HOME FOR SOLDIERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 181, 3 August 1933, Page 14

HOME FOR SOLDIERS.

MEED FOR SPECIAL CARE. CHRISTCHURCH SUGGESTION. The question of making provision for the care of returned soldiers who have become prematurely aged and are in need of special care was discussed by the executive of the Cliristcliurch Returned Soldiers' Association on Monday evening. A special committee was set up to investigate the possibilities of establishing a suitable home for such men. Mr. W. E. Leadley, who introduced the subject, said that the problem of providing for men who were prematurely aged as a result of war service was becoming more acute every year. In the Old Country there was a special pension fund for such men, and Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey was the trustee. He moved that the executive should write to Sir Lionel Halsey and ask him for particulars of the fund, how it was created, dnd whether it applied to exImperial soldiers residing overseas. Mr. T. L. Drummond suggested that the time was opportune for the association to consider the question of acquiring an area of land and establishing a home for men who were' prematurely aged and were in need If this could be done the association would be able to help a number of men who were continually applying to the Benevolent Committee for relief. Mr. Leadley's motion was carried. A committee was set up to consider the possibilities of establishing a home for men who would be willing to take advantage of it.