AID FOR SERVICEMEN
COMMITMENTS OF THE BOARD
TOTAL OF £159,572 REACHED 1
Applications totalling 12,445 had been received by the Soldiers' Financial Assistance Board up to July 31, said the Minister in charge of .soldiers' financial assistance, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, when releasing the latest figures covering the board's operations. The total commitments of the board up to the same date reached a total of £159,572, Mr Armstrong said the Board's commitments indicated that the applications were given very generous' consideration, to say the least. They were received from men in the three Services,; or their dependants, and there was a maximum grant of £3 a week. He emphasised that payments made by the board were* straight-out. gifts, with no obligations for repayment. An increasing number of applications was being received, which was understandable in view of the fact that those nowbeing called up were men with greater commitments and greater family responsibilities. Every member of the board was a returned soldier, said the Minister, In making grants the board's object was to leave a man's dependants in a position as near as possible to that in which they lived before the man went into camp. It seemed that assistance was sought principally to meet rent payments.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 5, 16 September 1942, Page 5
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