PATRIOTIC ORGANISATION
The extent of the aid given by the Government to the patriotic organisation in New Zealand was outlined yesterday afternoon by Mr. G. A. Hayden secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board. He said that it did not appear to be generally known that in addition to the recent grant of £340,500 for prisoner-of-war food parcels, the Government j>aid the salaries of the whole of the staff of the National Patriotic Fund Board, the rent of the office and the board's store, gave free transit on rail for all patriotic goods in New Zealand, and made a grant' of £80,000 last year for a subsidy towards the erection of recreation huts and payment of freight overseas on prisoner-of-war parcels and comforts to the troops generally. It could thus be seen that since the operation of the Patriotic Purposes Regulations the Government had made a grant of approximately £500,000 towards the patriotic effort, which, it should be remembered, was not in any way controlled by the Government. In addition, the Government had built a club operated by the patriotic committee at Taihape; it had given rent free Caulfield House in Wellington for use as a services club, and had also provided the staffs at the various clubs throughout the city.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 27, 2 February 1943, Page 5
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