"THE PRESS" RELIEF FUND.
EVERY PENNY LESSENS DISTRESS. Another contributor yesterday enclosed a note with his cheque, asking us not to use it "to pay single men fourteen shillings a day oii reliet work." There is, t{ course, no such danger None of the money sent to us is paid out in wages. It all goes, under wise direction, to the purchase of necessities for people who are m actual distress. We have the assurance of the Mayor, who has the assurance of the relief depots, that not a penny of our fund is used in any other way tnan in carrying out our contributors' wishes. The following contributions have alreadv been received:— £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged "... ... 273 7 0 Mrs R. J. Maxwell ... 0 10.0 A.P. ... ... ... 0 5 0 H. C. Lane ... ... 5 5 0 A.M.V. Plain Jane ... ... „ .0.10 0 A. V,. and F. Egan ... 5 5 0 B.P. ... ... ... 1 0 ) N«*mo, ... ... ... 010 0 Sixpence ... ... 1 15 0 I 1 £289 7 0
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 14
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165"THE PRESS" RELIEF FUND. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 14
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