SOLDIERS' MUFTI

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 63, 7 December 1917, Page 5

SOLDIERS ' MUFTI

THE 30s. ALLOWANCE. | The allowance of 30s. made by tiw i Defence Department to the discharged , soldier for the purchase of oilman j clothes was discussed again at yester- ; day's meeting of tho Advisory Board ■ ofTno patriotic societies. Ihe iiasfc- ~ ings branch of the Hawke's Bay. War . Relief Association wrote protesting ; against tbo maintenance of this made- j quate allowance. i "Tho contention that tho charge on : {lie Dominion is too heavy is of no weight" wrote the Hastings Commit- ■ tee. "There can bo no charge too heavy when, it is considered what our soldiers have done, moreover the calculation of half a million pounds is based apparently on the premi sc.that the Dominioii will nave sent iuu,uuu """In the first place unfortunately all ; these men will not return and in the • second place if the Government were ; to tako up tho quite reasonable position that an order for clothing would ; be provided for those returned soldiers who could ehow that suoh .provision ; was necessary, the involved would probably be reduced to at lea t one-half the sum estimated by, your board, nor would this sum require to , Lβ paid out in one year, but would be : spread over the whole period of tho . is to be considered the fact | that the Government already recognises . ule principle that a soldier who has riven his services to the Empire has joining the forces and relinquishing ~ his civilian clothing mado an actual , sacrifice of property which has a monetary value, *« ui .allowanced ! 30s. k already mado to every, returned ; ' SO iit r is to be noted that this 80s. was i : baseu on the King's.regulation allow- , with Ihe Prune Minister end bib col- j mssm 1 contention of my; committee is j Govinment to have this injustice re- . ! m Thf lard decided that the maito . j with the Minister of Defence.