THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS.
It is pleasing to see r<ll ox-serviceman with a good word for the Patriotic Association, hut strange that it should be an ex-Imperial man who comes forward with praise. In my case, as in the case of many "Diggers" who served for three years and more with the N.Z.E.I'-i we are looked upon as foreigners because we did not enlist in Auckland. When application is made for assistance we are referred to » southern association: we wait a month or so, then we are told that the assistance has been declined. Where do we go then to state our case*? If the southern associations arc written to direct, the answer is to make appHni-. tion through the Auckland Association. The Auckland Association, having done its part, won't listen any further. Many "Diggers like myself are refused assistance because the powers' that be say we are fit men, but in reality are broken-down crocks through war service, although young in years and have just as hard, if not a harder, row to hoe as the man who is classed as unfit and gets some pension which he rightly deserves. C.I.K.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 121, 24 May 1935, Page 6
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191THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 121, 24 May 1935, Page 6
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