POLICY AND PATRIOTISM.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3234, 7 May 1917, Page 2

POLICY AND PATRIOTISM.

At last week's meeting of the morston Patriotic Society tho question of a policy in dealing with Jiuanoial assistance to returned soldiers was briefly discussed, as tho outcome of a letter from tho Oninaru Society, which stated that a relumed soldier had asked for £300 in oi<ier to set up in business in that t-\vn. Tho matter was referred to tho executive, which reported to tho Soci.'ly that its finances would not permit of giving assistance in such en sea. Mr E. H. Crabb, who in the absence of tho Mayor had presided at the oxer utivo meeting, stated that iho <i fliculty tin? executive was faced v'ih was' that the Society had laid tl'-wn jno policy in tho matter of gi'Tit.ing financial assistance to returned soldiers. Tir W. TT. Collingwood c< T.sidorod (he Society ought to assist, I<moorarily nil who required nssisr.i >u>i\ Snt should not vole si way largo sums of money. Tf they did. they wonl<l <onn .have no money at all. When all the soldiers came back, Mr Collingwood said he was in favour of making n division of tlio money among them all. It would bo a huge mistake to spend largo sums of money now, The Mayor said tho question was an important one, and on his suggestion it, was referred to tho executive for n report.