The Patriotic Funds.
TN THE COURSE of an address at a meeting of the Te Aroha Returned
Soldiers’ Association Captain S. J. Harrison, general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, recapitulated the history of the national war fund and the canteen fund, and showed that for the past few years a heavy drain had been made on the capital of both funds. In 1931, the national war fund stood at £166,000; in 1932, £157,000; in 1933, £140,000; in 1934, £130,000, the latter being the estimate as for July next. The canteen fund in 1932 totalled £202,660; February 1, 1934, £188,830; estimated amount for July, 1934, £176,000. It had to be remembered that the canteen funds were controlled by returned soldiers, and not by the Government, as many thought. The speaker gave particulars of the number of men assisted throughout the Dominion, no less than £45,000 having been given from the various funds in twelve months.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20310, 21 May 1934, Page 6
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