RETURNED SOLDIERS CRACKING UP UNDER STRAIN OF THE WAR
Demands Increasing
HELP OF PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES NEEDED
DISBURSEMENTS IN DUNEDIN AND DANNEVIRKE. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Last Night, That there is as great a need as ever for the work of patriotic societies was stressed by the chairman, Mr. J.'J. Clark, of tho Otago society, at the annual meeting to-day, tho fact being that men discharged apparently fit were, in advancing years, crumpling under the strain. During its existence the society had expended £174,618. The committee had considered the advisability of earmarking a certain amount for the future but as each year brought larger claims, it data r.ot refuse the needs of to-day for those of the future. The committee had spent large sums on soldiers in the North Island, who seemed to have had an even more difficult time than m their home towns. The treasurer reported that tflie amount now in hand was £45,706, which was estimated to last at the present rate for 12 years.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6920, 28 May 1929, Page 6
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167RETURNED SOLDIERS CRACKING UP UNDER STRAIN OF THE WAR Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6920, 28 May 1929, Page 6
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