NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE.
PRIZES FOR*,. BEST ESSAYS ON ‘ ‘ now n.z. Manufacturers CAN BEST HELP OUR RETURNED SOLDIERS.
Two gold medals, presented by Messrs A. and G. Price. Ltd., engineers, Thames, for the best essays on the above subject, from any boy or girl attending any college or school in New Zealand have been awarded to the following:— Girls: Winnie Cathcrwood. Featherston. Boys: Ralph Wilson, Taupaki. 1 The whole of the essays received were of a very high standard, and reflect great credit on the writers, most of whom came to this'conclusion, viz., that Now Zealand manufacturers can best hold returned soldiers by— Firstly: Giving them preference in employment. Secondly: Training soldiers who wish to learn. Thirdly: Giving the light work to partially disabled soldiers. The competitors considered that the general public could give a helping hand by buying New Zealand-made goods, thus ma king the manufacturers' so busy that they would require a lot more men, and which would enable them to employ the soldiers as they returned to take an civil lift-.
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Taihape Daily Times, 7 May 1919, Page 5
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175NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE. Taihape Daily Times, 7 May 1919, Page 5
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