PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1923, Page 3

PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

£BOO,OOO STILL IN HAND. WELLINGTON. February 3. At the opening of the meeting of the 1 advisory hoard of the Federation of New Zealand Patriotic War Rebel •' Societies, held in Wellington yester- 1 day. Mr 1.. <>. Tripp (chairman) stated tli.it. since tile last meeting of tin- board about a year ago. the ooasi ii utimi of 1 (lie War Funds Council had been am- 1 oiided ill accordance with the sug- * gestiun made by the board. It no" comprised r®prcseutatives of the dii--1 event War Relief and Patriotic Socie- 1 ties and of the Returned Soldiers’ As- 1 soeiations, and commanded the confidence of the public. The central body ' j„ now in n position to take over the I administration of the patriotic funds j of any societies who desired it to do so. 1 When the armistice was signed there | were no less than 08A patriotic socie- j ties of one kind and another; hut thi- j number had non been reduced to "4. 111(1 by March 31 s( the societie.-. would ; 11* reduced to ID. Tt had also been ai ranged that the seamen's Bind j sluml'd be administered in conjunction with the dillVrent patriotic societies j and Hu' War Fends Council also nude

il» necessary inquiries into cases through the various societies. thus saving a great deal of oveilapping and unnecessary expense. Y number of the smaller societies, lie remarked, now had very lit lie work to do; but in "Wellington last year the War Relief Association had had a greatI':' number of claims to deal with than i lie year before. This was owing to men who had been passed out as fir breaking down owing to latent war relief disabilities and also in part owing to the slump. The iieeiimidafied war relief funds were upwards >•>)’ £809.009; and his opinion was (fiat these funds would be needed for from 23 to 39 years to come. The advisory hoard, said Mr Tripp, le d undoubtedly done a great deal ol good work. During the war it had met every month, and had. been kept very busy, lie paid a tribute to the sympathetic att'Cule if the Pen-i'-us Board lo the ret iirneil - Idici -. ami staled that, as a result of his recent travels in America. Great Britain, and other Dominions, he was convinced that New Zealand had done more ior tl'.e returned soldiers ltinii any other country. INCORPORATED SOCI K ITES. The following report ns to the number of incorporated societies which are still administering; patriotic funds was submitted by the hoii. sc-ietary (Mr R. W. Slmliernsst: Auckland.— Auckland Provincial. Gisborne Defence League; total 2. Hawke’s Bay.—War Relief Association. Taranaki. War Relief Association. Wellington.—War Relief Association Four principal associations; Wav Relief Association. Wanganui. Mnmivatu Wairaiapa: 8 smaller: Bulls, Feilding. Horowheinia. Rangitikei Rah inrun. A tit io, Tnilinpe. AVavoi lev : nud 3 general : Trontham Scholarship. Sheepfarmer». and National War Funds; tola! 1.3. Marlborough. Nelson and West Con. 4 Two principal (Nelson iml Marlborough); 2 smaller (Kaikonra. Greymouth). Otago.—Dunedin and Oaiiiaru. Southland.--IVar Relief Association. This makes the total for Hie Dominion 29.