ADVANCE TO SOLDIERS.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 11, 28 May 1920, Page 6

ADVANCE TO SOLDIERS.

DEPUTATION TO MINISTER OF LANDS. A deputation from the standing gubcommittee of the New Zealand Returned ecldiers' Association's Executive waited upon the Mmister of Lands recently regaiding the closing down of the advances under section 2 of the Discharged Soldiers feettlement Act. j-iie aini of the deputation was to obtam some assurance that applications would be received upon the production of documentajrv evidence that genuine contracts for the purchase of properties had been entered into prior to tlic suddcn notifications of the suspension of the advances. The Minister was unable to give this assurance, stating that he could not commit the Government, and that the matter would be eonsidered by Parliament as soon as possible after the npening of the forthcoming session. Tlie New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association intends to circularise local branches throughout the dominion for particulars of cases where genuine contracts were entered into prior to or within, say, a week of the Minister's statement nctifying the suspension or the "slackening" of the advances. These cases when in hand will be presented to theM inister at the ©atliest opportunity.