THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19274, 12 March 1926, Page 12

THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

FUTURE ADMINISTRATION. ' AUCKLAND" OPPOSES " POOLING." A conference of' the patriotic societies of the Dominion is to be- held within the next'few weeks for the purpose of considering the"' future control and disbursement of the patriotic funds held by the various societies. : Notification to this effect was received at the quarterly meeting of the Auckland Patriotic and War Relief Association yesterday, when the association was asked to appoint delegates to attend the conference. • No date was ! suggested for the cpnferenco, - but the meeting appointed Messrs. <A. :G. Lunn, : A. S.. Bankart and .V. J. Larner as its delegates. Mr. H. .Horton. said that if there was any, idea-of pooling the funds of the societies the Auckland delegates should be' instructed to opposo it. The society, he'said, had a large local fund, which had been"'subscribed for the benefit of the men of the province. The president, Sir James Gunson, said that such a desire on the part of some of the Southern societies could be detected in representations that had been made. Mr. Horton moved that it be an instruction to the society's delegates that the Auckland Association was opposed in every way to any suggestion of a general pooling of funds. This was carried unanimously. ■,