DEFENCE COMMITTEE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14442, 31 October 1917, Page 8

DEFENCE COMMITTEE.

The adjourned, meeting of the Citizens' Defence Committee was* held yesterday, when, there were present : Messrs W .- G. Bherratt (chairman), J t B. 'BrbacMnvrst (secretary), H. Kenway, G. B. Oman, R. M. Birr ell, C. C. Munits, Wr D.'"C?oleman, A. H. WalH.^ D. J. Barry, G. W. Humphreys', "and' 3. \V\ B?igfit. The secretary of the. Patriotic! Association, Waiigaiini". iclo^riVphed : "No grants made by right, of service ; each application considered on its merit's and only assistance granted, where required." — Received. . , A circular letter was 1 received from Colonel T. H. A. Valihtihe; Director of Military Hospitals, m regard- to soldiers behig discharged' from hospitals.- Ifl was suggested thlt the various patriotic societies arrange that a mcii, 6n being discharged from an institution, be Inlet pf the local patriotic society, arid should he have to take train or steamer to-luS home, the society see' that he is looked after 'until he reaches his destinationsReceived. . .„.* "' „ .-',"' h '7 - A letter' was veodiv'da 1 ; frb'tti U l$S 'secretary of the M.nvlboi'bugli Patnothi' As- V sociatiori m l'eferf'nte to a' d'e^ulatioii being organised' to %\ f ait'" u^olV th^'Qo-' vernment to advocate iH'e 'hdo^tiftm of the Marlborough. repatriaiiiliiVsdneme, "or a modification of that scheme for returned soldiers and sailors..' It ; . was -hoped the Patriotic and Tteturnpd Soldiers' Associations v.-mi!d he. well represented. — Mr Birrell explained that" t'Vi'o Advisory Board had decided to wait .until, .a- concrete,proposal, had .been v drawn iin to be presented to the Govisrriment. — ,The .letter \vas received, v- > ..:...; ■:.. The manager of tlie^aiilc ofXe^'Zea-la-nd (local blanch)', \viote ienclb^iiiK .receipt for £599 : to tlie L^jHlpn office for credit ojt. Britisli "Reii Ci'oss' oh the Z3i'd June,; 1917. The cl)airni«ii tit the finance committee (London) advkfed that it was desired to communicttfte thanks direct to the . chairma^ of We Citizens 7 Defencci ■Cnmm'itfce,- and asked the donors to kindly .p^Tinuurn^iite.dir.ect with the finance committee, givingjparticulars of manner iuvTvliicli contribjitiori was collect-ed.— Received. _. / -, The manager of the?. local ' bfan<fli^,of th© New Zealand Insurance Gpmpany,' Mr Thorne George,, forwarded --.ch^e: for £100, which represented %hc> .final amount of £300 allocated by the company to tlie Giaborne^district, witlithe, recommendation that lialf be fprwarded to the Y^f.G.A., and' the, baaiice.^e applied as' tlift Patriotip . Committee thought fit.—lt- wn.a decided^ to'; se^ : a letter of thanks. . : ' '-. »w,Tlifi Soiith t 'a Jilerbm'y, Patriotic Wai' Relief Sofaii^.ywroift io;rfigarAto assi^-' ■anbo gi-ani:pdi to •.•J ; : -*sblditer> .reiJiUye^ iijd asking the committecv to 1 reconsider decision m regard to. refivridilig .llie.a^hpnnt. — MbViey to he reiNviktad. . . a j \ / .'. <... : ' ''■The chief accountantj Salyatifoji ; Army Headquftrtei-s, Wellington, ' wrote enclqsi inf receipt for monthly eoitG'ibutio'n of £25 to war funds,. and.^.t:haiikingtli6 committee, on-beUalf- of F ..Coininissionfcr HoiddelS" for assistance. —Received. „ : i ■ In regard to loans to sQldjfel" sefUers, the Hawke's Bay War Relief Asocialtibn \yi'6te> 'statihg- their /policy in 1 regard to this matter Aviis embodied' in the folI6win«- resjolutribiv passed- by exrtlutive on the 15th irist. : ;"That m view of the extra loan' of ; £260,- makjng.: a total of £750 advanced by the QpVertiment to soldier Crown, tenants, and alsc of tlie {ittitudo of ' paiiriotic •-, societie) throu^KoAit ; Zealand; iHis^ association .discontinues'.. making fu'rth&fc; loans' to sbldiers taking., up Crown lands."— .Received:- ■;'■ ..';. v . •<•>. '„>■: .'-r:-.-, ■■. • . • -

The Cook Hospital and Charitable .^d Board forwarded an -account foi* £4 10s 6d for extras for soldiers (ordered by Di*. Bowie) the' iftdritl. 29th August to 30th , SOTtembe'rl— Passed fbr payrtienti Advice was received fi-om' thd Fe'detation" of New Zealand ...Painptio' I ' welter; lief Societies' Advisory -Board, ' statin***; (asi already, published) that the High Comrnissioiiei* jri Ldiititin Katf no-f". formed a N-ew of- Wat* DW partment, takihfj ov^l* tHe T^brk' whidh was, formerly by the* C6htr*il Prisoners' of 1 WaV Committee' on*beb_|.f of New Zealarid\.__. This I new depai"pment takes coritfiql .tof; all New Zealanflers who are prisoiu.'.a ; -"df wai 4 / rib; nia|tter whether civilians' or -to ?what f orcfefc they belong, and' it would now only, be m isolated! cases, of prisonere Of-warTbfe-longing to other. thaji New Zealand forces, that they, wojild^ with, the.'cohsent of their , nextr-of-kiri, be c^red! i br by the Central Prisoners of War. Committee. All money order Jjelfegrams -aid money orders, in-.' connection' , wjth the purchase of : food .arid clothirig, for New Zealand prisoners of war should be forwarded- to the High Commissioner, fbr New Zealand*, and not • to. the - CeritiJaT Prisoners of 'War Committee,- as m; the past.— Received. .>:•■ : ,. .* I The British- Red Cross* Society, ; London, wrote thanking th£ c^mmittee,ift)i* a cheque of £99 contributedfronlT>G|sbdrne, and! drawing attention to jfthe World-wid"e appeal, sighed by .j H.R<.I_Y Duke of Connailgh. and the Rt/ Hon. the M-arquis oi I-Ansdowpe m regard tp the special ''Our Day?' effort- $inca,ithe appeal was , issued the 1 expenditure . had increased 1 by a -quartet of Y, -a million pounds a -month-, and* it was.'. hoped Poverty Bay would be s;w&I "Represented on the contribution . list.-^Re.eived.

Accounts .. totalling £184} • 4s 6d w^re passed for paymAlt. -.-■. T : Y The, delegate to the Advisory Board (Mr R. M. Birrell) ' subi-bitted* a report on the conference, which ■'■•was* received.