WAR RELIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 125, 29 May 1934, Page 13

WAR RELIEF

REPORTS TO EXECUTIVE

Callers at the office, of the Wellington War Belief Association numbered 384 during the month of May, and 125 claims were^;dealt with'-v]during nineteen working; days, stated; the report of. the applications and ■ emergency committees approved by.the executive committee meeting held yesterday. Those claims-:were confirmed by the applications committee which met on four occasions and dealt with 186 ■ applications. Fifty-six applications -are' still under action and the -total 'Claims received reached 242. i

"There has been no alteration in the general activities of- your committee," stated the report. , r "Assistance differing widely in description ha% been given to. disabled soldiers; to-men who were discharged fit and subsequently developed a war disability,: to the widows of soldiers who fell-in' action and_ of others dying of natural causes. Assistance has also been given to many others in necessitous circumstances, and in' many directions that:canndt be referred to within the limits- of this report." - . ■■

Expenditure made during the month totalled £310, 13s 3d, exceeding: the income of £226 6s 6d by £84-6s 9d, which was debited to capital. Four applications for loans were received by the finance committee but three having been submitted by fit men "were declined. The other application-was fora small advance to'a permanently disabled soldier and it was approved. Present at the. meeting were Messrs L. O. H. Tripp (chairman), A. Macintosh, G. Mitchell, H. W. Kersley C Watson, Dr. Theo G. Gray, H. HSeaton, B. J. McAlister, C. M. Luke! J. J. Esson, and A. O. Leach (secretary).