REQUESTS FOR MONEY
FROM OUR CONVALESCENTS IN I ENGLAND A DISCUSSION AND A WARNING In tho House on Saturday afternoon Dr. Thacker. said lie had received several letters from soldiers who had been wounded in Gallipoli, and who now were in convalescent homes at the New Zealand base in England. These men stated that they were practically in a condition of poverty. They received only is. a day. The canteens were run J>y outsiders, and they had to go out to set meals because those supplied to them were unsatisfactory. Tney had asked him to send them money, but he did not consider it woe his duty to do this. That was the duty of tho Government, and he proposed to hand over tho'correspondence to the Defence Minister. He thought the matter should bo inquired into straight away. * ' The Hon. S. Allen said ho would be very glad to have the letter. "And," he said, "if the honourable gentleman will take my advice he "will not send any money." Dr. Thaoker: I don't intend to. Mr. Allen: And I want to say to parents throughout New Zealand that they should be careful as to how much money they send. All the wants of these men in hospital are amply provided for. They do not get all their pay while they are in hospital, but their otrdinary pay accumulates. The public in England, Mr. ■ Allen continued, had been very good to I our men, who had 110 really good cause for complaint. There, were men who had I extravagant ideas, men who wanted to travel all over England. This was all very good if their parents could enable them to do it. Men who were in real want could get advances from the High Commissiouer agaiust their pay, and some men had drawn so much in this way that they canio back with a debit on their pay sheotsi. The Defence authorities wanted the.men to have everything they needed, but they did not want the men to go in for unnecessary luxuries, and they did not want the men to spend money on' things that were not good for them, things' that they should not spend money on. With regard to comforts for the; wounded in hospital, the Patriotic Societies were subscribing ,£3OOO a month for this purpose. These moneys were sent to. the High Commissioner, and his last advice was that he was in ample Ho would be very glad to make inquiries, and ho.would be very glad to have the letter to which Dr. Thacker referred.
Dr. Thacker: This man writes: "I have never received a penny or goods from theso patriotic funds tto hear of in New Zealand." Mr. Allen: That is not the information I get. .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 8
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459REQUESTS FOR MONEY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 8
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