WAR RELIEF

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 5, 30 September 1922, Page 9

WAR RELIEF

AN UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF £43,034 WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION’S ’ WORK Although four years have elapsed since the Great War came to an end, the War Belief Association reports that the present year will constitute the third busiest of its six years of work. The more difficult nature of the claims renders tho total volume of the work equal to that in the year 19.19, while there is plenty of indication - (according to a report tabled at the executive meeting yesterday) that there will bo little variation in the total number of applications received from year to year. The total available funds are £4.3,034. “As the result of the number of Imperial men being sent out here under the different offices of immigrar tion in England, your committee has on many says the report, “recommended the National War Funds Council to grant to disabled Imperial soldiers assistance additional to that authorised by agreement between federated war relief societies and the council. Tho Commissioner of Pensions is still forwarding lists of men who have been awarded permanent war pensions, and your staff will shortly be engaged in compiling the fifth supplementary return for transmission on to other societies. The committee is still called upon to supplement the pensions of disabled men who are either 'unable, on account of war disabilities or because of the prevailing depression, to obtain employment, and thus enable them to maintain their dependants.” The Finance Committee reported that two applications were approved of revision of unpaid balance of loans. Eight' of the thirteen applicants to whom loans had been previously authorised wore granted suspension of repayment for terms varying from ofio month to one year; another was granted postponement for two months of the date of first repayment, whilst a very badly disabled soldier was given respite for one year of the date of maturity of his first loan, and was awarded, a grant of £3o,'and a further loan of £3O, enabling him to supplement his pension by poultry farming. _ It was decided not ,to put a soldier’s widow to the expense of registration of a second mortgage, securing the association’s’loan of £5O, as the unpaid balance thereof amounted to only £l6 4s. 6d. The remaining case (twice considered) regarding the sale by the association to the soldier concerned of the house purchased by the association —to protect his interests during his absence in Europe—was satisfactorily disposed 1 of. The reports were adopted.