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The chart below shows the number of men for whom training has been arranged each month and the total number of men in training.
Section 111. —Financial Assistance. Under the instructions issued in connection with the Repatriation Act, District Boards or Local Committees are empowered to grant financial assistance to discharged soldiers or soldiers' widows on the following terms : — (a.) Business Loans. —Loans not exceeding £300 to establish or purchase businesses may be made for a term of years with or without security. £5(1 is loaned free of interest, the remainder bearing interest at live per cent, per annum. A great amount of work has beep done by the various Boards and Committees in investigating applications under this heading. Each applicant is carefully examined, the suitability and prospects of the business are fully gone into, and the loan is not granted unless the Board is convinced that by approving if they are serving the soldier's best interests. The Department has laid it down as a guiding principle that except in exceptional circumstances loans are not to be granted to applicants (1) who an- already in situations equal to their pre-war positions, (2) who are satisfactorily settled in business, or (3) who are in a position lo finance themselves. All loans exceeding £50 must be approved by the Ministerial Board, and up In the SO/h August a total of 1,178 loans have been ratified, entailing an expenditure of £.201,.81/9. The following list, gives an idea of the remarkable diversity of businesses in which discharged soldiers have been assisted to make a start :— Accountants . . . . .. . . 2 Concrete-construction .. . . . . 2 Auctioneers . . .. .. . . 9 Contractors . . . . . . .. 6 Bakers .. .. .. .. 10 Customhouse agents .. .. .. 2 Barristers and solicitors .. .. 11 Dairy business and milk-vendors .. 16 Bee-farming .. .. .. .. 15 I Dentists .. .. .. .. 13 Booksellers and stationers .. .. IH Doctors .. .. .. .. 3 Boardinghouse and private hotel keepers.. 9 Duck-farmer .. .. .. .. ] Boot-importers .. ~ .. 10 Dyers and cleaners"'? .. .. .. 2 Boot-manufacturers . . . . . . 13 Engineering business . . . . .. 2 Boot-repairers . . . . . . 5 Engineering, electrical . . . . . . i) Billiard-saloonkeepers.. .. .. 5 Engineering motor .. .. .. 10 Blacksmiths .". .. .. .. 26 Farming* .. .. .. 88 Builders .. .. .. .. 16 Farming machinery lor contracts .. 21 Butchers .. .. .. .. 22 | Fishing business .. .. .. 72 Buyer for island trades and merchants .. 1 | Forwarding agents .. .. .. |2 Basketmakers . . . . . . 3 Fruit and confectionery business . . 41 Brick and tile making . . .. . . 3 Fruitgrowing . . . . . , ~ 2 Cabinetmaking .. .. . . 33 Furniture-dealers . . . . . . 7 Carriers Horse . . . . .. 44 Iron-founder . . .. . . . . 1 Carriers Motor . . .. . . 103 Greengrocer: . . . . . . .. ] Chaff-cutting .. .. .. .. |7 Grocery and general store keeping .. 96 Chairmaking . . . . . . . . ' 1 Grain-merchants . . . . . . 4 Chemists •.. .. .. .. 15 Hardware .. .. .. .. 3 Coachbuilding .. .. .. 1 Hat-manufacturer .. .. .. 1 Coach-painters .. .. .. 2 j Heat appliances agent .. .. .. 1 Coal-merchants .. .. ~ 19 > Hawking business .. .. .. 1
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