OUR ARMY ABROAD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 92, 20 July 1916, Page 3

OUR ARMY ABROAD.

„ "4/ff '* WAR ASSOCIATION'S WORK. Now that so many of our soldiers are in France and England, many people have been enquiring as to what is the best course to adopt when sending money for the, benefit of our soldiers. Money should be sent to the New Zealand War Contingent Association in London, and ran be sent to that association through the Minister oi Internal All airs or through any bank, The High Commissioner is chairman of the association, and Lord PlUttket is chairman of the executive. Many well-known .New Zealandors are giving their whole time to look after the affairs of the association. On the Executive Commi.teo are: Mr Gilbert Anderson, late of Canterbury; Mr James Coates, of Wellington; Mr T. E. Donne, Mr G. P. Gee, Mr Douglas M'Lean, of Hawko's Bay; Sir James Mills, Mr I. W. Raymond, Southland.; Mr C. Elgar, and many o.hers. Mr F. Waldegrave, late Un-der-Secretary for Justice, is lion, secretary for the Executive Committee. Mr Cecil Wray, of Wanganui, solicitor, is organising secretary. Mr Norman Dalston, of Wellington, is adjutant to the Hospital Committee. Lady Islington is at the head of the Ladies' Committee, and there are a large number of ladies well known in New. Zealand who are acting on the commi.teo. A very large number of ladies and gentlemen are giving their whole time to visiting our men in the hospitals and homesdu different parts of the United Kingdom. Lord Plun-. ket, in cabling to a member of the War Relief Association, in reply to enquiries as to the wont that his association was doing in England, pointed out that their visitors are regularly, visiting and providing .minor comforts for our men in the hospitals at Walton, Brockcnhurst, and all other hospitals and homes where our men are. He stated that the association is starting recreation rooms, staffed By New Zenlanders, at Brockcnhurst and Salisbury. They also have a Nurses' Best Home at Sandwich, and the London Hostel is nearly finished. Furthermore, special care and attention is now being given to our men who are oiufurlough from France. The association is also spending money for Red Cross purposes on behalf of our men, and is providing comforts for men in tlio_ tiring line or: at the front. It will be seen, there-; fore, that it will he necessary for the.: Now Zealanders to keep this associa-: tion well supplied with money in order that they may carry on 1 the good work which they are doing, j Tho different War Relief Socio ies m Now Zealand arc sending money totins association through the Government, but there are many people who are desirous of sendmg money, and do not know where to send it. Those who want to send money lor the benefit of our men in England or at the front should send the same to the Minister of Internal Affairs to he paid 1 to the New Zealand War Contingent Association in Loudon.