THE DIGGER'S LETTER BOX.

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

THE DIGGER'S LETTER BOX.

R-. B. CAWS, President,

CTIATS WITH THE EDITOR. Iiis Worship Ihe Mayor and Councillors, Invercargill : — Gentlemen, at your last meeting you received a letter from the R.S.A. asking you to make concc#sions to limbless men on the tramcars. It would, of course, have been effective liad you made concessions without your attention being drawn to tbe matter, but, that you should hold the matter over for consideration and to make enquiries as to what is being done in other places shows a lack of decision which is a very essentiaf element in the make up of a council. Had you decided to make the concessions asked for, your action would have met with universal approval from the ratepayers. In this cass, at least, you could have decided the matter without referring it to anyone ouiside of Invercargill, as it is not a matter calling for any outsiders' opinions as to what we shall do v/ith our tramway system. (To tlie Editor. )

Sir, — The Annual Meeting of the Invercargill Returned Soldiers' Association is advertised for 8 p.m. on Friday, the 23rd « inst., and I hope that all returned men will make a note of this tirne and date and will endeavour to be present at the meeting. The Returned Soldiers' Association is possibly less "noisy" than it used to be, and the members of the Association will share with the executive some measure of satisfaction in the fact that less "noise" is now n'ecessary. The policy of the Association can be summed up under two simple headings. (1) To protect and help all returned soldiers and soldiers' dependants who are suffering in any form as a result of the war, and who are, for various reasqns, unable to looi-^ after themselves. (2) To give information and advice to soldiers and to their dependants on legislation which directly effects them. Ihe second of these objeets we leave largely to our permanent secretary and to the editor of our official newspaper, "The Digger," but if we are to continue the good work we have been able to do in connection with the first of our objeets we must have, not only a strong executive, hut also ihe entliusiastic support of all of our members. The meeting on Friday, the 23rd inst., promises to be a busy one. Many important matters will corne up for consideration, and I hope that we shall have a full and entliusiastic attendance. — I

am, etc.,

Invercargill Returned Soldiers' Assn. April 14, 1920.