COMFORTS FOR WOUNDED.
SUM OF £5000 ADVANCED.
NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.
[bt telegraph.— association]
WELLINGTON'. Thursday. The Advisory Board of the various way relief associations to-day received a lettej from the Minister for Defence stating that' '
Genera] Richardson wished to have the sura of £5000 for expenditure on comforts for the New Zealand sick and wounded. The Minister asked if the board would provide this money from sums donated by patriotic societies. He added that mors money would be required for the same pur., pose later.
The chairman said General Richardson was in charge of the two New Zealand hospitals, and he had reason to believe that the New Zealand Division might ba in heavy fighting again soon, and the comforts for men in hospital had to be prepared in advance, to some extent. The board authorised the chairman to interview the Minister and authorise the transfer of the money if the reauest is justified. The board also agreed that the balance of the money provided by the societies and now in the hands of tho Government, should be handed over to th« War Contingent Association in London.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16560, 8 June 1917, Page 4
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