The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915. A PUBLIC DUTY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 93, 20 August 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915. A PUBLIC DUTY.

The' public meeting to bo hold ni St r;i ti'orcl to-morrow afternoon his been arranged to enable the I idlest possible attendance of settlors I tom the districts round about, and it is to he sincerely hoped that the importance of the questions to he discussed will induce a very large and representative attendance. When the original Patriotic Committee was set up in this centre such developments as have come . about were hardly anticipated. During the next twelve months at least, there is great and important work to he done in every* centre in caring lor the sick and wounded soldiers and their dependents quite apart from the relief which must he granted by the Covernment as a right. Whatever scheme may lie ultimately decided upon for the Dominion sis a whole, it will certainly he necessary to set up strong district committees, and it is quite recognised by the members ol the .Stratford Patriotic Committee that the widest representation is essential. So tar as we can learn, some members of,the present Patriotic Committee desire to he relieved of office, while others are willing to again give their services il > IK'l aNV blip " i s b them to do so. A resolution will probably he brought forward suggesting that the t.\ew com-' mittee to he set up have as members representatives of all the surrounding .districts, including Toko, Ngaere. Cardiff, Strathmore, Whangahiomona, and such places, and that such committee elect from within itself an Kxecutive of,, say, nine members, who could meet frequently and transact business which

must, arise at any time as the men re turn to New Zealand. One great ad

vantage ul being present ;it tin* meetini': to tie held in Stratford to-morrow will he, we are sure, the freeing from [))•«> j ml ice of some who mav have, with tile best intentions in the world, considered a line of action which would hardly lie wide or embracing enough to cope with the enormous task which, from this onward, must he confronted. Those who for the past twelve months have been intimately associated with the work, will at least he able to place before the people what they have learned, and in the general discussion it; is possible that many of ns may find a readjustment of ideas advisable. It is certain that whatever individual views we may hold regarding details, every man and woman in Tlup community desire only that the very best he done for every one of those brave men who have fought our Ijittllps, and that the burden of those who. by the sickness or wounding of a bread-winner, are suffering, may be

m:ul(‘ as light. as possible. Therefore Jet us have conipletest organisation possible and the most perfect unity we are able to obtain. It is a duty to do all we may to further the good ends in view.