PARLIAMENT
Rehabilitation Bill “ This is the type of Bill that must be introduced from time to time. The Rehabilitation Act was passed in 1941; few servicemen had returned at that time and it was impossible to frame a measure then to cover every case,” remarked Mr T. Macdonald (National, Wallace), speaking on the Rehabilitation Amendment Bill, in the House of Representatives. The present amendments, he said, were merely further alterations designed to trim and adjust the Act. Under the Bill, the Commissioner of Works was added to the Rehabilitation Board, and that was an advantage, and the widening of the definitions of “ child ” and “ servicemen’s widow ” was all to the good. Another good provision was the clause enabling trade training and financial assistance relating to trade training to be offered to ex-servicemen wfio came to this country after having served with forces other than the New Zealand forces. Mr Macdonald said he wondered whether it would be possible, in a year or two, to extend the provisions to settlement on the land of those who came to this country.
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Lake County Mail, Issue 27, 26 November 1947, Page 7
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179PARLIAMENT Lake County Mail, Issue 27, 26 November 1947, Page 7
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