“ALL THESE COLONELS”

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1931, Page 9

“ALL THESE COLONELS”

CONTROL OF CANTEEN FUNDS.

R.S.A. MEN DISSATISFIED.

“How ean we get rid of all these colonels?” was a question raised by a number of members at the quarterly meeting of the Christchurch RJ3.A. when the constitution of the Canteen Funds Board, was under discussion. It was ' explained that a. member of the board had practically a life tenure of office, and that as far as the R.S.A. was con- ' cerned, it could not effect a change, 4 Several speakers expressed the view in strong terms that it was not right that the colonels, who bpd done very little towards building up the funds in the first place, should have control of the money. One speaker told, a story of an argument he' had with' the board regarding an ppplieatipn for assistance, made on befipl'f of a man,’ . The board took the view that because the man had feeen in the “klink” a good deal and was nearly mlways'-drupk whejx tire war, he was-not worthy of assistance, “I wap aghast- when they told m 0 that,” the speaker continued,, “and I ? promptly told, them that that was the r very man who had most claim on,tlje - fund, because he had helped so much in building it up.” (Laughter.)