WAR RELIEF.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7718, 11 May 1916, Page 2

WAR RELIEF.

CONFERENCE AT WAIPUKURAU. RULES AMENDED. A conference of delegates from tl« various patriotic committees ol Hawke’s Bay was held at Waipukurau yesterday for the purpose of amend, ing the rules of the Hawke’s Bay War Relief Association. There was i good attendance, Mr Mason Chambers presiding. Mr G. Hunt represented tile Waipawa Committee. As revised the objects of the nsso. eiation were detailed as follow:—(a) to deposit all or any of the moneys in the hand? of the association with any hank or local body in New Zealand and to invest all or anv of such moneys either on short-dated or other investments and securities as may from time to time be determined by tile executive; (2) to relieve and hone, lit wounded, incapacitated, necesnitoiß or deserving soldiers or sailors, nurses, and other auxiliaries, and those in any way dependent upon them, or those dependent upon decern, ed soldiers and sailors and auxiliaries. The expression “soldi™ sailors, and auxiliaries,” to include those who arc, or in any way have been. (1) members of New Zealand « iiavaH'orces; (2) members of an; New Zealand ambulance auxiliary or cognate service; (3) New Zealanden by birth, domicile, or adoption, mciihers of llis Majesty’s army, navy or ambulance auxiliary, or cognate sea vice in any part of the world, and tt grant to them such sums of money at may from time to time be necessary to ensure their comfort and well being whether within or without fli Dominion, which grant may be mad as a gift in. one sum or payable to such instalments as may be arranged with the donor or by loan with « without security, or partly gift ant partly by loan; (c) to do all such acti as may tend to ameliorate tile lot am promote the welfare of those who* the fund is designed to assist; (d) ti co-operate with the proposed Nationi War Relief Association and with tb Government War Funds Council; (e, to co-operate with tile Government it New Zealand with a view to assistin( returned soldiers to go upon the Jani) or to take up any other occupation (f) to contribute to the funds of otln districts in New Zealand whose fundi may be depleted, or in the opinion «l the executive insufficient for the rc quirements of its district; (g) to suto sidise or contribute to the funds « any hospital, convalescent home, « other ebaritable institution, in whid any wounded soldier or sailor may bi maintained; (h) to from time to tin contribute such sum as in the opinio oi the executive shall represent I lair and reasonable quota from tin districts represented by the brand societies’ members of tile associate or such other sum as the executit shall think desirable for Belgian « Servian relief, the Red Cross Socict) or such other society or association fl purposes connected with tile presei war as shall he determined by ti executive to have a proper claim ujm the sympathy and support of (1 people of the Hawke’s Bay Provincii District and the County of Wain* (i) to receive and forward to tl proper authority, any donation i donations specially allocated by a* subscriber or subscribers for any fun arising opt of the war, within or will out tlie Dominion of New Zealanl (j) to raise or promote the raising I such moneys as may be necessary f< any of the above purposes. There was considerable discuasio in respect to the rule constituting ti committees of the various hram societies of the association, and ti following amendment to the propo* rule was passed:—The committee I eacli of the aforesaid branch soeieti* shall be constituted as follows:—!* The committee of the master assod ailed society in the branch social which shall comprise not less thl three nor more than live members; (I two members from each of the otlif associated societies in such brane society; (c) that in case where thei is only one society the committee • such society comprise not less thm three members and not more thu five. Another important alteration *' in respect to the election of repress* tatives on the executive. In this w sped it was decided in effect that eaC society shall have one vote at a .speei* meeting of the branch to he held h that purpose, each branch to ecu* municate the result of the voting • the secretary of the executive. Finally the revised rules were I>* to the meeting and carried.