AUCKLAND BELGIAN FUND

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 7, 8 January 1916, Page 4

AUCKLAND BELGIAN FUND

£71,350 SENT AWAY. ' REGULAR SUBSCRIBERS BEARKG BURDEN. j The Auckland Provincial Belgian B* lief Association has not been in' the 3 puhlic eye of late, but continues its j operations without any sign , of sjaeken: ing. Up to the present no less than l £71,350 has been sent away, and every s month a sum of £1325 is forwarded to the Minister for Internal Affairs as Auckland's share of the Dominion's I monthly contribution of £5000.. This fe supplemented by the Government with jr a £ for £ subsidy, and a separate i donation of £5000," making a total ol >-- £15,000 per month, or £1,500,000 per an- * Bum from Xew Zealand. n This arrangement has been in force d since April last, and under it £.U;?i a has been sent to the Minister from ; t Auckland. Before the Government h agreed to subsidise local contributions II the Association sent £42,500 to the '■ Belgian Consul-General at Sydney, and r £5000 to the Belgian Orphan "Fund, y These sums, -with the Government subsidy of £11,925, make up a total of U £71,350. Tlhe total amount subscribed (j to date is £71,875, and the monthly a remittances are being made from regular L . subscriptions by a number of citizens ,{ and several public bodies, casual sub- ■ scribers being but few.