RETURNED SOLDIERS'CLUB

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 195, 13 May 1920, Page 5

RETURNED SOLDIERS'CLUB

I ; A WELLINGTON PROPOSAL. j Recent happenings in the Wellington j Returned Soldiers' Association make it evident that an effort will be made to : | sccut'o a building for the carrying on of J a permanent returned soldiers' institu-' ; tion. Mr. John I. Fox, who has under- j taken to. make preliminary inquiries, states: "I am confident that Wellington : shall not be behind other large centres in : { securing a centre for the activities of tho; j Wellington Eeturned Soldiers' Associa-; j tion, and where the esprit-de corps will ,] lie perpetuated. From what 1 can' 4 gather, returned soldiers themselves will j take their share in subscribing towards this effort, and I have no doubt that certain patriotic fund 9 and unexpended; j war funds will be available to help along , this fin© effort. Our aim will be to mako. j this institution worthy _ of., those who have laid dawn ■ their lives, and their • I names will be inscribed on the walls of- ! this edifice. The Wcllington_ Eeturned j Soldiers' Association is determined toseo I that the imperishable names of their com- • rades shall not be forgotten. Within tiho , walls of this memorial the spirit of na- j tional defence and national reconstruc- ; tion shall find its homo, and at tho same ! time the social side of those who were . j the country's defenders will bo maw-. ; tained." , • Eocently the members of the, Wellin- j ton Association were asked by circular if ;• they were in favour of the proposal, and. i so far about 700 answers, have- been re-.: ! ceived, and of this number only ten have i been' in the negative. ' j