REPATRIATION

Grey River Argus, 4 September 1919, Page 3

REPATRIATION

REPATRIATION COMMITTEE.

*A 'meeting of the above was held Wst evening Present :-Messr s G. E. GinleV G. 11. Hunter. K. Skoglund, H. Gilnier and D. Tennent.

CORESPQNDENCE

From Repatriation Department, Christchurch, stating that a man suffering from a war disability *£ ™ ceive a full pension from the btate on entering a hospital, and forms ed for this purpose can be obtal "^ from the Hospital authorities, who will forward them to the Pension Department.* Also if the soldier is married mv. his life's application should bo lodged at the same time.— Received. APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. for £275 to purchase a 1 Jre section with five-roomed dwelling thereon. Agrees to make 'W™^ a t the rate of £3 per mor.th. Moved by Mr Tennent and seconded b- Mr b.koglucul that application be recommended to tlie Ministerial Board— Carried. Application for £50 to purchase a house and £70 to enlarge and renovate same repayable at rate of £2 10s pel month. Moved by Mr Hunter sec- , onded by Mr Ring, thnt application be recommended -to the Ministerial Boaid for approval.— Carried. Application for £150 to nurchase » acre section with dwelling thereon, api plicant' agreeing to repay at the rat* of £2 10s per month . Moved by the Chairman and seconded by Mr Tennent that the annlication be deferred until next meet ing in the meantime informaton to be 'obtnned regarding the tenure ot the land. — Carried. Abdication for £200. to -nrchase lacre section with six-roomed dwellmcr erected thereof. Applicant had ■previousv been negotiating with the Lands Department and the Secretary read extracts from the Land Board s regulations showing that applications of"this nature could be dealt with by that Board only, and not by the Repatriation Committee. It was moved by Mr Morgan and seconded by Mr Tennent that .full par ticulars of the case be forwarded to the ..Ministrial Board, with the recommendation that the application, be granted if the Board has the pow-f er Ho do so. — Carried. Application fr>r £300 to complete purchase of a business repayable at the rate of £12 10s ncr quarter. Moved by Mr Smith and seconded; j by Mr Skoglund that the application be reeoanmeMVled for approval. — Carried.

Application for £50 for furniture. Moved by Mr McGinlev and seconded by Mr Bing that amount, he - granted.. — Carried. Application for assistance t» pursue correspondence course with a Commercial College: also £5 5s for text books.

Moved /by Mr Smith and seconded by\ Mr 'Gilnier that application be granted. — Carried. ..Application ffor allowance of 2/s 6d per week for. four months to comiplete appuenticoshtD. iwhich Jiad been interrupted b\- war service. Moved by Mr Teinent and seconded by Mr Ring that application be granted. — Carried. Application for £50 for furniture.

' Moved by Mr Smith and seconded by Mr Morgan that applicaton be gra-n ted. — Carried. Application fdr sustenance whilst a.waitiivg informaton re mltary. appontment. Moved by Mr Tennent that the matter be left in the hands of the Chairman and Secretary with power t oact. Seconded by Mr Ring and carried.

The folowing applications which hnd been recommended by the local Committee, to the Director Wellington for his approval, received favourable decisions: —

To purchase a section and dwell- ": £300. £270. £100.

To purchase a- share in a business: £100.

T-he 'Sieeretarji reported on the case of an official holding - position with the Government, who had enisted and went to the Avar without waiting' to see if he could obtain leave of absence. The- officinl in question had come back and made application for reinstatement but had been refused on account of a breach mf the regulations.

Members :expressed resentment at the action of the Department in this connection. and . were unanimous in their deicsion to see the matter through. The Secretary had , written to the Ministerial Board, laying %he whole facts of the case- before them. The Secretary's action was approved on the motion of Messrs Tennerrt and Ring. Mr Ten. 'lent stating that- tliev must see that the nrnn gets reinstated. Mr Maf-Konzie stated> that another phase/ of th« position they must. see into was that Tthf man's snn"rrn^nation must r.ot be interfered with, through hi« neviod of Avar service. | The Seoretavv rpnort^d that BJnce lost mept : njr 19 pnnhVnlinns r| for eninlo"*»>ent had bpp-t rpp^irpr l x.^ of uln'lj \vere placed, leaving '4 lio abeyance.