A BIG DRAIN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 48, 16 February 1943, Page 3

A BIG DRAIN

COST TO NEXT-OF-KIN

PARCELS TO I PRISONERS

Parcels Avhi-eh next-of-kin are allowed to send prisoners of Avar are costing in moist instances as much as £4 to £8 and in some cases even more and are a considerable drain on the income of the family responsible, said the Mayor of Paeroa, Mr Edwin Edwards.

The Mayor explained that already there were over 40 men from Paeroa and surrounding districts Avho Avere posted as prisoners of Avar and in some eases the drain on the family income in providing a parcel each

quarter costing some £4 to £8 was considerable. It was agreed that a fund be opened to raise sufficient money to a grant of £2 to each next-of-kin who had a relative a prisoner of war. A stall is to be held at an early date to help raise money for this purpose. There are many families in Whakatane similarly affected and this is a lead that might Ay ell be fol-i lowed. The matter Avas also discuss,cd at the meeting of the Men's Patriotic Committee last We.dnesd-.aj r , when , the chairman, Mr W. Sullivan, pointed out that possibly many re- ( sidents in this capacity considered they Avere doing sufficient for the Patriotic effort. A suggestion such as; above howeA r e.r would place everybody on a more even basis. C

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