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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11226, 3 June 1922, Page 8

A letter was received by the executive of the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association from Airs Nicol, secretary of the Auckland Mothers’ League, recarding the money collected on Poppy Day; Sho stated that there Was much distress prevalent, and she wanted to know the object for which the money was raised, as no soldier so far as her league was concerned had received any assistance from it. The chairman, Mr W. E. Inder, Btated that the Auckland association was an accent for the Ne-.v Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, and until they received advice from the conference, which would meet in Wellington next week, they could >lb nothing in regard to the matter. There were several district returns still to come in. The amount taken in Auckland city was 112300.

After a brief discussion, the Invercargill Town Council decided that the cost of living bonus granted by resolution of the council to all employees not affected by awards be withdrawn from June Bth, and that the bonus granted to employees working under awards be reduced by 5s per week as from the same date. The salary of the town cleiy was raised from £575 to £650 per annum, and a number of other recommendations were held over pending consideration of applications for rises.

At the Empire Timber Conference recently held in London, Lord Lovat laid stress on the failure of Great Britain to establish State forests, which he considered had been, by lack of precept and example, a serious handicap to progressive • forestry in the Home country. The extent of virgin forests that have been acquired by the Empire at different stages of her growth has no doubt tended towards carelessness and indifference. “In this respect,’’ he said, “we have been the spoilt darlings of fortune. We havo succeeded to va6t areas of exploitable woods, and have only had to draw on new territories to meet our increasing requirements. With the end of the Empire’s visible timber resources within measurable distance, it behoves everyone of the Dominions to husband its supplies with the utmost fore- , thought.”