FOR STRICKEN BELGIUM.
NEW SOUTH "WAXES FUND. A LIBERAL RESPONSE. ' , , ((Received 10-5 a.m.) -•: SYDNEY, fhis-sday. Since'ihe-recent public meeting £1,000 • asncnth has been promised to the Belgian "fund, exehasfve of £7,000 in straight out -donations- Organised collections are proceeding. The Belgian Consul has cabled to :Sir T. A. Coghlan (Agent-General for !New South Wales) a further £40,000, indnding Government subsidy, ache total remitted is £154,00 a Cancernuneasiness in the public mind regarding the destination of subscriptions, the rOmstrl stated thai the money goes direct do tie Belgian Ambassador in London, szrd-be is amply assured that it is strictly msedior the relieiof Belgians in Belgium. The New South Wales executive com--anittee has asked the Consul to amalgaannte his with.-the National Fund to avoid The SoaQt Australian Local Governatnent Association suggests that every tanner should sow an acre-of wheat for
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 62, 13 March 1915, Page 6
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