REHABILITATION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1943, Page 2

REHABILITATION

SPECIAL ALLOWANCES. FOR SERVICEMEN AFTER DISCHARGE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Rehabilitation allowances to provide for servicemen following their discharge froih the forces and the cessation of service pay were announced last night by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser. These maximum weekly allowances, which will be payable for a period up to thirteen weeks, are as follow:—

The above allowances are free of National and Social Security Taxes. The Prime Minister said that these rehabilitation allowances would assist servicemen during the period following the stoppage of service pay and pending their placement in suitable employment or the granting of an appropriate war pension. He was pleased it had been found possible to introduce this scheme, which would abolish entirely the present leave without pay. The receipt of the allowance, said Mr Fraser, would in no way affect a soldier’s present rights under the war pensions legislation, and he could receive the rehabilitation allowance or a war pension, whichever grant was of the greater value, for the period specified. Arrangements had been made for men whose service pay was to terminate on or after March 1 to be contacted by departmental officers, who would advise the men concerned and assist them in obtaining any allowance to which they were entitled under the scheme. Servicemen whose service pay had already ceased could apply for the rehabilitation allowance if they had not already been absorbed into wopk or placed bn a wer pension. MASTERTON COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING HELD. The inaugural meeting of the Masterton Rehabilitation Committee was held in the Masterton County Council Chambers this week when Mr J. Robertson, member for the district, was elected chairman and Mr H. J. Brass deputy-chairman. The other members on the committee are Messrs A. D. Low, E. R. Read, V. E. Donald and Mrs S. Copp and the secretary is T. H. Crosbie (District Manpower Officer). These members were nominated by various organisations throughout the district. Mr Robertson outlined the functions and objects of the committee and after a full discussion on various phases of the work it was resolved to hold the next meeting on March 8, when a report on the returned and demobilised soldiers in the district would come up for consideration.

1U11UW . £ s. d. Single man 3 10 0 Married man with wife only 4 10 p Married man, wife and one child 4 16 0 Married man, wife and two children 5 2 0 Married man, wife and three ' children 5 8 0 Married man, wife and four children 5 14 0 Married man, wife and five children (maximum rate) 6 0 0