HUTT VALLEY R.S.A.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1937, Page 18

HUTT VALLEY R.S.A.

A FLOURISHING YEAR

: The annual report of the Hutt Valley subrbranch of the N.Z.R.S.A. shows that ' during the year , the branch doubled its membership, the number on,the roll being 477, as against.22s the previous year. The increase was 193 in Lower Hutt and 59 in Pefcone. A ■number of men had been placed in permanent positions. A proposal for a separate sub-branch at Petone was not successful. Parades had been held on Anzac Day and at the "Boulcott Farm" service. The Poppy and Rose Days collections had produced £105 Is lid and £25 18s 9d respectively. ... • ' The house and social committee reported that functions for returned men and their wives had been held at I frequent intervals. An indoor games night had been arranged for each Tuesday, and this and the old-time dancing were very popular. The ladies committee had been of the greatest assistance. Social sub-committees were also doing excellent service in vvainui and Petone. '■■-~' ,', The benevolent committee recorded a decreasing need for assistance,, the numbers having decreased by onehalf; 203 cases were assisted. Christmas cheer involved an expenditure of £88 5s 2d. About 680 children and 180 parents took part in the children's party, which had cost £46 2s 9d. The general account showed that the year opened with a credit balance of £23 17s> lOd and closed with a credit Of £80 18s 2d. The receipts included subscriptions £230 ss; art union £45, and unemployment board subsidies: £57, and the expenditure capitation to the Wellington R.S.A. £ 112 15s, wages £66 12s 6d, officers honoraria £35, and for art union prizes £20. In the benevolent fund £362 had been collected and about £400 expended, ■' reducing the credit balance from £117 to £84. In the clubhouse account about £400 had been collected and spent. The balance-sheet showed an excess of assets over liabilities of £173 8s 4d.