PATRIOTIC APPEAL
VOLUNTARY COLLECTION FAVOURED ONE DISTRICT IN WAIRARAPA. APPORTIONMENT OF QUOTAS. Local body representatives of the Wairarapa district, covering the area from Akitio to Featherston, met in Masterton last night to discuss Patriotic, E.P.S. and Home Guard matters and other topics of interest. The Mayor of Masterton, Mr T. Jordan, presided. Mr Jordan said that a resolution carried by the local committee recommending that money for patriotic funds should be raised by direct taxation had been turned down by a conference of patriotic bodies in Wellington. In his own opinion he preferred voluntary contribution rather than collection by red tape officialdom. There were examples every day of what officialdom did. It was really dreadful. The Wairarapa province had done well and at present was holdingwell. Mr Jordan went on to state that a sum of £60.000 had been set aside for rehabilitation for returned men. Rehabilitation did not mean the setting up of men in business. It was simply the giving of assistance from the time of the men’s return until their absorption into civil occupations. Mr A. E. Prentice said that a similar resolution passed by the Wairarapa R.S.A. had been sent to the R.S.A. annual conference. After it had gone through the committee stage, it was turned down by the conference, as the funds would cease to be patriotic and it would kill any incentive to do something additional for the armed forces. It was unanimously decided to support the present voluntary method of collection. The demarcation of districts and the appointment of quotas in Zone B was fully discussed. It was decided to amalgamate the Wairarapa into one area for future appeals, the Zone B committee to fix local committee quotas and the apportionment to be based on 50 per cent population and 50 per cent capital value. Mr Jordan said the' question was tied up with boundaries. All knew that trespasses were committed in the last appeal, when Masterton "pirates" had entered into the Carterton area. The Wairarapa district should be regarded as one district. ],VIr D. L. Taverner (Carterton) said that the Wairarapa South County and Carterton Borough had been made a zone. Te Whiti and Gladstone settlers had been included in that' zone. By reason of roading and markets, Masterton had become their shoppingcentre. If an appeal were made in
Masterton they were automatically called upon to contribute. Although it was all towards a common end, if Carterton was short in its appeal the district felt that it had not played its part. If the Wairarapa were regarded as one area a sum could be fixed j by the district committee to enable the zone committees to budget accordingly. He moved that the Wairarapa be regarded as one area for provincial appeals. Mr J. W. Card said that the present working of the zones was inequitable. I Mr S. K. Siddells said that the more Pahiatua had exceeded its quota in past appeals the greater its quota became in further appeals. If that continued the time would come when the money would get less. Mr Jordan emphasised that he wanted to see a united district. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr Jordan briefly outlined the transport organisation decided on by the Government under the E.P.S. He pointed out it was the most important function of the E.P.S. All manner of plans and schemes had been brought forward but none had been completed. All that was anticipated that 1 could happen in New Zealand from i enemy action would be a hit-and-run I raid. Auckland would probably cornel
first and Wellington second so far as the chances of a raid went. The country areas would be required to handle evacuees. It was decided to recommend to the Government that Mr P. F. Fagan be appointed district controller of transport.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1941, Page 5
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