GRANT FOR CLOTHES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 1 February 1918, Page 3

GRANT FOR CLOTHES.

I' A TBI Oil C A SSOCI ATI ON TA Iv li'S ACTION.. At the Jin■ ull ii, ot llie \\ airarapa- I Patriotic Kx<y. iitive in .Ma.storton yesterday morning a letter was received from tho general secretary of tile New Zealand Returned Soldiers'. Association, asking the executive's co-operation in securing the raising of the clothes allowance aiade to returned men from 30s to £5. One paragraph in Clio letter read: i 'The Association is strongly of opinittif tifel at§ps should bo taken to insist "upoifi (jflYernment responsibility in • jgfiis matter, and has forwarded a Jotter of protest to the Minister. Despite the assort ion of tile Minister, tiiatgthe total value of lnul ti given by the department is very much more tth a ninths if underclothing is the association feels it is the v obligaluin of the department to {provide''tile soldier with sufficient clothes fo'*%iablo him to •re-enter fcffjl'vlife^Mislead of beingobliged to live with less a necessary minimum amount of clothiugwun oFGfj&ik ion shall have/v*^%mulled - suifi&OTily to equip hirm" It was pointed out during the discission e'tafc' yesttfr&ijr * morning's meeting t*thait'*each returned si&n received two of militfiry uniform upon his return, an{f only received a sum of 80s for civilian clothes. Mr it livas <k* .juried jnan to got' »♦ suiif #' cl(lfc Tor 30s. 'They should get at, least £5 for civilian clothes... Ho would move: "That in., lieu sof "the. present grant aOs, the provide a £5 suit ot clotlies, or give an order sam6 "Uf the value of Co, the. .order .no). to be negotiable." This was seconded by Mr (j. R. Sykes, and carried unanimously.