WAR RELIEF

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 209, 29 May 1920, Page 8

WAR RELIEF

WORK OF WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION.

The executive of the Wellington War Belief Association met yesterday. Mr. L. 0. H. Tripp presided, and Messrs, S. Kirkcaldie D. M'Laren, W. Ferguson, an<l C. A. Bwen were also present. The Finance Committee reported that the funds in hand on April 80 totalled ■■ i 63,468; The excess of expenditure over •"income during the month of April had ~ amounted to .£7lB. The Applications Committee reported that it had received 380 applications during the period May 1 to 28, including 121 new. applications. : The number of claims lodged did not appear to grow, less, and applications from men domiciled outside New Zealand were daily being received. The committee had also received applications from, and have granted assistance to, and Cauadian scldiers who arrived in New Zealand destitute. A large number of _ applications for mufti have been received •.from inmates of hospitals on account of thoir being discharged from the N Z E.F.. and in ensea where tho allotment, had been used by dependants or ' whero. the repayment of a loan would have inflicted hardship upon the sol- • dier, grants had been made. "Ifany applications have been made by soldiers requesting assistance towards the purchase of houses and farms, added the committee, "particularly where the amount authorised by tho Lands JJeparttient is below the price asked by Uio ! yendoT. These claims require a great deal of time and consideration, and m eomo instances special inquiries as to :whether the applicant has availocl liim self of the full benefits under the • charged Soldiers' Settlement Act. The ■ demands «n your funds m respect to claims of this nature havo heavy that, it being ascertained that this association is responsible for 350 ' out of a total of 10G9 tota ly or partially disabled men for the whole of the ..el Jington military district, it has been dc-cidcd that 110 further applications of -this nature from men discharged I'it A /can be entertained." The report was adopted.