SPECIAL WAR FUNDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17113, 19 March 1919, Page 7

SPECIAL WAR FUNDS.

PERMITS NOW CANCELLED.

GIFT GOODS AND PARCELS. NO MOB.E TO BE DESPATCHED. A letter has been sent to all Patriotic Societies by the Department of Internal Affairs, with regard to the forwarding of gift goods and parcels for soldiers oversea*. It is stated that headquarters, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, London, had advised that further gifts and Red CYosb parcels should not bo sent, as there was sufficient in hand and afloat for all requirements. Headquarters at Cairo had also advised that in future any gifts necessary would be purchased locally from canteen and regimental funds. General Robin had su'-Tstcd that goods en route to ports or. in the hands of patriotic societies fhould he forwarded as a final shipment, and the Department of Internal Affairs so advised. It was further suggested that the goods in hand and unsuitable for shipment should he distributed by the societies for the use of local military camps and hospitals, railage charges being under'aken by the Department for Internal Affairs on receipt of applications. A notice in the New Zealand Gazette, of March 6, states that owing to the cessation of hostilities and the early return of the New Zealand Forces, the necessity for raising further money for certain War Fnnds no longer exists. In pursuance of section 33, sub-section (6), of the War Legislation Act, 1917, all existing permits to raise money on b'half of the societies controlling the following War Funds are hereby revoked and cancelled —

Bine Cross Fund. Catholic F-deration Field Service Fund. Chaplains and Norses Fund. Church of England Military Affairs Committee. Equipment Oifts and Parcels for Soldiers and Sailors. Methodist Church Military Camps Committee. Mine Sweepers. Navy League Ladies' Auxiliary. Presbyterian Church Chaplains aud Camp Funds. Prisoners of War Fund. Red Cross Fund. Sewing and Knitting Guilds. Salvation Army War Fund. Trench Comforts Fund. Tobacco Funds for Overseas. Women's National Reserve Fund. Y.M.C.A. War Fund. Should the eiecutive of any of the above funds desire to make a special appeal for a particular purpose, full consideration will be given on application being made. All permits for patriotic shops are hereby revoked and cancelled, unless specially approved for the augmentation of funds controlled by patriotic societies empowered to grant relief and assistance to soldiers and dependants. Generally the issue of further permits should be restricted to the raising of funds to be expended by incorporated societies and those administering funds for the direct benefit of soldiers and dependants. As this arrangement will tend to materially decrease the number of permits, the monthly returns of permits issued hitherto supplied to the War Funds Office by Mayors, chairmen of local bodies, and other persons authorised may be discontinued. In the absence of a return it will be assumed that no permits whatever have been issued, but it is desirable in order to supervise collections that notification should be given in iverv case where permits are granted.