DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION.
EMPLOYMENT OF RETURNED SOLDIERS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Replying to statements regarding the employment of returned soldiers in the Defence Department, Sir James Allen said that it had been the policy of the Department to give preference to capable and suitable returned soldiers of all ranks when filling position* in the Department, and a periodical purging of them was made in respect of men who wero not returned soldiers. There had been no alteration recently in this policy. The recent speeding up in this matter of purgiag was due to ths number of fit men arriving in the Dominion and the greater number of Staff Corps: and Permanent Staff positions becoming available. He added that General Richardson has not yet assumed his duties as Officer in Charge of Administration.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1919, Page 5
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133DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION. Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1919, Page 5
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