RELIEF OF DISTRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1932, Page 9

RELIEF OF DISTRESS.

MT. EDEN ORGANISATION. DEPOTS ESTABLISHED. The Mount Eden branch of the Metropolitan Unemp yod Relief Association has completed arrangements for the collecting of goods to assist the needy of tho borou<rh. The borough has been divided into 1G zones, and a member of the committee is in charge of each zone. In Dominion Road depots have been established for receiving goods at the stores of Messrs. R. J- Mills, near Marsden Avenue; "VV. H. Xagle, cornel Prospect Terrace; S. W. Smeeton, corner View Road. In Mount Eden Road the three depots are at Messrs. W. J. Evans, corner Peary Road; J. Cornes, corner Stokes Road; C. Cowan, corner Edendale Road. The principal depot is at the Mount Eden swimming baths. u GOOD WILL» BAGS. POOR RESPONSE BY PUBLIC. About ten days ago the Salvation Army Men's Home at Epsom launched a scheme to assist the needy, and especially those who have been hard hit by unemployment. It was intended to distribute several hundred "good will" bags, made by men in the home, throughout Auckland city and suburbs, and to ask those who received them to fill them with old clothes, boots, underwear and anything else that would be of use. An official of the home said this morning that the response had been poor, only 10 or 12 bags having been distributed. It was not intended to discontinue the scheme, and officials would, in the near future, canvass the hotels, boardinghouses and flats. The reason for the poor response, in his opinion, was that the public had already given so much towards unemployment benefits, etc., that they were now somewhat slower in giving.