THE BELGIAN CHILDREN

Press, Volume L, Issue 15157, 22 December 1914, Page 9

THE BELGIAN CHILDREN

"HANDS ACHOSS THE SEA. - ' Tie ■wca&rful rapidity -wiin which uews is conveyed nowadays, and its e-truordnru'.ry accuracy -when the tisoot wiloi it Lβ gathered arc tuioii into ccEsidoriiioß, has n:adc •everyone in the farthest corners c: tbo world conversant with ti.o dire eiraits to which tho people of Bolgiuai, wi csnociaJly tho Belgian children, have- beea roduecJ cs a result c: tho Gerrnar. invas:oa, Disiar.ee has l>ecn, prooticajlv, eimihilaUd, ard people in far oil Kew ZeaJ*nu feel as ke«nl>* ar.tl i>3 directly in tho «iffcriajrs <-.' tuo and tlieir du!dren a;j if ihey r.Mrc clo-e r.o:'2hbours. At this ?ccLsor. -when everycno has en bis or h«r lips w-shes for ii uierry Christmas, the sympathies of jiil f;o oui to tho littlo Belgian children who r.re «ot so happiiy circumstanced as th*ir eirtt-rs and farotlwrs in New Zealand. To proxido a practical outlet for theso fcrlia?s, ii has been decidod to ho!d an o!d Engl.ah fair in front oi tio Catbodrai on Thursday ( from half-past tc2i in tho morning till ten o'clock tt nipht. In addition to tho sale of varied articles at tho stalls, a largo number oi children and young ladies will e«ll f.owor? ir. tho streets ia aid c; the fund. Every penny of tho proceeds is io bo iorward-ed by cable- to the Belgian Minister in Loadou to prov.de Christmas ch*»?r for the litlle cnos* of iklcrium. Xo one in Chrisi-chitrch fchou'd neglect this splendid opportunity io coatribut-o to such a worthy object. I The sum of XS lias bo?n ra'eed ir. shilling sii-bficriptions nmons tho casploytccs of the Lyttelton Harbour Board in aid of '.ho Belgium Christinas Fund. QTJEEN MAKVS FUXD. TI» Mayoress (Mrs Holland) ec!rniw:cd?e» with tliADJcs receipt o-f th-o joilowing each donation:—"B.li.P»." Os Gd.