"The Digger."

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 5, 16 April 1920, Page 8

"The Digger."

FPJDAY, APRIL 16, 1920.

ANNUAL MEETING.

Another year has passed and the secretary's attention is directed to the preparation of the report for presentation to the Annual Meeting. The report will be somewhat lengthy, but will embrace every sphere of activity that the R.S. A. has entered into during. the past year. The field covered is very wide and will be interesting to returned men who have the welfare of the Association a,t heart. There are others who frequently ask what the Association is doing. If there is any sincerity in the enquiry of the man who frequently complains about the work of the R.S.A., then by attending- the annual meeting it will readily be found that a vast arnount of good work is heing done as indicated by correspondence published elsewhere in these columns. If there are complaints ; then the meeting will provide ample opportunity for ventilating them. Every returned man who is anxious to see justice rneted out to soldiers and their dependents, is at least under a moral obligation to attend and help the cause that nieets with universal approval frorn one end of the Dominion to the other. The present executive has done good work and'it will rc?„t with the meeting to appoint an executive who will pay strict attention to the work o fthe K.13.A. and stand firm against the forces wliich are antagonistic to the welfare of the R.S.A., and which stand in the way of the soldier's widow, or otherwise, receiving stra i gh t f or ward t r e at m en t . The executive have been enterprising in bumching this journal, which, as we said in our first issue, will conserve the interests of returned men. Its columns are open to you and sliould be availed of. If returned men and dependents stand united behind the "Digger" we shajl make it a force felt, and will arrest the at-ten-tiom of M.'sP. who placed so little value upon us, that the questions submitted prior to last election were practically ignored. The management committee who have control of the "Digger" have given untiring effort in connection with this journal, and a report will be submitted to the meeting which' will mak® more ex-

plicit the aims and aspirations of the R.S.A. through its medium. Everyone who can possibly attend from town or country is asked to ma-kc a special efi'ort to attend a meeting which means so much for the eSective working of the Association.