MISSIONS TO SEAMEN SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2509, 9 July 1915, Page 7

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN SOCIETY

(To the Editor.) Sir,—The account given at a meeting of the Sailors' Friend Society, as appearing in .the newspapers .of July 8, does not'put the position fairly. When i the Missions to. Seamen So-. ,Gi6tr.v was hustled out of the building, which.had been given to the society by. Mrs. Williams for the use and service of seamen, there was an agreement on tlie part of the solicitor to the Trust Board to -purchase . tho furniture, which was admitted by him to be tho property of the' Missions to' Seamen, and this was one of the conditions of our relinquishing the building.': ; That lias never'been, oarried out, and negotiations have been going .oil for a long time, the commit-, tee of' the Missions to Seamen Society offering tho furniture for £350, and at last, agreeing to take £150, and .they even agreed'to.take,that as a sort of rent ■of the furniture, and to repay the amount when the Missions to. Seamen Society resumes' work in the. institute, but the Sailors' Friend Society asked for; other, conditions, and the negotiations''we;ro broken off. v "

Tho committee of the Missions to Seamen: do not "want the furniture, but owijig to Mr. Moore's action in coining out from England and starting a rival mission, the,y wore piitvinto a difficult position, .having to carry on their work with a reduced) number of (subscribers, and thus they incurred liabilities. Tho furniture was the only asset, and the committee was bound to be just before being genorous. ' They asked for the £150 to enable their liabilities to be discharged. ■ They do not want the furniture, iior do they want to hampeT 'Mr. Moore, but they do want fair treatment and a, proper carrying out of obligations. It is absurd to -talk about a threat being held out that the .furniture would bo removed. Tho removal would only be tho natural outcome of refusal'to purchase; and, further, the date, July 14, was suggested . by the Sailors'. Friend Society.—l am, etc., " , • OH AS. P. POWLESi . ■ . Hon. Secretary, Missions to Seamen Cominitteo.iWellington,' July 8, 1915. /

For ill tauks 1 a maximum allowance, of Ds. may 1)9 made in Tospect of every child, legitimate or illegitimate, under the age of 16 : years. ;V' ~ . , , -Tho pension is t'ecfciv&bl© ift respect not only of soldiers killed i naction, but in respect of thoseVwho maj" die from disease contracted on active scrvice, provided that death occurs within seven years of the commencement of the diseas. The claims of . wife, and children ■ are*', to have precedence over claims of other, dependents, and a pension to a widow will cease if she re-marries.. Orphan children who have list both parents iby .death may receive double the rate mentioned in tho schedules above set forth;

A Pensions Board. i The allocation of pensions is to be controlled by a board of; three to be appointed'/by the Minister, and one of the members must lie a medical practitioner. The dlties of the board arc. degned as Allows:— .\ . (a) Determine whether the death or' disablement of a member of the Forces ili faxst resulted from his employment, as such member, and, in tlie case of disablement, the nature and extent thereof; . .. (b) Determine tho oxtent to which persons alleged to bo depondent upon a member of the Forces were in fact so dependent. (o) Determine tlie rates of pensions to be paid to* members of the Forces and their dependents; and (d) Have such other duties as may bo prescribed .by regulations;. . Provided that any dotermination of the board shall be subject to the approval of the Minister.' (i.) Every determination of the board shall be" expressed by resolution passed at a meeting at which all the members of the.board ore present. The determination of two members of the board shall bo deemed to be tlie determination of th'e board.. (5.) The board hsall have all tho polvors conferred on Commissions under tho Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908. (6.) When considering a claim by a member for a pension in respect of his disablement the board shall take ' into consideration evidence (if any), of tho wilful misconduct of the member during liis period *of service. . Pensions are not to be payablo to'persons not resident in New Zealand; but a member of the Now Zealand Defence Farces temporarily attached to an Imperial Force for tho war or his dependents -may receive pensions. The board may also consider applications by nurses for pensions.

AN IMPORTANT SALE. Next Wednesday at Palnierston North, tho subdivisional sale of Hie B-avenswood Stud Farm is to take place. This property is situated fronting the main Wel-liustourLinton-Palmerston traffic road, and is but six miles south of Palmerston North. The farm is almost fiat,. yet has good drainage, and most of tho paddocks have' l>eea pipe-drained. lii subdividing it into 17 section?, the owners have as_nearly as possible kept to the paddock" fence lines, 60 that purchasers will have little, if any, fencing to do. The land is all down, in English grass, with tho exception of a few patches of oats ready for green feed. Quite a feature of the properly is the permanent water supply and the extensive pine and jjum shelter plantations. The . Linton Creamery and factory are adjoining the farm, and the Linton railway statioirand township are about two miles distant. It is stated that an expert reported last week, after examining the nature of tho soil, that it was undoubtedly good lucerne land, the soil being a deep loam of a fino mealy nature. Particulars will be found in our auction columns.