R.S.A. CONFERENCE

Grey River Argus, 18 June 1925, Page 4

R.S.A. CONFERENCE

p UNEDIN, June 17 The Dominion conference of the R.S.A., with delegates from all parts of New Zealand, commenced this morning, Col. Stewart presiding. The delegates wore welcomed Lv the Deputy Mayor. The annual report stated that the canteen fund totalled £]72,360, an in. crease of £9,4G1. The commended the hoard’s decision to grant £lOOO annually for ten years, from the inters, the Trentham Scholarship fund. As regards war funds, the excess of incomn was £1546, and the total funds in hand £104,833. The report also contained r L warm reference- to the late Premier. The report, referring to the Auckland picture proprietors preparing a petition to hold the ohan TV ane P of An. za/* Dav e»n the nearest Sundav, strong. opposed Mating: “Tlic feeling nf sentiment and gratitude seems to have deserted er. r f r .; n sections, when such tor Hu- -V-oeiation, representi ng dead COmrnd'-a. to -en that those fee]infrs The report. aEo declared that immi. gration <,f British horn people was esscntlal, r ;; .d the nominated system the pr---rp of progress, to obtain half n rr.Hbon immigrants it would he m to wait about seventy.six tom, -c h as «pomal selections In P,ri_