MINISTER NETTLED.
OBJECTS TO R.S.A. STATEMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Laf.t Night. The Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. 6. Russell) stated to-day that his attention had been drawn to the report of the Returned Soldiers' Association meeting at Christchurch, in which the chairman said that there was no question that the Government, or, rather, the Minister for Internal Affairs, would attempt to collar those funds for liis own pet schemes. For instance, it was suggested that they might be used for a sanatorium for consumptive soldiers. That idea was preposterous. Mr. Buwell said he had, therefore, telegraphed to the president of the conference as follows:—"(1) I emphatically deny that the Government has any desire to collar or otherwise interfere with patriotic funds; its only responsibility is to see that they are expended under the War Funds Act for the purposes for which they were raised; (2) no suggestion has been made by me that 'patriotic funds might be used for a sanatorium for consumptive soldiers.' I shall, therefore, feel obliged if you will inform me of your authority for the above statement, or, in the alternative, withdraw it."
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1919, Page 5
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189MINISTER NETTLED. Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1919, Page 5
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