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AITKXDIX Xla. Demobilization Forms. Discharged Soldiers' Information Department. NOTICE TO RETURNED SOLDIEBS. The Government has established the above Department with the object of assisting discharged soldiers to secure suitable employment and to obtain for them any information of which they may stand in need. The Department exists for the purpose of helping the soldier who returns to New Zealand from service abroad, and is anxious to be of service to him. Committees have been set up in the principal towns to assist the, Information Department in its duties, and. these Local Committees are advised of the names of men requiring employment and of the, nature of the work which each man desires to obtain. A special land-settlement scheme has been formulated for the benefit of discharged soldiers, and is being administered by the Lands Department. Arrangements have also been made to teach, men incapable of following their former occupations new trades at technical schools and in factories and workshops. Provision has been made with the Agricultural Department for the training of soldiers in fruitfarming, poultry-raising, bee-culture, market-gardening, &c. Any returned soldier who desires further information regarding any of the foregoing matters should write at once to the Information Department for tho fuller particulars desired. All communications from or on behalf of soldiers should be addressed, to — The Officer in Charge, Discharged Soldiers' Information Department, Aitken Street, Wellington, and the regimental number should always be given as well as the soldier's name and address. N.B.—-If the soldier desires the Department's assistance in obtaining work he will please fill up and return through the post the annexed application form, when the matter will receive immediate attention and the Department will do its best to find him suitable employment. [On the back of this notice will be printed the list of Local Committees.] The following is the application form referred to in the note at the foot of the foregoing "Notice to Returned Soldiers." Discharged. Soldiers' information Department. APPLICATION TO BE FILLED UP BY RETURNED SOLDIER DESIRING THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING EMPLO V M B NT. Name in full : Reg. No. Address : Rank : Married or single [Fill in " M " or " S "] : Number of children (if any) : Cause of return [Strike out lines which do not apply] : (a.) Wounded [State nature of wounds] : (b.) Invalided [State nature of illness] : (c.) Disbandment of Forces on termination of war. What occupation did you follow prior to enlistment ? If a member of a trade-union state name of union and place. What employment do you now desire ? And where ? Name, occupation, and address of previous employer : Is there is any reason why you should not resume work with your old employer ? [Signature. | [Date. J (Tear this off and fold and post it as shown on other side. On the other side will appear the name and address of the Department.) APPENDIX Xlu. Discharged Soldiers' Information Department, Head Office, Aitken Street, Wellington, , 191 . To a Employment for Returned Soldiers. As I have not heard from you in connection with the communication explaining the objects of this Department, which was handed to you at the, time of your return to New Zealand, it is assumed that you do not desire the assistance of this Department in obtaining employment. If, therefore, I do not hear from you to the contrary during the course of the next fortnight I shall remove your name from the Department's list. If, on the other hand, you require the Department's services, kindly fill up and return the enclosed application form. In any case, should you at some later date desire the Department's assistance in obtaining employment, and will communicate with me to that effect, the matter will receive my immediate and best attention. 1 am, &c, Officer in Charge.