DISABLED SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 275, 14 August 1920, Page 6

DISABLED SOLDIERS

WELLINGTON'S HIGH PERCENTAGE

PROVINCIAL WAR RELIEF FUNDS COMPARED An interesting return was furnished by the chairman or the Advisory Hoard to Patriotic Societies (Mr. L. 0. 11. Tripp!, on Thursday, which showed ;.t a glance the number of disabled men in each ] rovince, the percentage of the whole in. each province, and tlio amount c.f money subscribed for war relief in i/icli province (with the relative percentage of the whole amount subscribed in New .Zealand, viz., £1.076,567. The return is as follows:— WKIiIjIXGTON DISTRICT. • Dominion total-disabled men ... 3.263 Wellington -Military District 1,069 ! (52.76 per cent.) Wellington"' Province 1.069 Wellington War Relief Association 024 (30 per cent.) Dominion total (money tubscribed) £1,076.«7 Wellington Military District , 538,488 (50.022 per cent.) Wellington District 538/88 Wellington Wit Relief Association 65,976 (12.25 per cent.) AUCKLAND DISTIUCT. Dominion total-disabled nen 3 263 Auckland and. branches 886 (27 per cent.) Dominion total (money subscribed* £1,076,567 Auckland and branches 260,128 (24.16 per cent.) CANTERBURY DWTKICT. Dominion total—men disabled 3,263 Canterbury district 69.5 (21.24 per cent.) Canterbury district 693 Canterbury Patriotic Fund 307 (W per cent.) Dominion. total (money subscribed) £1,076,567 Canterbury district 185,281 (17.11 per, cent.) Canterbury district 135,281 Canterbury Patriotic Fund ......... 56.0C9 (30.23 per cent.) OTAGO DISTRICT. Dominion total-disabled men ... 3.2 M Otago district 614 (18.75 per cent.) Otago district "4 Otago P. and G. W. Association... 359 (58 per cent.) Dominion total (money subscribed) ■ £1,0(6,56/ Otago district W'O (12,73 per cent.) Otago district : W,6'» Otaeo P. and ft. W. Association... 62,166 (45.15 per cent.) "The chairman stated that the total fundi, held by patriotic and war jelicf societies on March 31 last was .€1,760,567. and the total number of men who had o\cr 20 per cent, disability, the particulars of which tho Eoeicties had details to dale, totalled MS, but this number will be increased very much when full partlcu.ars were obtained from the Penmons Department, and in addition there- would be a large number of men who would break down as the result of war rervice. tut, taking the figures at 3263, tho chairman had the return worked out to Ben what, percentage of these men were residing m the different military districts. The re{urn also showed what percentage o war relief and patriotic moneys were hold ,i,y the different districts. Taking the We - lineton Military District, the return showedthat the percentage of men suffering •SverM per cent, disability in that < IstrkTt amounted to 32.76 per cent. At the same t me the societies ir. the Wellington Sties should he'P the poorer.