The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1916. TRAINING OF INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 78, 30 October 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 , 1916. TRAINING OF INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

The primary object of the Discharged Soldiers' Information Department, is the placing in suitable employment of all discharged soldiers; it is also possible for accredited discharged men to receive instruction and training in any of the courses indicated in the Technical Schools' syllabus. In addition, discharged soldiers of fairly good education may enter the Training Col- | leges to qualitfy as teachers; the Board of Governors of the Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, has agreed to give scientific instruction in agriculture on special terms; in short, practically every educational institution has notified its willingness to impart instruction to the accredited discharged soldier. The response, by returned men, to these very liberal bf-j fers has, up to the present, been fai'i from encouraging, and the information i here given is published with the ob-, ject of directing some detailed atten-j tion to the particular advantages! placed within the reach of accredited' discharged soldiers. Many men have, ! been discharged as fit for light work, and the majority of these have taken) up work of a clerical nature . There, is a danger that the labour market! may become crowded with an army of i inefficient clerks, particularly in view, of the fact that so many of the oppo-i site >sex are being trained to take the places of men in offices. For the] benefit of those discharged men who are taking up clerical work, the offer made by the New Zealand Society of Accountants is one which should be well and fully considered. This Soc-: icty offers to provide free clerical training to partially disabled returned soldiers, subject to conditions which may be obtained upon application to the Discharged Soldiers' Information Department, or any of its representatives. The course of instruction is that of the bookkeepers' examination' of the New Zealand Society •of Accountants as set out in detil hereunder, and during the course special attention is devoted to instruction in office routing and systems and the elementary ground work of accounts. The scope of the bookkeepers' examination is as follows: —The principles of double entry bookkeeping; description and

uses ;'!' various books of account commonly used in mercantile offices; methods of entering and posting same ; principles of classification of such hocks and of the accounts usually kept in them; partnership accounts; capital accounts; opening and closing entries; balance day procedure and preparation of manufacturing accounts; trading accounts; profit ami loss account and balance-sheet; self balancing ledgers and adjustment ac-

, counts; sectional balancing, consignment accounts; card systciT and loose leaf ledgers; elementary i>rai|?t' accounts; departmental r.e( : shipping documents and their rcTatnvn 'to bills" of exchange; capital accounts of limited liability companies; forms and uses of bills.of exchange; making entries on their receipt, acceptance, payment and dishonour, and cheeking regularity of cheques and hills; ac-! count sales and statement of account j current, their preparation and eonse- ' quent entries, banking transactions. : lodgments, collections and discounting;; I reconciliation of bank pass book and j ' cash book; mercantile methods in re- ( lation to interest, commission dis- | counts, allowances and percentages, ' average diie date; discovery and recti-, fication of errors; duplicating and '■ copying methods; tiling systems and ! office practice generally; preparation! i for audit; mercantile terms and ab- ' breviations. This course involves api proximately twelve months' study, j and has been divided inter three sub-j courses for the benefit of would-be students in the country, and arrange-. I ments have been made to impart the, instruction per medium of correspondence ; any ex-soldier stiident who j exhibits the desire to work reasonably [, ; hard , and complete the course, will* be permitted to obtain his full certificate in book-keeping without any fees or other incidental expenses. As regards training at Technical Schools,; as previously stated, all courses of instruction are open to the accredited discharged soldier, free of charge. Arrangements have also < been made with the Railway Department for the issue of free railway passes to exsoldiers- who are admitted to technical classes; the certificates for free passes will be issued where necessary bv the Director of the Technical School at which the classes are held. So far as instruction in ' Scientific Agriculture is "concerned, the following particulars are supplied relating to the Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln:—"The Discharged Soldiers' Information Department has approved the Board of Governors of Lincoln College, who have kindly agreed to give scientific instruction in agriculture to discharged soldiers an special terms. The usual fee for resident students of the first and second year is £4O per: anntttn, ana .for students of the' third yeai- £2o'" f per annum, payable in advance. The Board has agreed •ed soldiers five scholarships of £2O each to go towards "fane- reduction of the fees mentioned, and has also i agreed to take non-resident students! at the*inominal fee. of £5 per annum.; Thel (maximum capacity of the College f i to be the limiting number." While on 'the question of, instruction in agriculI tural pursuits, it may not be out oil place to here mention that a scheme i is being considered in Stratford, th<»: object of which is the establishing! ofa Model Farm for instructional purposes. This farm is to be managed j

by experts who are. praotical men. The intention of the promoters of tho scheme is to run the farm on progressive lines, utilising the latest experiments which have" been proved of a beneficial nature. Mr Power, the Secretary of the'..Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association, Who is taking a keen interest in" this matter states that he has the assurance of two gentlemen who are prime movers in the scheme, that the discharged soldier will be provided for in very liberal terms. The instruction in this' instance should prove invaluable to the returned discharged soldier -who contemplates taking up land. The Secretary of the Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association, whose headquarters are at Stratford, will be pleased to give any particulars regarding the course of instruction above-referred to, on application.