WAR RELIEF

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10801, 18 January 1921, Page 5

WAR RELIEF

WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION. YESTERDAY’S MEETING. The executive of the War Relief Association of Wellington met yesterday. Mr L. O. H. Tripp presided. The Applications Oommittee reported —“The total number of claims received during the period December 14th, 1920, to January 16th, 1921, was 308. comprising 48 new applications and 68 renewals and reconsiderations. There are 192 claims under action; a considerable number of which are the responsibility of other societies, and the majority of these outstanding applications will be dealt With at the next meeting of the oommittee. As the oommittee has not met since the holidays there is at present very little to report, except to state that many claims have been lodged since the office reopened' on the 11th instant, which will bejpreseifted for decision in due course. The staff is engaged in preparing a further list of permanently and partially-disabled soldiers, which will be forwarded to the other patriotic and war relief associations when completed.” The report of the Finance Committee was that six applications had been dealt with since the last meeting. Two loans had been authorised for businesses, one of which was to a soldier partially disabled, and the other _to a soldier’s mother, who was in difficulties owing to the war disability of her son. The remaining four cases were for the purchase or residential property, and as three of the applicants were suffering ,as the resulfb of war disabilities, the committee granted the sums asked for, whilst in the remaining case, the committee was satisfied that there were exceptional circumstances, and decided to grant the amount required. It was reported that the December expenditures amounted to £2996 and the income to £7BO. The credit balances at the bank at the end of the year were stated to total £ll7O. A letter was received from the Service Patients’ Welfare Oommittee, Pukeroa Sanatorium, requesting the allocation of a portion of the association’s funds for the exclusive benefits of tubercular men. It was decided that there was no necessity for a grant as tubercular men were provided for under the executive’s soheme.