RETURNED SOLDIERS’ ASSOCIATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3504, 16 June 1920, Page 5

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ ASSOCIATION.

ME.ETING~ OF COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the committee of the Taihapc and District Returned {SOI- - Association was held last night, when there were present: L\lessrs. Norriss (cllair), Hamill, Slll:u't_, McDermott, COl-kill, A. Harris, Thurston, Clcnmnce, McSweeney, W. White, H. Cl-.ll‘k and E. Lenihan.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

A large amount of col're:~:pondenc.e dealing with various matters was read and received and the outward correspondence was approved_ The secretary reported that he had made inquiries with reference. to the Otuwhiti. Block, and had found tha_i; the owners were endeavouring to sell at a profit oflabout £25,000, and he 1-cc.onlnlended Chat. 110 ful'thel* action be taken, as it would only be wasting the time of the soldiers and of the Land Board to go on with a proposal which was certain ‘to be turned down. It was resolved that the secretary be instructed not to take any further ac.tion with reference to the set'l:loment' of this block.

The delegate to the recent conference (Mr E. Lenihan) reported on the proceedings of the conference.’ with special reference to the remits forwarded by the Taihupe Association. The six remits sent in had been adoptecl‘ by the Conference. The matters dealt with by ihe conference with regard to I‘epß.’C-I‘i{l'[iol'l, land settlement, imnl'lgral"ion, etc., had been dealt with from a national and Imperial point of view, and the efforts of the R.S.A. were bound to be attended by good results.

The intltter oi‘ the proposed memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the war was discussed, and the following resolution was carried unanimously: “If is the unanimous opinion of this committee that the proposed memorial should take the form of a monument; and ‘that’ the committee urges ihe Mayor to imnlediately call a public meeting to discuss the pro—posal, and guarantees that the members of the committee will attend the meeting.-.” The nioering terminated witha vote of thanks to the chair.