R.S.A.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 126, 31 May 1920, Page 5

R.S.A.

FOURTH ANNUAL CONFER-

ENCE.

[PrEM AiSOSIATIOK.] ''■'■{ WELLINGTON, May 31. l The fourth . annuaj conference of; ithe ■ New Zealand Returned Soldiers? Associaton opened .piv Saturday,.night, and,will be"cphtanue<l,thro.Mghout the w^ek. : , . A'lprge number of delegates are present^:;, k i Mr Boxer, .president of theyAsso-' ciation, occupied the | phair, and the Mas 0r.,, Mr (; J. Luke,; .welcomed/ the, .delegates*•'■ ~ '-'i ■■ * 1 The annual report states: I>uring. the past year the following distini , guished visitors and soldiers w6re en.rolled' as members: The . Prince of 1 Wales"..(life patron), 'Lord Jellicoe '(life mentberl Major-General. Kussell/ Major-Genei'al Chaytor, and Briga-dier-Generals Richardson, Hart, and Stewairt. The membership had ; risen fiom.2s,ooo':to 57,000:' During -the year thei ye sprang into existence a* Britisli section of the As-' pocia.tdon, composed of genuine ex-, New .Zealand ; Expeditionary Force men and New Zealand1 members of other forces. , ,

■;... There; had bee;i several anomalies in respect t0.,, gi-atuities, and a comiriittee had now been set lup to deal with these The past year had been one of unrest as regarded internal organisation, apd a satisfactbry arrangement had not yet been come j.to. At pi'esent. headquarters was more or less, the scapegoat of all the associations in the! constitution. ■