NEW NAME PROPOSED
"RETURNED SERVICES"
R.S.A. CONFERENCE REMIT
A proposal to change the name of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association to the New Zealand Returned Services Association or the New Zealand Returned Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's, and Nurses' Association will be discussed at the annual conference of the association in Wellington next week. It will be moved by the Dominion executive. The delegates from the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association will be given a free hand in the voting on this question, according to a decision of the executive last night, states the "Press." The secretary (Mr.» E. F. Wilcox), who drew attention to the remit, said there would probably be a great deal of discussion. Mr. H. W. Wilkinson and SergeantMajor A. L. Emerson moved that the delegates be given a free hand, but Mr. E Orchard insisted that the association should "stick to its old name." Others agreed that the name, Returned Services Association, would be infinitely preferable to the alternative suggestion, as it would enable the retention of the well-known initials. "R.S.A." "The proposed name would incorporate everyone who goes overseas. Some very good arguments might be put forward in its favour," remarked Mr. D. W. Russell, the president-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 8
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201NEW NAME PROPOSED Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 117, 20 May 1941, Page 8
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