WAR RELIEF ASSOCIATION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 78, 14 March 1933, Page 9

WAR RELIEF ASSOCIATION

HAWKE’S BAY EXECUTIVE. BUSINESS OF THE MONTH. The monthly meeting of the executive of the Hawke’s Bay War Relief Association was held in Napier yesterday, Mr J. N. Barrie presiding over Messrs W. G. Frame, C. H. Critchley, L. J. Mackersey, T. H. Ringland, J. Elder and W. Cuthbertson. Branch returns were adopted as follow:—Dannevirke branch, payments £225 14/1, receipts £9B 17/1; Hastings, £176 14/8, £234 11/4; Takapau, £l5 18/-, £lO9 7/6; Waipawa, November £257 11/3, £3 3/-, December and January £l9 12/1, £3l 5/8; Waipukurau, £4 8/8, £1 10/; Wairoa, December, Januarv and February £l3, £35 5/8; Woodville, £5 13/-, £l9 15/7; Napier, £3OB 19/5, £lOB 14/5; totals, £1027 11/2. £642 10/3. Payments since last meeting were shown to be: Assistance granted, £905 5/- (grants to soldiers and dependents £237 6/4, loans to soldiers £597 1/-, payments on account of other societies £7O 17/8); payment on account of Flock House scheme, £32 12/-. Details of assistance granted since last meeting are as follow:— Grants to soldiers and dependants.— Dannevirke branch, 54 soldiers £63 10/5, 5 dependants £23 10/-; Hastings, 27 soldiers £4l 0/6, one dependant £2 12/6; Takapau, 7 soldiers £1 7/6; Waipawa, 15 soldiers £l7 15/8; Waipukurad, 10 soldiers £2 8/8, 1 dependant £2; Wairoa, 2 soldiers £B, 1 dependant £5; Woodville, 12 soldiers £5 13/-; Napier, 38 soldiers £5l 12/8, 3 dependants £l2 6/5; total, £237 6/4. Loans to soldiers. — Dannevirke branch, 6 soldiers £76; Hastings, 6 soldiers £7B 13/4; Takapau, 1 soldier £10; Waipawa, 3 soldiers £254 7/8; Napier, 8 soldiers £178; total, £597 1/-. Payments on account of other societies. —Dannevirke branch, 7 soldiers £29; Hastings, 3 soldiers £2l 17/8; Waipawa, 1 soldier £5; Napier, 6 soldiers £l5; total, £7O 17/8. Receipts totalled £635 15/3, made up as follows: Advances refunded, £599 19/8 (loans refunded by soldiers £543 18/8, pavments refunded by other societies £56 1/-); interest on loans to soldiers, £35 15/7. Details of advances refunded are as follow: — Loans refunded by soldiers.—Dannevirke branch, 30 soldiers £O9 18/-; Hastings, 34 soldiers £2OB 15/10; Takapau, 2 soldiers £B7 10/-; Waipawa, 3 soldiers £3l 5/6; Waipukurau, 2 soldiers £1 10/-; Wairoa, 4 soldiers £35; Woodville, 3 soldiers £l9 15/7; Napier, 23 soldiers £9O 3/9; total, £543 18/8. Payments refunded by other societies. —Dannevirke branch, 7 soldiers £24 3/-; Hastings, 2 soldiers £6; Takapau, 1 soldier £10; Napier, 4 soldiers £l5 8/-; total, £56 !/■•