WAR RELIEF

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 164, 13 August 1929, Page 2

WAR RELIEF

HAWIvE'S BAY SOCIETY. THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. The _ monthly meeting of the Hawke s Bav "\Var Relief Association uas lield last night, when there were present Alessrs John Harding (chairinan, "\Y. Frame, G. S. V. Wenley, J. K. Barrie, O. H. Critchley and H. Holderness. • Brancli returns wero adopted as follows : — Dannevirke, pajunents £531 12s lld, receipts £17SV Gs 9d ; Hastings, £876 18s 2d, £615 19s lld; Waipawa, £ — , £88 6s; Waipukurau, £205 los 6d, £137 19s lOd ; Woodville, £95 6s 7d, £212 14s 3d; Napier, £269 13s ld, £220 4s 6d; totals £1979 0s 3d, £1453 11s 6d. Bank of Australasia : — On current account credit balance, £1081 Is 9d. Receipts since last meeting : — Ad- . vanoes refunded £1340 4s ld. interest on loans to soldiers £113 7s 5d, interest on investments £280 5s, investments repaid £200, National War Funds Council on account of unemployment £100; total £2033 16s 6d. Payments. — Grants to soldiers and dependents: Dannevirke. 30 soldiers £239 5s 5d, seven dependents £47 16s ld; Hastings, 20 soldiers £122 Is, three dependents £33 12s 6d ; Waipukurau, 16 soldiers £31 9s. one dependent £8; Woodville, five soldiers £2 Is 3d, one dependent £23 9s 4d ; Napier, 42 soldiers. £142 10s 5d, two dependents £10; total £660 5s. Loans to soldiers. — Dannevirke, four soldiers £185 15s 3d ; Hastings, 12 soldiers £371 3s; Waipukurau, two soldiers £165 ; Woodville, oue soklier £50 ; Napier, seven soldiers £S0 ' 7s Sd ; total £852 5s lld. Payments on account of other societies. — Dannevirke, six soldiers £21 6s; Hastings, five soldiers £321 ; Waipukurau, one soldier los; Napier, three soldiers £16; total £359 Is. Advauees refunded. — Loans refunded by soldiers: Dannevirke. 26 soldiers £153 los 3d; Hastings, 35 soldiers £259 11s 6d ; Waipawa, 10 soldiers £81 6s 8d ; Waipukurau, eigbt soldiers £108 2s lldj Woodville, six soldiers £200 19s 3d; Napier, 59 soldiers, £19S 4s Sd; total £1002 0s 3d. Payments refunded by other societies. — Dannevirke, oue soldier £6 5s; Hastings, four soldiers £316 18s 10d: Napier, three soldiers £15 ; total £338 3s lOd. Interest on loans. to soldiers £113 7s 5d.