DEFENCE COMMITTEE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14534, 20 February 1918, Page 4

DEFENCE COMMIT TEE.

Tho Citizens'. Def euce ..Committee met j yesterday^ afternoon. Present : . Messrs.] J. /Wv'Brigbfe.fchairman), D. J. Barry, a. • Stock/ Av 'H. ■ WaMs, W. Coleman, W. P,itfc, 'R. M^Birrell, F..R.: Rall,VG. B. Oman; H.vKenway, G. Munns)* and. H.lMillen -v,. . -.- •> > • \ The secretary cot, the Tolaga Bay pomlnittee wrote asking Afor*. informatio.n regarding the. .existing relationship fbetween that Lbody^and "v the .... Citizens' Defence ..Committee, , ; Mr. , E---B. Bojaud, who had been' appointed . a delegate 'on the Gisbome' '.Committee, had^, resigned from ' .the .> ToTaga V Bay >, Committee;— Deferred until? the reorganisation H bj tlie general committee. . j,-, «.*■•■ ; Messrs deLautour, Barker, and Stock advised that in connection /with ;'"th<v recent error in the transmission afoai telegram from the committee to the Dannevirke branch, in connection with a grant for assisting a returned soldier, the committee had no claim against the department in ■„ tho. .matter,/*,, and-, the Dannevirke branch had no .claim against the Defence C.omnut,tee._Received., i| . „ Mr.: JJirrell. moved, that. jfc, : be a recom-: mendation to, the Advisory. ;Roard that in future, if any amount .aboye, ,£5 -was; transmitted oy,er the. wire, :the message should ,be repeated,:— Seconded,, and carried.-^ , // . ,>;,-.■ j\, ■■". ■■.••::,■ •., :.- a .^Advice was received from the Manavratu Assoaiatipn. of ..the success of .„ the, .sheep i drives as mentioned by Mr. GU C, Mumis,. After sQme discussiorij it was jdecided that a cpmmitteej consisting .fit Messrs J. „W. Bright. M: K,en,way, W. G^gherratt, and G. C. Munns be set tup to report in the matter. ti : "The* financial statement for the fortnightly period, ending February 19, showed the following receipts: Mrs. E. Kenway (monthly) Red Cross £2; Mr. FT. Kenway (montlily) Wounded Soldiers' Fund j £2; proceeds of,, sale of horses 'donated bv Miy >W. J. Davidson, Matawai, per Jjoan and Mercantile Co.,- Bed. Cross .fundi £3 10s; Ma ": lt F. M. Bur. gess (monthly) Wounded Soldiers £2; ;Mi\ QhiVt'v- Mayston '(monthly)- general fund! ££• MY. 'Joh n Tpwnley (monthly), general fund £2; proceeds, of, sale .of .two sheep donated by Mrs. IT. Weston, Waerenga-a.-lii.ka,v per Loan and MercanitilftCo.^ Wounded Soldiers' Fund MX; cMiss'N. ' L. Brown . (monthly) .,, fund 10s; Mr. F. Grey (office furniture) £1 17s 6d ; Mr. .G. * S r . Wootton (on account of Hastings Patriotic Society) £2; total £},8 17s, 6d. The payments for the period totalled £201 19s 4d. .... , Tlie question of, . reorg'anisation was 'ntroduced by Mr. BirrelJ. but the chairman intimated tliat a notice of motion was required 1 . Mr.. Stock gave notice to move <that the new committee be constituted as follows: Borojigh Council 5 to, .8 representatives; Cook and Waiapu Councils 3 to 5, "Returned Solfief's' Association 1, and. Second Division one representative. ■■■■«■,■- •-•■ . ' : ,B^ALiANC^v SHEJET. The following; balance • sheet was adopted, t[ie,, balance being > shpwn between par entheses i-~ .....'