Thy membership of the Returned Soldiers’ Association had risen from 6000 (SO branches) in 1927 to 30,000 (91 branches) in 1939, but there were according to census, 90.000 ex-ser-vicemen in New Zealand, said Mr. S. flarrison, general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Asociation, at the annual reunion ot he iHutt Valley sub-branch of the R.S.A. Mr. Harrison said that the association should aim at 50,000 membership at least. Another ■’realtor mentioned that the Hutt Valiev sub-branch membership had risen'from 100 in 1927 to 740 and that of the Wellington R.S.A., in the same period, from 528 to 2724. Wedding and Birthday Presents— Cheapest and best at Stoneham’s. No increase in our prices. Come in and see our stock first. Wonderful range and values. —A. Stoneham & Co., Ltd., Jewellers, 109 Gladstone Road, Gis-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 5
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134Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 5
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