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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25553, 22 July 1948, Page 3

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PATRIOTIC COUNCIL TO Th e formation er°ed e £ a meeting <5 decision made at The standing c ™®T£ UncU . cil wac ornmittee of the coun- ■ nation abSS°M red gather SStea-. Present7 or “ Chri stchurch, O n f eerf aLra ‘ ion^ ’ necessity to ° I 2 uch about the are . a home - Facts and figures netd is’keV”'?'* are tee mieht £ aid - The committhe t or P e was not enttw u 1 siSSF- " lectineeviH^n Onal board was now colrln?i™ d ence on the need for veteered nex” wefk “ W ° Uld be considdi2hiutiervicemen witl ) a 100 Per cent. wera at presant admitted to i~nnerdale Home, said Mr P G rS far (C? f eraldine) - 1716 council ££ id «2 s responsibilities. - e lactor was all important; Mt h? a fi?i n a Urge^t need which could P°L,P e filled under any projected buildmg scheme, said Mr C. 3 Miln. man y men who not re1 1 11 Pap sl ™, but who required The attantlon , from time to time. The property could be acquired and £ I ?, ew building was erected. chmSri Kelly said the committee be to purchase the ♦u The ca P ital cost could be borne by the national board. an swer to a question, Mr Macnw!? said tlla t the funds from the could probably be made available for purchasing the home. Hugh Acland said that all beds at Kannerdale Home were not full and tnat men who were only partially incapacitated might be admitted if other organisations could pay for their upkeep. Messrs Miln, Wood, Mac Gibbon and blr Hugh Acland were appointed the special committee.