FOR EX-SOLDIERS
ASSISTANCE OFFERED
The joint council- of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society is prepared to adyance £1400 free of interest to\the Wellington branch, to •'avoid interruption in. the work of the Great War fund administrative committee. An offer to this effect-was received at the monthly meeting of the Wellington branch. This sum will suffice until the disposal of the committee's property in Dixon, Street. ■■■•:'
The sum of £44 was received by the meeting from the joint council for relief of New Zealand Expeditionary Force men and.their dependants. \ The. resignation of Sister iM. A; Eaddy from the staff of the Mowai Home was received with regret. Sister Eaddy has been* employed .by. the society for fifteen years.. Relief had been -given to 95 exImperial men at .a .cost of £114 4s 7d over a period of 12-months, the statement showed. An application; had been made to the authorities in England for a further.grant fo? this work. During the month four New Zealand Expeditionary Force men were assisted, at. a cost of £4 6s-7d: -
A letter was received from the secretary of the: Heturned Soldiers' Assor elation thanking the society for. admitting a limbless New Zealand Expeditionary Force man to Mowai Home..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 58, 10 March 1938, Page 23
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208FOR EX-SOLDIERS Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 58, 10 March 1938, Page 23
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