THE PEACE CELEBRATIONS

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 June 1919, Page 3

THE PEACE CELEBRATIONS

I confess I am not always disposed, to agree with the views expressed b,y J^c Tom Bloodworth in his letters to the papers or with the views of .the party he represents, but I am entirely in accord with the contention advanced by. Mr E>loqdwQi"th. and endorsed "by the Auckland District Council of the United Federation of Labour, that the proposed expenditure by the Corporation of Auckland of hundreds of pounds on illuminations in connections with the Beac.e Ce|ebr.atiqns" will be a waste of money, and tb,at any expenditure beyond .£SO in this way is not justified when so much distress amongst returned soldiers and the dependents of soldiers exists in our midst. Why, it was only the other day that the Hon, Mr Russell was informed by a uhns^qhurch deputation' that retui'ne'd !soldiers were "actually going about begging the price of a bed. Apropos of this it may B,e asked \ . What has become of all the money, represented by ' the innumerable patriotic funds ? The money raised in this way amounts to hundreds of thousands of pounds. Yet there is a good deal of distress amongst the returned soldiers, and until every case of t^V kind has been relieved we

have no right to squander money on useless display.