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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1916, Page 3

Some pointed criticisms are being made in Mnrton regarding the action of tlic local patriotic, society in refer- ■ once to the case of Mrs ±toss, the wite ' of a soldier at present at the front. It appears that in a recent fire Mrs Ross had the misfortune to lose al> her belongings. She has a familV to provide for, and as the Patriotic Society there made no movement to come to her assistance with the exception of a donation of £2 2s to a fiiHd opened by the Mayor, it naturally gave rise to considerable comment. One correspondent pointed out that he subscribed to tile patriotic fund in the belief that the money ivas to be used to heiip our soldiers and their dependents, ana if rvr there was a case io which the I patriotic society ought to step in and use the fnndis subscribed by the public it was the one under notice. It was further stated that the monies donafeI ed by the public should be ndminisI tered in a broad-minded and not in a way thnt will call for genera 1 * condemnation. The view that the sums subscribed by the public should not all lie hoarded up and of misfortune in the meantime go unreVeved will be endorsed by most people in the community. —Standard.