£573,400 NEEDED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25052, 16 November 1944, Page 6

£573,400 NEEDED

PATRIOTIC FUNDS BOARD'S PROVINCIAL QUOTAS (P.'A.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday The total estimated patriotic funds expenditure for the year ending September 30, 1945, is £573,400, or £90,100 less than the previous year. In view ol a decision made by the Dominion Patriotic Conference today that only one national patriotic appeal should be held during the coming year tor all purposes, the conference increased the estimated sum for the relief ot distress overseas from £50,000, amou originally proposed, to £IOO,UUU. Provincial patriotic councils nave the responsibility of raising funds to meet their own requirements and those or the board. The provincial quotas of the board's requirements were increased accordingly to the following amounts:— Auckland, £109,347; Bay of Plenty, £15,941; Northland, £2O/J29;A\aikato, £35,981; East Coast, £14,048, HawWs Bay, £32,110; 1^ ara Jl a !' £25,602; Wellington, £126,148; Marlborough, £8172; Nelson, £13,188, Westland, £7913; Canterbury, £87,930, Otago, £50,861; Southland, £20,230. Allocation of Funds Prior to the increase of £50,000 made by the conference, the National Patriotic Fund Board estimated that it required £523.400 to carry out its activities for the year. The actual expenditure in the past year, apart from Government grants for the Prisoners ot War Office and store expenses, freight, etc., was £663,500, so the board s estimated expenditure for 1945 represented a decrease of £140,000. Provision was made for expenditure of £243,300 on New Zealand service personnel overseas, including £/5,001) for the Middle East, £70,000 for the Pacific, £30,000 for the United Kingdom, and £50.000 for repatriated New Zealand prisoners of war. There was also provision for requirements in India and of New Zealanders passing through Australia, for sundry units and reinforcement. drafts, and for overseas seamen. The actual expenditure on New Zealand personnel overseas last year was £447,962. Expending agents were allocated £23,100, as follows: Y.M.C.A., £15,000; Church Army, £3000; Salvation Army and Catholic Services, £2OOO each; Air Force Relations, £1000; Lady Galway Guild, £IOO. There was provision for expenditure up to £30,000 on troops in New Zealand, £7500 for the purchase of wool for knitting into comforts, and £50,000 for the relief of distress overseas, which was increased to £IOO,OOO by the conference. Administration expenses were set down at £2500. The estimated expenditure accourit for sick and wounded and prisoners of war was £130.000. This is administered on behalf of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and Red Cross. Government Aid Mr G. A. Hayden, the secretary, said the Government aid received during the year was: Office and store expenses, £15,000; prisoners of war, £200,500; and freight, £56,496. In addition, the Government paid the salaries of Y.M.C.A., Salvation Army, Church Army, Catholic War Services, and fund representatives serving overseas and in camps in New Zealand, whereas previously the salaries of those in New Zealand were a charge on the patriotic funds. i The assistance given by the Government in this direction represented another £40.000, so that under all these headings Government grants totalled £311,996. The cash available at the end of September, Mr Hayden said, was £99,000. Since then it had practically all Seen spent. The conference decided to suggest to the National Patriotic Fund Board that in all publicity, either in New Zealand or overseas, more prominence should be given to the patriotic organisations. Delegates said that surprisingly large numbers of men coming back from overseas did not realise what was being provided by the National Patriotic Fund Board, although they talked of the work done by the expending agents, such as the Y.M.C.A. and the Red Cross.

Funds for Welfare Work The conference adopted a remit from the National Patriotic Fund Board that the Government should be requested to give an undertaking that grants from the patriotic funds would not be taken into account when considering the granting of economic pensions, social security, or other Government assistance. There was considerable discussion on a remit put forward by the special welfare committee, recommending that each provincial patriotic council should set aside for welfare purposes such sums as would on a pro rata basis give a minimum Dominion total of £2,000,000. An amendment that, in view of the necessity of making adequate provision for the after-war care of servicemen and their dependants, the conference should recommend each provincial council to set aside from its funds as large an amount as possible for welfare work, was carried. MONETARY POLICY . REPLY TO MR HOLLAND "In his attempt to justify the ridiculous charges which he has made, Mr Holland .has used words which are nonexistent in the pamphlets written by both Mr Kelliher and myself," said the Hon. F. G. Young, M.L.C., yesterday in a reply to a statement by the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Holland, on the suggested control of the Bank of New Zealand by the State. "Instead," said Mr Young, "he makes a very ineffective attempt to read those words into the very sober and restrained language in which my pamphlet was couched. . "Not one member of the Labour Patty discovered in my pamphlet any threats against either Mr Eraser or Sir Nash. Had they done so, such threats would have been received with derision and contempt and would have made impossible the consummation of what I set out to achieve. The harmony, unanimity and enthusiasm displayed at the recent Labour Party conference clearly illustrates that good will was the keynote, not threats or coercion." COMMISSIONS WON Advice has been received by Mrs D. Allen, of 62 Buckland Road, Mount Roskill. that her eldest son, FlightSergeant L. Allen, has gained his commission in Great Britain. Pilot-Officer Alien is aged 20 and was educated at the Mount Roskill School and Auckland Grammar School. He gained his wings in New Zealand and left for England a year ago. He is a member of a Halifax bomber squadron. Mr and Mrs F. W. Brabant, of Hastie Avenue, Mangere, have been informed that their son, Flight-Sergeant Noel Brabant, has been granted a commission in the Iloyal New Zealand Air Force in England, Pilot-Officer Brabant is aged 23 and was educated at King's School and Auckland Grammar School. He left New Zealand in September. 19-12, for Canada, where he received his training, and was later sent to England. Mr and Mrs D. G. Macfarlane, of Tirohanga Avenue. Remuera, have been advised that their son. Bruce D. Macfarlane, has been appointed to a commission in tho Royal Now Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. Sub-Lieuten-ant Macfarlane is on service with the Fleet Air Arm. He was educated at the Remuera School and Auckland Grammar School.