CANCER FUND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 215, 11 September 1931, Page 10

CANCER FUND.

HELP FOR A HEALTH CRUSADE

GIRDLING ;THB GLOBE

At the, beginning of this month was launched a Tiation-wide effort to proviae an adequate financial foundation for tJie work of the. New Zealand, branch of the, BritishEmpire.Cancer Campaign Society. This"takes the form of an art union,, on lines with which the public,. are. already familiar. The past success of this method of raising funds, and the wide sympathy which; the crusade creates wherever, ite "purpos^;is understood, lead the .promoters.. to. hops that they will beprqvlded witli'a sufficient endowment to/make, "further"appeals to thp publio unnecessary;•' ; ''■'■ ■• f •'■ '. ;.;■.;. • •The money raisea/in. .New. .Zealand will - be..used, in , NeV: Zealand, for • t CB ! benefit of New. Zealand "cancer sufferers and of the public generally. BesiJes, making the , most advanced- treatment, available to all'who need r it, cases will be tabulated , and'.results recorded, and a follow-up'system'instituted so as to secure a complete history of each c*B«. Scientific research into the cause and cure of cancer will be maintained, and additional radium purchased as necessary. ■ :: •■., ■, • '.' '■ ■ ~•: ' . The New Zealand canipaign, howeyer, will b» co-ordinated "with the crusade in other parts of the Empire. London is the "G.H.Q." of the campaign, .and New Zealand's effort is a section of a movement that girdles the globe.