OVERSEAS SOLDIERS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 148, 27 June 1929, Page 20

OVERSEAS SOLDIERS

BETUENED MEN IN ENGLAND

Reference to the condition of New Zealand ex-service men in the United .'Kingdom was made at the N.Z.R.S.A. Conference yesterday. '

On this subject the annual report stated: "In 1924 it was mentioned that in response to a request from the N.Z.R.S.A.. the National War Funds Council bad arranged for an imprest account with the High Commissioner lor New Zealand in London for the assistance of New Zealand soldiers in necessitous circumstances in ! the United liingdom. This was reciproc- j ity and a practical expression of the N.Z.R.S.A.'s appreciation of the action of the United Services Fund in forwarding the sum of £6000 to New Zealand for exImperial men in necessitous circumstances. The existence of this imprest account has been a strong point in the negotiations for further moneys to be sent to New Zealand for ex-Imperial men, but a letter received recently from London indicates that —(i) the scope of relief is not identical with that of the National War Funds Council in New Zealand; (ii) it is almost impossible to obtain anything from that source It is suggested that the National War Funds Council / be requested to arrange that the scope of the London imprest account be brought into conformity with that of the council in New Zealand, ■which, is, briefly, that each, ease be considered on its merits, the main qualifications being that the applicant either served with the N.Z.E.F. or was a bona fide resident of New Zealand prior, to serving during the war. Furthermore, that Earl Jellicoe and the N.Z.R.S.A., representative in Loudon (Captain V. Crawshaw) b; associated with the High Commissioner for New Zealand for the purpose of assisting in the administering of this money, which is to relieve necessity and which should not be utilised for the paying of the passages of applicants back to New Zealand without first obtaining the sanction of the National War Funds Council."

After discussion, the conference resolved that the account should be handed over to the executive of the British Empire Service League in London, for administration. ';'. ''

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