Complaint was made by a member of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association at- a recent meeting tliat furniture being offered to returned soldiers was "shoddy." He said that although the Repatriation Board made grants of £SO to returned soldiers for the purchase of furniture, the men were only able to buy articles of inferior quality. "You cannot buy good stuff," he said. Mr. C. W. Batten stated that it was a fact that "the stuff was being run up for sale to the soldier." The' Repatriation Department, however, was trying to obtain the services of an expert from the trade who would be instructed to inspect all furniture for the purchase of ttll'im grants were advanced by the board. It was hoped that by this means the difficulty would be oyeraomsj
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1919, Page 10
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131Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1919, Page 10
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