Returned Servicemen Meet

Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1948, Page 3

Returned Servicemen Meet

, — T ! y . • -'■/ -■ • i , ; . . / ' ■ ' v ''•ihe March meeting of the Shannon branch of ,|;he Returned Ser$ceg% ' Asso^iatioh5 i Ayas/iheld; in . Lauiryig's' Hali • lasb wb'ek,- -.and ' was : pireside'd iovdr byt MrU sI,- Ritchie.. Those \present v^ete- Meesrs. R. S; i>ownesy".:T. JKellyl M. Lange, Bi ^ayfcpn, S. % Baxbe^, W^Third, C; Guerin, B. G'ljonnen> J.'- Griffithk ahd,^J. R; Cafnpbeil. Y Apologies fon absence were received from Messrs. V. J. . Bateman- and - R, , Hook. , On the motion Iof ^fr.fJ5^W>Barber, the following transfers were apprbved: . Mr-. R. A. Higgott to Otaki, Mqsors'; G. O. Smith and A. L. Jane to Tokoiriaifii and Mr. N. R; fSouthee to Marton. i Correspondence fwas r received . ifrom -.the head offlce' R.S.A, in connection with a/ remit forwarded from the local branch. It was advised that this * would be discussed at the forthcoming annual 'conference. A letter was received from the town clerk, Shannon, ■advising the pqsition .as set out by the " Depar.tment f o'f Internal Affairs in connedtiori with' the R.S.A.'s requpst for a suitable. 'room in the proposed War/ Memorial Hall. It was resolyed that the letter be presented a't' tfie annual general meeting of the branch, as itcontained data relating to subsidies for community centres. It was agreed that the matter ofnominations for( Dominion president and vice-president be" placed in the hands of the executive to be* dealt with. Mr. B. Clayton"' reported that he and Mr. Bateman had met- the Women's Institute regarding the arrangements for the usual Anzac dinner. The matter was left to the women's Institute to arrange as it saw fit. A letter of thanks for a parcel and goo'd wishes to her husband in hospital was received from Mrs. +u"Uj?eT- ■^anSe- Mrs. Lange stated that her husband was progressing favoui ably, but it would be some time before he fully recovered from his recent accident. i wa,s res°lved that a circular letter be sent to all members advismg..that. the annual genefal were entertained at supper by the members of the women^sy ^ebtfon.