ADVANCES TO SOLDIERS

Southland Times, Issue 18857, 24 June 1920, Page 5

ADVANCES TO SOLDIERS

| THE CEUTA 11.ME NT ORDER. i MINISTER AND THE R.S.A. ! j (Per United Press Association.) I DUNEDIN, .lime 23. ' At a meeting of the Returned Soldier.-’ ; Association a reply was received from head- | 'itmters forwarding a ropy of the reply of ' the Minister of Lands concernimr the | schedule of special circumstances under the 1 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, which i was compiled for the consider:!!ion of the ! Cabinet. The Minister had written to the j Association to the effect that all appheuj Rons presented would he considered on their I merits until Parliament met and decided ! what amount could he allocated for such advances durine the current linancial year, i The decision of tie Cabinet to curtail recommendations mii.-t he ■riven effect to, as the funds at present available demanded such curtailment. ■ The reply of the Minister was considered to he unsatisfactory, and the following motion was passed ; -That tins executive ; committee of the Dunedin Returned Sol- ' diers’ Association has read with regret the I reply given to the New Zealand Returned i Soldiers’ Association by the Hon. the Minj ister of Lands. The Minister promised the | dominion executive that he would confer I with the Eahinet and give a definite reply i to each of the .special circumstances sub--1 mitted by the exmtlive. He ha.- imt done j so, and hits merely evailerl the (|ue-iion.”