T= annual general meeting of the British United Services Association will be held in the Dome tomorrow evening at 5.30 o'clock, when the annual report of the committee, and the Statement of accounts will be presented to members. The association was particularly active during 1940 in forwarding the war efforts of various organizations, and has made large contributions to the war funds. Armistice Day observance last year was curtailed, following the practice in England and various parts of the Empire.
After some preliminaries, the report makes mention of the death of nine Great War veterans, including Pilot Officer W, E, Holland, and expresses regret. It goes-on fo state.
"It has been our pleasure during the year to keep in close touch with ex-service institutions at home and throughout the Empire and mutual assistance and information has been exchanged on all possible occasions. Our membership as a Constituent of the British Empire Service League and our Association with the British Legion has been maintained and once more we take this opportunity of expressing our thanks to the staff of the League's Headquarters in London for their unfailing courtesies and their readiness at all times to assist our members upon arrival Home, Members of the Association who have been forced to take long leave in various parts of the Empire instead of going Home report that our various affiliations, especially those in Australia and Canada, have been of great value.
"Your Committee are happy to report that only a few cases of distress among members and other ex-service men occurred during the year and these were promptly and generously dealt with while some members who became unemployed were soon placed in new positions, The Association through its executive officers, continues to assist Great War and other war veterans in a variety of ways.
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