SOLDIERS IN CONFERENCE

Evening Star, Issue 19890, 12 June 1928, Page 6

SOLDIERS IN CONFERENCE

£32,000 SPENT TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT

[Per United Press Association,] WELLINGTON. June 12. The annual meeting of the Dominion Council of the R..S.A. opened to-day, Sir Andrew Russell presiding. The report, in dealing with membership, notes that it is once more on the increase. Things seem to bo moving as they should do. The membership total is 8 per cent, over last year. Regret is expressed at the failure of. the Government to amend the Pensions Act in regard to the widows and wives of disabled soldiers. The difficulties, facing the council in regard to efforts to find employment for members were referred to. Approximately £32,000 was spent for the relief of unemployed during the past year; but when it was realised that £27,000 of this actually provided work for nearly a thousand ex-service men for periods ranging from two to seven months it would be seen that the work of the association was of material assistance to the genera! public, as well as to ex-service men. The above amount does not include moneys collected by many local associations from various efforts, such as concerts, etc.