R.S.A.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17611, 14 November 1922, Page 11

R.S.A.

Tha fcrfnJgMly vmtlag <*,*•> WWW •« 1 fits -C3ra«i*b%ph Jt J4- wWltf tT»» a'hrea newjmembMi wprja-oMafc ,j; Eba aactatajfy presented »'W|^^.*H* V 'cent/meeting of Aw PWnfflJpi>pß*«e|Hti>» in, Wellington, and aljlP ol hi. vi*ii i*,fy s«* > Coast AiaofiUitwnii iwV' V,j ,-' 'l' Both rapoxi* were ***•**•* <J«\'•-•- , U w»« 'stated WVj»4oa Boards recently WW&hto<)Qmst* i » empowered to take evidencaiftW' of , *po*tei 4JM* nliltf'&WM' > tickata fo/owbJ«4joldjw mJW.taf issued by, the Department, jand that.a largo' , number of men from' Chriatohtuoa and tUsv\, triot had already leoeivpd tickets. The aeoretarr xeparted of ar ' , widowed mother who had not reoerved'-sj penekn on. amount of i*he d««.th ,of< we son, Until repejttly,' w mdde hy . Ithe Association for the'payment .of retioapeotiva pensjoa, and aaum o| .oyer 4100 had been secured front' the Department- under -, th» heading. » ' ; -r'> * f ;* ' Y "It was reported Oat th* number -of unem'ployed adders had eWgWty - deoreased during . the last fortnight, and that tha jwm of *2OO ; had been raised by the, Aaaoqiation up to i .data ior the reliefs of diatwa* among Op unemployed eoldiera and thoir families, ', Thia sum WM hejn? 9»P«»dod by ttw the rate of about i» to <W par week, It was decided to place on record tha appreciation of the At&ooiation of the, work of the North Canterbury Unemployment Committee in it* effort* to relfeva unemployment generally, and giro aaaUtanca ,to • returned soldiers in particular. c - With regard to *be Industrial Exhibition, it was reported that a number of returned soldiers had applied for free spaoe to exhibit ' aticles of their own manufaotura, and it,wa« anticipated that a good display \tould be the iesu.lt, It was resorred that owfng to t£i» Jorth- • coming election involving- Sunday evening' meetings, and the large number of appeals to the publio for various charitable objects, to discontinue the Sunday evening concerts, whioh.had been' held during the winter months to raise funds for the relief of distress among' returned soldiers.