WAR RELIEF FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 138, 6 March 1920, Page 7

WAR RELIEF FUNDS

..A LETTER FROM GENERAL CIIAYTOH. " . ■' Mai6r : Gencral Sir E.,;W. C. Chaytor has. expressed in a letter to'; tile' Wellington War Relief Association his ap'ticeeiation of'. the. iieod of a co-ordinated scheme for administering the war relief funds 1 of the county. . general Chaytor writes:—"With reference to. your proposals, in regard to the administration . of '.'war relief funds, I cojicur in the desirability of co-ordinat-ing' .the methods of utilising tlieso funds bv the various local authorities so as to ensure eauita.ble treatment as far .is possible;.'of disabled soldiers aad.'.their dependants. ..' ' "To, ensure'Cquitable treatment it will be necessarv to administer'the funds on well-defined lines. This could be'best arranged by the 'fo'rmntion of a central committee for administration" through the medium of local committees, tho centraL,commi.ttee..lheing, composed! of repre-' sentntives fronveacli •district.-'"- ' ' "From experience of past wars, it can be safclv • assumed that the need for supplementation of Government-pensions to disabled soldiers and their dependants will continue for- many .years, therefore : it. is most desirable that this aspect should, be kept clearly in view when deciding on the policy of tlie future, ndministratipn of.' tbe. held. by the..various .patriotic, and war relief organisations in the Dominion."