RETURNED SOLDIERS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 4

RETURNED SOLDIERS.

Meeting of the Executive Held. The executive of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers* Association met last evening, the Rev F. T. Read presiding. The chairman extended a welcome to Air Priddis, who took hia seat as a member of the executive for the first The treasurer (Mr Smith) submitted the draft balance-sheet. He stated that the income well exceeded the estimate and the expenditure wax much below the estimate, the result being a profit of approximately £6O on the year's working, against an estimated deficiency. The employment officer reported that the registrations In the fortnight ended on April 7 totalled 537 and the effective registrations for March were 597. an increase of 14. Subsidised work to an amount of £lO6 17s 3d, representfn.-r 366 days, had been provided, and thirtyseven days* work had been found without subsidy. Thirteen men had reported having returned to normal employment, and four others had been placed in permanent work. The Benevolent Committee reported! that in the past fortnight 107 applications for relief had been granted, being a decresae of eleven compared with the previous period. The Canterbury Rugby Union advised that it had decided to issue free passes for admission to Lancaster Park to returned soldPlers who are totally incapacitated or are inmate* of hospitals and institutions.