Dunedin RSA membership growing

At the monthly general meeting of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association the committee reported that during the month the membership had been increased by the admission of 421 returned soldiers and seven nurses. Eight honorary members had been admitted. Mr. Geo. M. Smith had been permanently appointed secretary. A member who had mutilated his badge by cutting the crown off it, and who was wearing the

badge in that condition, had been expelled from the association. The matter of proceeding against him for destruction of the association’s property was in the hands of the association’s solicitor. The case of a man who was hawking goods in the city and representing himself as a returned soldier was brought before the notice of the O.C. District, who reported that the man had been cautioned. Matters in connection with the clubhouse appeared to be making headway, and there was every prospect that the erection of the building would be commenced in the near future. It was regretted that the official paper of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, Quick March, was not receiving the support of new members. Representations had been made to the Minister of Defence requesting that the pay of the speciallytrained men at the Woodside Jaw Hospital be increased, in order that their services might not be lost. In connection with the new organisation scheme, sub

associations had been formed at Alexandra, Cromwell, Kaitangata, Palmerston, Tapanui, and Waikouaiti.