RELIEF OF DISTRESS
VICTIMS OF THE AIR RAIDS. NEW ZEALAND SENDS £IOO,OOO. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, September 13. An announcement that the Government has sanctioned the immediate transmission of £IOO,OOO, New Zealand currency, to the Lord Mayor of London’s Fund for the relief of distress caused by the German air raids, was made by the Governor-General (Lord Galway) as chairman of the National Patriotic Fund Board, in a statement to-night. Lord Galway said it had been decided to make a grant in recognition and admiration of the wonderful courage and fortitude of the people of London during the most difficult times through which they are passing. This finance would he provided, by the National Patriotic Fund Board through its Dominion-widej organisation. Details of the allocation among constituent patriotic authorities of the board were now being arranged, but so that New Zealand should make its gesturo at once, the standing committee of the board had approved the gift. The sum of £IOO,OOO includes the provision of £IO,OOO sterling made from the Sick, Wounded and Distress Fund by the joint council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society to-day.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 290, 14 September 1940, Page 2
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