RETURNING HOME
THIRD OF FORESTRY UNIT TO AFFORD RELIEF IN TIMBER INDUSTRY (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. It was announced last night by the Prime Minister. Mr Fraser, that as a result of arrangements made with the United Kingdom authorities, approximately a third of the Forestry Group which had been serving in Britain since 1940 was being brought back to New The object of the Government in recalling expert bushmen and sawmillers was to afford muchneeded relief in the timber industry, upon Which continually increasing demands were being made by both the United States and our own armed forces in New Zealand and in the South Pacific area. The return of these highly-skilled men, who had rendered splendid service to the war effort in the United Kingdom, would provide considerable and timely assistance in meeting one of the urgent war needs of industry.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 October 1943, Page 2
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