SICK AND WOUNDED FUND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 22 June 1915, Page 6

SICK AND WOUNDED FUND

" MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COM, ! MITTEE AND COUNTRY ! REPRESENTATIVES. i The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers and Dependents' Fund held at ! the Council Chamber last evening was (very largely attended. The Mayor j (Mr C. J. Harley) presided. i Several apologies for absence were rei ceived, the Secretary remarking that all ; but two members were thus present or • accounted for, which out of a CommitI tee of 52 was a splendid record. Correspondence was read from several parts of the province regarding a Provincial Fund and 1 consenting to co-oper-ate -with the Nelson Committee. In two instances a discordant note •was struck, one correspondent wanting to know .who "was "going to spend the money, and in the other it being mentioned that feeling, so far expressed was in favour o fa separate fund. The- Mavor reported .that £1393 had been paid "into the bank, and that there were 162 • subscribers. He went on to say that he had been looking up the statistics for the Counties of Collmg- | wood, Takaka, Murchison, Waimea, and i the boroughs 'of Nelson, Richmond and -Motueka, and found 'that the total : - population was 24,585. At an average 'of five people oer family this gave just | on 6000 families in tie combined dis-. Strict, and if each family contributed Is f a week for a year a total of £15,600 ! would be rased. The results so far j achieved shewed clearly that the great bulk of the people were not yet contributing a copper. The business people l of the city had subscribed -well. Rej f errin«T to "the desire of Takaka to have ! a fund of its own, Mr Harley said if Takaka raised £IOOO it would do very •well but this would provide for only two soldiers at 10s a week. He thought t it -would bcx better to have a combined ' } fund; especially as no particular district I couM s»av how many men' it would have ■ Ito provide for! As to another letter i askincr who was going to spend the money, Mr Harley suggested the appointment of trustees, and rtlhat the I eommittes should be enlarged to take in country representatives. - Mr Geo. Bush, Chairman of- the Soorte Committee, reported that the Committee .had been busy, and had Gala Dav (on Ist Monday in August) arrangements " well under way. On July 24th there would be a Market Dav, when produce would be sold in Trafad-gar-street. . ■lt was resolved that the Sports Urn-, mi'ttee* have a separate bank account. Mrs Crawford reported that the - arrangements 'fox .house to .house collections -were'proceeding, and nearly all the streets had now been arranged for. The Secretary reported that the Po<tfa,l Department' had agreed to forward letters and telegrams on committee busihes free of charge. It was resolved to enlarge the Committee by adding four representatives from each school district to the General Committee* and one to the Executive It was resolved .that for the time beino-- - the Mayor, Messrs J. E. Aden, iand Wallace.Snodgrass, and Mrs Crawford Sign cheques. . x ,-. - < ;- r-" ' The matter of appointing tru steles was deferred till the country nominees were added" to the Committee. It was resolved that the. General Committee (including country members) meet' in Nelson at 8 .o'clock on Saturdav, July 3rd, to discuss matters m con--nection -with the fund. ' Representatives of . the Committee undertook to attend the patriotic meeting to be held at Wakefield- on Thursday evening. . The following were appointed a Kelief Commitee (temporary) to deal with any urgent cases: —Messrs R- B. Jack•son. S. 'Tyson, Rev. Baumber, and Dr Bett: Meisdames Squires; J. H'- • MacELenzie, .F. O. Hamilton, and Mrs Eastcot't (with Mrs Crawford and Mr Snod■grass, Secretaries, ex officio). The Secretary was instructed to write to the Defence Department at Wellington requesting that the names of returning wounded soldiers be telegraphed to Nelson. , „ -, ,-, . • ! Messrs Sidford and Hedges, Captain ' Chih"- Misses Farnio and Wilton were appointed a -Helping Hand Committee .to attend to returning soldiers. Mr Snodgrass reported that the Am- ' bulance Section ,of "the National Reserve "had offered to atend. to the handling of • wounded men. and that Messrs Newman - -Btos. had offered the use' of an ambulance at any .time. _ - I This concluded the business. }