HOROWHENUA COUNTY PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 9 August 1920, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COUNTY PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION.

-, i QUAETERLY MEETING-. j The quarterly meeting of the Horo- i i whenu County Patriotic Society was I i held on Wednesday afternoon. Pre- - sent: Mr P. W. Goldsmith (in the ' t chair), Mrs Ilallam and Mrs T. F. - !; Gibson (Shannon). Messrs C. C. Hi'g- :. ginson (Waikanae,. I!. 1?. Gardener i '.j (Levin), .1. Smith and A. McKay (Pae- •' • | kakariki). W. .1. Howell and K. Mc- • Lean (Paraparauinu). C. S. Kcedwell j (Levin). H. Andrew (Ohaui. ,1. M. ! Richards,(lhakara). and F. VV. Walkley. i The Manawat'.: Society applied for a ; . i, refund of £1 Dis expended on behalf of ; a Levin soldier. The Auckland j Society applied for a refund of £7 ex- ! penses incurred on behalf of a district j soldier.—Refunds granted. | An application was received from a i soldier for a grant of .'lt's a month on j the ground thai he had to support his . mother, and was suffering from war n injuries which prevented him working . full time. Adjourned for further in- 1 ' formation an to the possibility of obi taining pension. | A refund of £3 to the Hawke's Bay 1 Society was granted on account of r ; money expended on behalf of a soldier V ' from this district. A soldier who had received a l oa n e: l' from a South Island society forwarded -r | tin instalment in repayment for trans'mission to. (lie South Island. j. | No action was taken iu the appliea- „ I tion of an unmarried soldier for a _ ,' grant, for furniture, lie was advised / - that if lie was contemplating marriage V. |he should apply to the Repatriation T II Department. „ i, The Wauganui - Waifotara Society n I wrote expressing appreciation of the ft assistance given by the Horowhenua • t B Association to a man in that district I whose place, of enlistment was Levin. „, I The Shannon branch of the R.B.A. 0 , applied for a grant for a soldiers' club I there. It was decided that the Asso- , ciation's funds could not be used for J that purpose. -| | The Department of Internal Affairs j acknowledged receipt of tin- quarterly al returns of the Association's accounts. G j The secretary briefly reported on the " • decisions arrived at by the recent con- _ j ference of 'Wellington district societies Q j held .it Palmerston in .Tune. **" j The Chairman thanked members for k] I their attendance, and expressed the bi ■ hope that at least one delegate would n i | attend each meeting from each district. A ■ He pointed out that the opinion of the Palmerston North conference was that TV > the administrative work of the j Patriotic Associations Mould continue t! ) for the present, and there were indica- m , Hons that the volume of business was , not decreasing.—"Chronicle. ! V !