskilled ranks. The Government and employers' unions ought to mnko a combined.effort. The Officers' Association was spending £9000 monthly, which was more than it receivcd.-rAus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 47, 19 November 1920, Page 7
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172EX-SERVICE MEN Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 47, 19 November 1920, Page 7
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