PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16681, 2 March 1920, Page 6

PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

SCHEME FOR NATIONALISATION. Per Press Association. Palmerston N., March i. In anticipation of the Patriotic Societies’ Conference shortly the Manawatu Society has instructed its delegates to support the following remits: (i) That the Manawatu Patriotic Society strongly favours the nationalisation of its funds with others, subject, however, to the same being controlled by the Patriotic Society’s scheme recently formulated by Mr. Skerrett, K.C. (3) That in the event of Patriotic Societies deciding to retain and administer their own funds for disabled soldiers, it be a recommendation to your board that all societies should set ajide a reasonable sum as a reserve fund to meet relief for general assistance in shell shock and other cases which will frequently' recur for a considerable time to come. (3) That, failing nationalisation, the conference be asked to formulate a distribution fund to totally disabled and incapacitated soldiers, dependants, etc., and that the Advisory Board endeavour to fix a maximum amount with a percentage basis according to disabpernent.