RETURNED SOLDIERS' ASSOCIATION
AND THE POSTAL BALLOT. A “Times” representative was informed bv Mr Ross Nelson, of Wellington, that at a special general meeting of the R.S.A. in Christchurch on 23rd ult., the proposed amendment advocating the abolition of the postal ballot was decisively defeated by 140 votes to 2, thus showing that the majority had no intentions of altering the constitution. Had the amendment been passed it would have meant that country members could not vote at elections, with tho result that many members of the R.S.A. would have resigned en bloc. Mr Nelson bluntly stated that any movement which would tend to weaken the R.S.A. by the secession of members should -be actively opposed by all level-headed members. Only a strong R.S.A. could be of genuine service to the many disabled soldiers in New Zealand to-dav.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12391, 10 March 1926, Page 9
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138RETURNED SOLDIERS' ASSOCIATION New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12391, 10 March 1926, Page 9
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