NO CLUB EXISTED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 170, 21 July 1942, Page 6

NO CLUB EXISTED

CASE OF EX-SOLDIERS That ex-service men of the present war, now numbering some hundreds, have had no clubrooms in which they might meet, was stated in a letter from the Dominion president of the Second N.Z.E.F. Association, which was read at a meeting of the Auckland Electric Power Board yesterday. The letter pointed out that, in a reply to a previous letter from the association inviting assistance to furnish new club rooms, the board had clearly been under the impression that such a club was already in existence. This was not the case, and no existing clubs for men still serving were open to the ex-service men. It was for that reason that the ex-service men had themselves taken steps to provide such a club, the letter continued, and it was now desired to invite members of the board to visit these premises and see for themselves what was being done. The chairman of the board. Mr. S. J. Harbutt, said that from this letter it would appear that the R.S.A. was not doing the work which the new association was doing. At his suggestion it was decided to ascertain the position from the R.S.A. and from the Metropolitan Patriotic Committee before dealing with the matter.