_ Recejpts-V Casli in Bank N^Z. deposit account 3l'st D,ecemb,er, .1916, (£27,000),; aash iii Bank N.£.- current account 31st December, 1916 (£SOOB 19s 6d)—^32,008 19s 6d; Belgian Relief Fund £589 18 4d; Serbian Relief Fund (£24); Red Cross Fund (£39 18s 9d) £1365. 6s; King, George's Fund' for Sailors £312 6s 3d ; Y.M.C.'A. account £12?1 5s 3d; British Sailors', Fund (£334 0s 3d) £385; King George's hospital, Rotorua (£3,1).; Tolaga Bay Distress Fund (£23jl 10s loii)i Returned, Soldiers' Association (loan) £100 i. New Zealand! War ReliGf Asspoiatioiv £30 ss;; Troopship Entertainment Fvind '£13; Defence Department soldiers' pay £124 13s; allowance to troops" and debend ents £36 7s 9d ;' Wounded' Soldiers^ Cdmfor,ts Fiiiid £3 17s 6d; -Wounded Benefit^^Association £4, : Wojunded Soldiers' Fund, including interest of fixed deposit, £1110 . (£28,877, 19 7d) : £4125 |10»ga; general Uccouht^ (£2470 Us Id) £163 13s 3d— total (£32,008 19tf '6d) '£40,534 2s 7d. '..Expenditure: Belgian Relief Fund, £348 l£s paid out of general account £938 12s 4d; Serbian Relief.Fund £24; .Women's Patriotic paid' out general a«sunt £624; Red Cross Fund £1261 3s. 3d (£144 Is 6d) ; King George's Fund for 'Sailors £312 6s 3d ; Y.M.C.A. accounii £1271 5s 3d ; British Sailors' Relief (£719 Os 3d) ; King George's liokpital. Rotorua £31; Bay Distress Fund J?-25 (£206 10s lOdj ; R«eturned Soldiers' loan to Follies £100; New Zealand "War Relief Association £30 ss'; Troopship Biitertainment Fund >£10 p«id out of general, account .£23; Salvation Army Fuiid paid 1 out of general account £225; Defence Department soldiers' pay £56 7s 9d (£6B 5s 3d); adivancesito troops paid out of general account £117 2s 8d £153 10s sd; wounded soldiers' comforts, paid out oi general! account £173 2» 6d £177; nrounded soldiers' benefit, Rotorua; paid' out 'general account. £116. £120;' •Wounded Soldiers' Fxirid £1165 19s -3d 0331,837 10s Id) grantfe and advances £910 3fe 3d ; Maori Patriotic Committee ; £200; soldiers' extra locaT hospital -£39 ;15»,6d;, sundries £16 0s 6d; payments on geiieral- account — advertising and stationery £28 17s 5d ! ;; miscellaneous £84<|17s Id; Volunteer Sisterhood £5 (£9Ol 10s >Bd); balance Ban^^e^.Zea.la^d, deposit account £31,500; balance.. ;Bank Q New Zealand current account £2376 18s 7d ; >£40,534 2s 7d. (£33,876,. 18s 7^). .... . ( Mr R. H. Hughes, of Mount Eden, Auckland, received by, the Jast mail a ietter stating, that hisjiephew, Mr.Heiiry JJpjvler'- CB-'E'y 'Ty"h<> V 8 ® '^P° in^ di As " gisjiaiit 1 Director-General in the BeiWt-. liient of Aircraft; productions, had beenr ito/Bijclcingham Palace to receive a, deco- ; raijon King. Tlie decoration is, described as a Maltese Gross, tlie four ;baj.-s being of blue enamel 1 . The new 1 Assistant Director-General is the eldest,spn of jMr Henry Fowler, of Evesham,; and was chief engineer to the Midland' JlaiXway whew "his services wene* corn-' mjmdsered' by Mr I/loyd : Geoi^Oj aind if is asserted h© greatly '-speeded • up the ' output jof aircraft , from the-. huge i estab- i lishment at Fa.rnbprough. , .« ... , ;, ..