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APPENDIX V (a). Leaflet handed to Soldier by Interviewing Officer. Discharged Soldiers' Information Department. Telephone No. 2183. Telegraphic Address : " Decide, Wellington." 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. In addition to the assistance given by the Labour Department in the matter of finding employment, Committees have been set up in the principal towns to assist the Information Department in its duties. 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. Provision has been made with the Agricultural Department for the training of soldiers in general farming, dairying, fruit-farming, poultry-raising, bee-culture, market-gardening, &c. Arrangements have also been made with technical schools to teach men new trades where they have been rendered incapable of following their former occupations. The New Zealand Society of Accountants has undertaken to supply free clerical training, including book-keeping and general office practice to partially disabled soldiers accredited by the Department. A. special land-settlement scheme has been formulated for the benefit of discharged soldiers, and is being administered by the Lands Department. Any returned soldier who desires further information regarding any of the foregoing matters should write at once to the Information Department for the 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 soldiers' name and address.

APPENDIX V (11). Card given to Soldier on Arrival of Transports. N.Z. Discharged Soldiers' Information Department. The Government has established the above Department with the object of finding suitable employment for discharged soldiers, whether healthy or partially disabled. As soon as the Defence Department advises that a soldier is discharged, or likely to be discharged later on, an officer of the Information Department will call upon the soldier, whenever possible, to inquire into his condition, and ascertain whether he requires the Department's assistance. It will save time and trouble in arranging this if soldiers will advise the Department as early as possible of any change of address. 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. APPENDIX VI(a). Demobilization Forms. Discharged Soldiers' Information Department. NOTICE TO RETURNED SOLDIERS. 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. In addition to the assistance given by the Labour Department in the matter of finding employment, Committees have been set up in the principal towns to assist the Information Department in its duties. 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 list of these Committees is given on the back of this page.