RETURNED SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3458, 12 April 1920, Page 3

RETURNED SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL GENERAL ,\LEE'l‘I.\’G. The annual general meeting of the Taihapo and District. R.S.A. was held in the Town Hall supper room on Wed.ncsday, when the attoiidzuice was very sni-all. _ ‘ The minutes of tho pl'cvious'general lllL‘Ci'il]g‘ were read and confirmed. The secretary reported that. during the year the Association had representdd various claims my behalf of e.\'-.=.oldiers to the Pensions Departmvnt. He ul'g.od that if zmyfhing warrzinted -the’ existence of the Association it was the necessity for 3. complete revision of the poiisioiis scale, as thepresent. allowance for permanently and totally di§ablc'(l men was wholly inadequate, and was not adequate when the scale was drawn ,up. Efforts to :~‘ecul'o land for soldier settlement had been made lvpozitedly, byt so far the success -of the efforts made was sniull, as the Department had rejected as unsuitable the areas which had been olfered: However, there was a probability .Ihut one or two fairly large areas would be offered later on,

us negotizttions were now in progress. The balance-slleet showed :1 credit of £415 6/1, to which balance £IOO would be added by the refund. of deposit paid on section, about £9O when the i»\ssoei:ltion’s7shal'e of the recent spo‘:-‘rs meeting was received, and over £loo was now due" as renewals of members’ subscrip’ri’ons. The balance at the beginning of the financial year was £250 .10/10, 21133 the .se(:1‘0f:11'y in—timuted that -when he had completed his t.el'nl as secret:ll'y in Augnst next, there would be 11 be‘r.tel' balance, after paying his salary, and other expenses of the Associzition, than he staffed with.

The n1:-n1b0rship had incl'ea.~'ed fmm loss than 50 to over 300, and the org:lnisut.ion sbhenlc had worked splen—didly, especially as far ‘as the subAssociations at M2lng:l\vcka Ohingzfiti were umxcerned. 1' ‘

The report and b:Llance-sheet, and‘ the trezlsurel"s report were adopted. The report of the Ohingaiti, subAssociation was read by the delegate, ‘Mr H, H. Brooks. The report showed that the Ohinguiti branch had been doing some good work in the way of furthering the land settlement scheme. The branch membel‘ship was‘ about 50, and everyone’ was interested in the work. The report instaneed the case of an «old lady who had not been able

to receive a pension on account of a son killed in action until two years! after the» casualty. She had been 111-} formed by a.'JusticC of the Peace tlnu ‘ no pensions were ptiyuble to the next-o-:t'-kin of deceased s;oldiel-s, and the! Oliingoit-i branch had secured n pen-' sion for her, but the pension was dated from the date of a.pplie.ation, -and the -applicant lost two years’ pension as :1 result. 'l‘he\sub-'bl'aneh had decided to take legal aet.ion'Yoi- the recovery] of the pension Clue. ‘ 'J7ile report. was zulopted, and it was decided th:lt.:if any '»-financial assistance is roquii-erl--.l)y‘ the sub-branch in {ti-alting. legal action for the I'eeo\'ery of the pension Sllcll ':ISSIStdIICC be igranted. t " ' . Correspondence was read from the Minister of Intel'n-L-il ~Aifairs, I'c-lating to thc case of :1 i=.ele.ase<l Gerlnnn“intvrnec being allowed to crush an assisted returned soldier put of business at Mangaweka, and -it was resolved that the matter be further re.pl'os(-nt-ed to .l.’m'li:llnent' tlirough the member For the district. , -

Col‘l'e.<ponden-cc. fr.“o~,ms He:ldqLlari'ors. the Depa~l~imen-t- Lif.-;J,)41b1i(: Healtzh, the A.D.M.'S.,-,1.-:m.d~s 7_;‘1,.1_1Q3, §urvey ])op:lrt—-nu-nt. z111«1.3;,O;j»,dn:1_I1§:q D0]):11't'1110I1t was read aal<l-.1-9_<:ei‘\j§<l._—, , .. 'l-‘.lllO Inoetillp_; \\':l,sj=a.djoLll'llU(l fill 111(2Htli insf-.. §\.'.']l(‘fl-»t]l,(‘. elecfion of offieors will be~he}d. . v