FRANKLIN REPATRIATION COMMITTEE

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 501, 30 January 1920, Page 1

FRANKLIN REPATRIATION COMMITTEE

ITS GOOD WORK. The following appears in our report of an executive meeting of the Franklin A. and P. Society:— The secretary then read the following report on the work of the Repatriation Committee, at which he represents the society:— Since the Repatriation Committee started in September there has been 19 meetings. The executive of the Franklin A. and P. Society appointed me as its delegate to represent the society on the Repatriation Committee. I have attended 11 meetings. Thirty-six applications for assistance have been dealt with, asking for assistance amounting to £6281. The Repatriation Committee have carefully considered each application on its merits, and have granted 32 applications amounting to £4771. There is no doubt that the local knowledge of the Franklin Repatriation Committee is of great value in helping returned soldiers in this district back to civil life, as many of the cases, jya^dAd _ ( .with woui4.nCt be "understood by the 'board iii-Auckland, who are naturally -unacquainted with local conditions. * 'Trie' * re'jy&rV- J fi asr Tte delved. r, CJ Tirosecretary thanked.