CANTEEN FUNDS
£750,000 IN HAND Mr. A. E. Mansford (Palmerston North) stated at the meeting of the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Committee today that he had received letters seeking information as to the amount in the Canteen Funds and its disposal. ■ ■ i The Mayor of Wellington (Mr.- W. Appleton) said that during the last .war the canteen fujids had been devoted to the Welfare Fund, and that would be the sensible thing to do on this occasion, as the.money would be very useful in the future. _ _ •The secretary (the Hon.V. Ward, M.L.C.) said the amount in hand■ was £750,000. ■■■•• „,'■■■■. .. On the motion of Mr. Mansford, it was decided that the*> council make representations to the National Patriotic Fund Board that the money be applied to the Welfare Fund, and that this decision be conveyed to the representatives of the other provincial councils to obtain their support in representations to the boa^d. ■,-: : .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1945, Page 8
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150CANTEEN FUNDS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1945, Page 8
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