HOROWHENUA county PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 6 October 1919, Page 3

HOROWHENUA county PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

The monthly meeting of the above was held at Levin on Wednesday after™on £st, when Mr P. W. Goldsmith presided over a good attendance of members. , A mass of correspondence was read and dealt with. Tho Waikanao Girls’ Club forwarded a donation of £5. - Received with thanks. , Threo grants of £5 each were made to assist soldiers to purchase civilian clothes. ' . Mr E. Allen, of To Horo, wrote resigning as a member of the Association, owing to his intended remove from the district. It was resolved that Mr Allen be thanked for bis services. i -i Throe Shannon soldiers were granted lump sums of £l3 each, and another £1 per week for 13 weeks. A Manalmu soldier was referred to the Repatriation Board for assistance to purchase bees for a bce-tarnim on terprise. Mr Howard Andrew stated that this man was an expert and had disposed of his stock cheaply wkem he •went away, only to find now _ could not replace his hives at the for (mor price, honco his application. _ A cheque for £62 Is lid was reccned from the Levin Patriotic Society on behalf of the Ladies’ Red Cre-s, the society stating that the ladies would still hold occasional shop days to assist tho Association’s funds. ■ The Chairman stated that the holding of shop days for Red Cross funds no longer legal, but the County Association had a permit to carry on with the shop days till the end Ox the yC On the motion of Mr G. P. Catley a vote of thanks was passed to t Ladies’ Red Cross, the speaker referring to the excellent work of the ladies throughout the «war period. The Chairman stated that a soldier had informed the speaker that he had sold his farm when going away on active service, only to find on his return that lie conld not buy it back . for three times the price he received. A member: That will be righted when Sir Joseph (Ward’s scheme comes in.

(Laughter) In connection with the case of an ex-imperial reservist, who had come to settle in this district, and who had been unable to secure his pension a case in which the Association had made a temporary grant of 80s per week and another 10s towards house rent the Wellington War Relef Association “My committee has directed rue to thank you for the care bestowed on this case by yourselves, and note with pleasure that your committee has decided to look after this ease in future.”