WAR RELIEF.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 16, 2 July 1920, Page 6

WAR RELIEF.

"Tlie return of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disablement exoeeding 20 per cent. has been received from ihe printer," states the Applications Committee of the Wellington Wa.r Relief Association. "It discloses that the Wellington society is responsible for approximately one-third of the total nnmber of disabled soldiers in the Wellington province — namely, 324 out of a total of 1069 men. There are, however, 23,000 men receiving temporary pensions, a considerable number of whom will ultimately hecome permanent pensioners, and after allowing for some 25 per cent. who probably will not be suffering oconomic loss, there remains a minimum of not fewer than 450 partiallyor totally disabled soldiers for whom the committee is responsible ; whilst its financial resources are not one-fifth of the total esxisting funds in the Wellington province. These facts are referred to as evidence of the necessity to carefully conserve the maximum portion of the society's fuunds for the benefit of our disabled soldiers and their dependents, who will require assistance for many years to come."