RETURNED SOLDIERS
BILL TO TERMINATE PREFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT By Telegraph—Pre»» AiwicUtlon-Oonyrlsht Sydney, November 25. The Bill terminating preference of cmployment to soldiers is fathered by Mr. Cann, Minister of Mines, himself a returned soldier. It met with bitter opposition, particularly from the soldier members on the Opposition side. The chief reasons advanced iu support of the Bill were that the position with regard to returned men had become normal, and therefore there was no need to continue preference; and that employment of returned men unabl? to perform the work had largely increased its cost. Another argument was that men wearing returned badges were placed at a disadvantage in obtaining work, as employers regarded the badges as an indication that they had lost their ability. The opponents of the Bill described it as scandalous, and declared that the whole attitude of the Government was io denv, not only to soldiers, hut to tho loyalists who stood by them, th? preference due to them. —Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 54, 26 November 1921, Page 7
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164RETURNED SOLDIERS Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 54, 26 November 1921, Page 7
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