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AUCTIONS j ; RICHMOND YARDS. WEDNESDAY JSiEXX, at 1.30 p.m. Present Entries : 25 Eat Wethers. : —3O JAit \\ ei licr.s. .:?.«vi> in LoU>. BISLEY BROS'. A:ND CO., AucLiuuucri.;> AUCTION SALE. MOTUEKA, WEDNESDAY, July 17th, ut 1.50 jj.ni. TIMBER, SASHES. IRON GATE, J SUNDRIES. JH. BANKIN AND CO., under in- • hCvuci ions from MESSRS S'ITLLWELL AND CO., will offer by Public Auction—--120 lots of Timber in Int.* of 100 to 200 feet, also Casement Erurnes, Iron 'Gate ii.nd Sundries. J. H. RANKIN AND CO. RETROSPECTIVE? SOLDIERS' SEPARATION' ALLOWANCES. A DEMAND BY THE RETURNED .MEN. The Wellington Returned Soldiers" Association, at a general meeting th» other night, decided, the Post, to demand that the payment of all increased allowances to married men should be made retrospective. The decision of the Auckland Conference in regard to retrospective allowances was explained by one of the delegates (Mr Clinkard}, who stated that a motion in favour or the granting of Retrospective allowances to all marrierl men—single men could _not be considered in that direction—was carried unanimously. The Minister for Defence told a deputation that it was largely a matter of finance. The Minister agreed that those who went away voluntarily early in the war were entitled to just as much consideration as those who were going now. The matter would be further considered by the Government; A member: Then you want to cut out the single men altogether? Wan that the decision of the conference? . : 'Mr Clinkard : You mean the dependents of the single men. < The member: Yes. It was explained that the matter of retrospective allowances being made payable to widowed mothers? was' now under consideration by the Headquarters' Executive of the Association. A JUST CLAIM Mr J. I. Fox said that 7n Auckland the. iMinistor practically concedud tho justness of the claims for retrospective allowances. The sum involved would be about £300,000. The increased allowances, said 'Mr Eox, were tho result of a demand from a certain quarter. What wotilu have happened' at the beginning of the war if the single men and the married men who volunteered had held meetings and 1 had decided that they, would not go unless .certain demands had been agreed upon. I II' the 7500 married men who volunteered had not done so the Second Division .would have been called upon mucJi earlier. If those men had not volunteoreU they would < hayo' been called up automatically, and they would have received the increased aUowances. It was only justice—only equitv —that the .increased allowances should be made retrospective. Mr 'Gray moved, and 'Mr Evans scclded:— "That this meeting of the Wolliuiiton Returned Soldiers' Association, having heard the report of delegates to t-lie Auckland , Conference, is of opinion that the separation at present in force should be macio. retrospective, and calls upon, the Government to giye effect to this just ,

demand." / Mr W. G. Morpeth said ho was "dcul against" vetrosiicctivc allowances to the .dependents of mini who went away in 1914 and 1915: men took some pride iii the, fact that they-, enlisted carjy . and voluntarily. They knew what they were doing, and tlicy did not leave, their dependent .cfirv ing. It was 1 not for the association to make the suggestion such as . wns proposed. Those men .who were going away now were going to be a very important factor in the present war. ''MODEST ALMOST TO A FAULT." (Mr Curtaynei said lie heartily disagreed with MV. (Morpeth. When tho married men enlisted voluntarily, they thought that everybody else would go on the same terms as tTTey did. TSow they had come back, what did they, find- ? They found that the allowance had been increased, and that they were called upon to work harder so that they could contribute, by way of increased taxation, to the increased' allowances. Was that a fair thing? The homes- of married men , who volunteered were broken up, and their wives were put to, great inconvenience, Surely, they deserved some recompense. He thought that the association would be modest almost to a fault in that all separation allowances should be retrospective. • * ' , NEST BGGS—AN p. JFUiR CO ATS. Mr Aldrich stilted that ho was a married mau, and consequently spoke from tlie point of view of a married man. 'fie thought that when the married men enlisted they fully realised the position, and thought it better to meet the enemy on his own doorstep rather than let the enemy come to our doorstep. Tlicy. wo I re quite content to go away under tho conditions which were then ruling, but now that there had been substantial increases in the allowances and talk about nest-eggs—(a member: "Or fur coals. .) —they felt that they were quite justified iu demanding that allowances should bo retrospective. » . . Mr Badger stated that married men who went away voluntarily calculated not on finance b\it on patriotism. ■'Mr Hiccio stated that Sir James Ailen did not say that finance would prevent tho payment of vctrospecUve allowances. But lie taat : tlicio ■■ were insurmountable difficulties in ai - riving at tho amount duo to any eolmembers statcdl that tlioy could not see why the insurmountable difficulties were. The amounts due could be very easily worked out. : . . The motion was carried unanimously. " KAY S "LINSEED COMPOUND." For coughs and colds. Of proven eftcarv for rowplsints. KA\ S "LINSEED COMPOUND/' Fpr coughs aiid colds, of proven emKAY'S "LINSEED COMPOUND." JF.or 'Coughs and colds, loosens phlegm, allays irritation.*