WAR BELIEF

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 15

WAR BELIEF

APPEALS FOE ASSISTANCE

A meeting of the executive of'tfca War Belief Association of "Wellington,' was held yesterday. Mr. C. M. Lukepr'e^ sided and others present were; Messrs* D. M'Laren, A. Macintosh, C. Watson,; and A. O. Leach (secretary). -T; _ The Finance Committee reported-tjhati it had held one ordinary and five emergency meetings Bince the last meeting of the executive on 23rd June.- In addition to its- ordinary function of Controlling the financial affairs of the rassociation, it has dealt with 27 applications for monetary assistance by way of loans. Of .those four were old,"and!! 23 were new applications; the former, were revised In connection with amendments to the original "terms of repayment, the amount involved being £480, whilst the unpaid balances totalled £373 lls B<L Of the new applications sir were approved arid, the 17 remaining (none of which disclosed any evidence! of war disability) were declined. The value of the new applications amount, ed to £916, of which £111 was approved and £805 declined, whilst the gross total of all the applications dealt with! was £1396. :;..."■ " A report from the Applications Coin, mittee stated that it had met" on occasions since the executive last n>et." During that period of 30 working days 458 applications had been received, «o'm» prising 72 claims from men who had noij previously approached the committee* and 386 applications from others'vhoj had done so. '■■:•■: During the period under review 1 the? Emergency Committee met on 25..0c-| casions and dealt wi;h 150 of fhe '455. applications received, 202 claims being; disposed of by the Applications Commit, tee, whilst there were 106 # applicationi still under action. There' had been •W alteration in the general activities -ofi the committee. Assistance differing? widely in description had been giyen_tai partially disabled soldiers, to others wh^ were discharged fit ana subsequently) developed a wax disability, to the wid* owed mothers and widows of soldier^, who fell in action, arid in other direct tions. ">■