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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8288, 31 January 1920, Page 1

The following letter has "been received from the secretary of the Hawke’s Bay War Relief Association: —“Dear Sir, —Referring to mv letter of the 23rd December, under the above heading, I now enclose copy of a • letter received from the Advisory Board on this subject. The executive of this Association decided at yesterday’s meeting to hold a special meeting February 9th to consider the important matters referred to in the Advisory Board’s letter, and I was instructed to ask branch secretaries to call special meetings of their committees as early as possible to consider the question of assistance to permanently disabled soldiers, and forward any suggestions to reach me not later than oth February. I was requested to ask you to insert an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in your district requesting partially or totally disabled soldiers or dependents of deceased soldiers who consider they have a claim on our fund to lodge their claim with you at once.” The letter from the Advisory Board of the Federation of New Zealand Patriotic War Relief Societies, referred to above, is as follows: —‘ ‘lt is intended to hold a meeting of the Advisory Board towards the end of February for the purpose of considering the question of assistance to totally and partially disabled soldiers, and also proposals for the utilisation of the balance of patriotic funds. Some additional information will require to be collected by the Board prior to tile meetin, and the Board desires also to receive suggestions from affiliated societies upon these two very important questions. I shall, therefore, be pleased if you will bring the matter before your executive committee, and forward to me not later than Thursday, 12th February next, any remits or proposals which your society may desire to make. These will be considered by the Advisory Board, and its report thereon will he submitted afterwards to a conference of delegates. It must be apparent that some degree of uniformity is desirable throughout the Dominion, and I am instructed to ask societies to defer any contemplated action on the two questions mentioned until they have been considered by the conference. I hope shortly to be able to obtain a complete list of the totally and partially disabled men for your information. ’ ’