NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE.
The two gold medals presented by Messrs. A. and G. Price, Ltd., engineers, Thames, for the best essay 011 "How 7 New Zealand Manufacturers can best help our returned soldiers," from any boy or girl attending any college or school in New Zealand liave been av.nr ed to the wirls: Winnie Catherwood, Keathevston; boys, Ralph Wilson, Taupaki.
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 New Zealand manufacturers can best help returned soldiers by: Firstly, training soldiers who wish to learn; secondly, 'giving them preference in employment; 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 1 making the ■ manufacturers so busy that they would require a. lot more men, which would enu.ble them to employ the soldiers as they returned -to ' take up civ", life.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1919, Page 7
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168NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1919, Page 7
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