ANON. TRUST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1942, Page 3

ANON. TRUST

GENEROUS GIFT BY WAIRARAPA RESIDENT. TO ASSIST DISABLED EX-SERVICE MEN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Through the generous action of an anonymous Wairarapa resident, ex-service men who are handicapped in life as a result of their war service and are in necessitous circumstances wi]l obtain a measure of relief. In accordance with the wishes of the donor, £9320 in Government Stock has been set aside to form a fund to be known as the Anon. Trust Fund. The deed of trust stipulates that the fund shall be “for the benefit of soldiers, sailors, airmen, nurses and members of the' merchant navy, who, being permanently domiciled within the Dominion of New Zealand, shall have served or shall serve in any way in which New Zealand has been or shall at any lime be engaged and who shall have suffered, or shall suffer, temporary or permanent disability through wounds or sickness or whose opportunities for advancement in life or earning a livelihood have been or shall be prejudiced as a result of war service and also for the benefit of the children or widows of any of the above-mentioned persons who gave their lives or have been permanently or temporarily disabled in the service of the Empire.” The administration of the trust is vested in five trustees and all applications foi lelief will go to the trust through the Dominion Executive Committee of the N.Z.R.S.A. in Wellington. It is stipulated that the whole of the fund (income and capital) shall be used during a period commencing on the execution of the trust and terminating at the expiry of 10 years from the date of the declaration of peace in the present war. and- that one-half of the trust fund shall be used entirely for the benefit of Wairarapa residents who may be eligible for benefit under the terms of the trust.