"EARMARKED" CONTRIBUTIONS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14534, 20 February 1918, Page 10

"EARMARKED" CONTRIBUTIONS

DISCUSSED BY DEFENCE COMMITTEE. At yesterday's meeting of the Citizens' Defence Committee Mrs T. Preston, on behalf of, the Manutuke Women's National forwarded. £400, and. asked that it be ear-marked for the assistance of Manutuke boys on their return from the war. — The Chairman did not favor the acknowledgement of such contributions I.—-Mr1 .— -Mr Munns supported the proposal, and moved that it be accepted by the committee. — Mr Birrell seconded, because h© considered it a similar Tequest to that of the Matavrai people, which w;»s* accepted.-^Mr Stock , pointed out t li;vt> under conditions icontained in the letter it meant that the. Defence Committee would really b© the bankers of tl'o Manutuke Reserve, and they had full power to operate on the account. — •Mr Oman did not agree with the motion. --■Mr Stock moved as an amendment that t!ie> donation be received, but the claims of men .must be referred to the Claims Committee first. — Mr Keuway and Mr Ball favored the amendment.— Mr Manns pni*d that in most instances the Manutukp people (would be in a better position to judge the financial position of fhe soldiers of their district than the Claims Board itseW. — iMr Wallis said the matter yo «olved itfself into n question as to which pa-rty -was better able to judfire the financial position of the man. — Mr Konway held , that, if the Manutuke pebplo were empowered to control the money it would . open 1 up a track filled with serious possibilities. — On being put to tho meeting the amendment was carried.'