NOT WANTED.
NO TIME EOlt IIETUTIJsEJD SOLDIEKS.
"I know of a case where a returned soldier applied for a position as manager of a sheep station and got a reply that the owner 'had ho time for returned soldiers.' " This statement, made by Mr G. N. Stephenson, of Shannon, at " the meeting of the' Horowhenua County Patriotic Association yesterday, aroused much indignation ' amongst the members. , The Mayor (Mr Blenkhorn) said that unfortunately there was a tendency in this direction, Und he had heard' of eases where returned i -men Were not given the consideration they were entitled „to. It was extremely difficult for a man who had been nn active service to come back and immediately settle down into the routine of civilian life. Employers did not recognise that and wanted the men during the first week of their return to the workshop or office to be at their very best. That was impossible and the result was that the returned soldier was told to go. This point was brought under the Mayor's notice by a. gentleman who knew thiswas going on and felt very strongly, on the matter. Mr Blenkhorn iaid he himself felt the time had come when some notice should be -taken of these conditions. He
/would move that the Association —< suggest to the Discharged Soldiers' Information Bureau the advisability of circularising em- , ployers with a view to obtaining full censidera.tion " for returned soldiers on their return to work. Mr Keedwell pointed out that the Department already had the names of employers who had en- • gaged returned men, and could v, easily circularise them. Mr Frank "Penn (Otaki) in seconding the motion, said some employers made most magnanimous offers to returned men, far more than they expected or would be willing to accept, and then when the men did riot come up to expectations they were discharged. He knew of a case where a man was given £5 a week, when lie would have been quite willing to have accepted £3. When it was found he was not worth £5 he was discharged. The motion was carried. >
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 7 February 1918, Page 3
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350NOT WANTED. Levin Daily Chronicle, 7 February 1918, Page 3
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