PATRIOTIC FUNDS
MINISTER AND MAYOR. GOVERNMENTAL SUGGESTION DISAPPROVED. [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February R Writing with reference to the administration of patriotic funds the Hon. G. W. Russell states that the Cabinet considered the maximum rates fixed in cases of death' and disablement did not represent the generous patriotism of the. people of Auckland Province in subscribing for tiro sick and reminded soldiers the very large sum which the association licit!, The Government suggested that tire executive should affirm the principle that there should he no maximum payment. Full consideration was given to the letter by the Auckland executive. The Mayor is forwarding a reply which states that for the purpose of incorporating the rules it has been decided to delete the clause relating to the maximum rate. At the same time the executive desired him to respectfully, yet emphatically, protest against the action of the Government in the matter. “The Auckland executive are ‘of opinion,” the reply proceeds, “that the scale of payments under the Act is quite liberal, hut that up to date the administration of the Act has in many instances been ungenerous. By the withdrawal of the schedule the executive do not affirm the principle that there is no maximum payment. The Minister’s suggestion represents a. policy which the provincial conference of Auckland delegates determined against, and which would be decidedly inimical to the fund, for it would cause a Jack of uniformity in districts throughout the province.”
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Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 6
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243PATRIOTIC FUNDS Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 6
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