Care of the Returned Man

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 258, 31 October 1940, Page 6

Care of the Returned Man

Difficult Problems Of Rehabilitation NO PATRIOTIC MONEYS WELL GO TO GOVERNMENT Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 30. i “'There have been suggestions that ' the money collected for Patriotic Funds j will eventually go to the Government. I i want to impress on you that there is not * one single word of truth in this," said ■ the Governor-General (Viscount Galj way) when addressing members of the Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Council. ) His Excellency emphasised that dona--5 tions to the National Patriotic Fund : would be used for war purposes only, and if there was a surplus at the end of i the war, it would be used in meeting the j many problems of rehabilitation and » care of the sick and wounded which ; were bound to arise. “It may have been difficult enough - after the last war, but it is going to be t even more so this time," Lord Galway said. Nerve afflictions and shell shock are likely to cause even more distress because of the higher power of explosives and the greater strain of modern war. When one thinks of what our airmen go through, one can realise just what some of these problems will be.’* His Excellency said no more specific appeals for national funds would be nade, but calls would bo made on the provincial funds ns and when money svas required by the National Patriotic Fund Board. It was impossible to tell ivhat calls there might be in the future. Lord Galway said many such would require instant decision. A suggestion to send a sura of £IOO,OOO for the relief ?f London distress was acted upon the,, lay after it was suggested by a conference of provincial secretaries. At that time, said His Excellency, aa attempted invasion of England wa« thought to be imminent and it was recognised that no time must be wasted if the gesture was to have its fullest effect as a help and inspiration to England ahd an example to the other Dominions. “The people of London and of England have been touched, moved and heartened by this action, probably more than you can believe," said Lord Galway. He concluded by expressing the hope that the attacks of the Royal Air Force and the Navy would so dent the German war machine that it would bo incapable of working at full pressure. “When that is achieved, the British Empire will have turned the corner and wc shall bo on the way to happier times, when the power of the aggressor will be broken and a just peace will be established."