RELIEF FUND.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20915, 24 July 1933, Page 3

RELIEF FUND.

♦ BUSINESS MEN'S APPEAL. The contributions to the Citizens' Relief of Distress Fund received on Saturday brought the total to date up to £10,422 10s. The honorary treasurer. Mr J. W. Niven, city treasurer, on behalf of the Business Men's Relief Committee, acknowledges the following additional contributions: — £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 10,407 1G 0 Edgeware Road Methodist Church Bible Classes 12 6 Central Relief Depot, boot repairs .. .. 0 19 G B. L. Hart and Co.. Ltd. (seventh contribution* 0 3 0 Anonymous (children's boots) • - 2 12 0 Staff, D.I.C. (third contribution) .. .. 2 110 Staff, Aust. T. and G. Mutual Life Assurance (sixth contribution) 2 19 Employees, W. H. Preece and Son. Ltd. (fourth contribution) .. 12 9 Employees, Scott Bros. (fourth contribution) 0 9 9 S.C. .. .. 10 0 Mr and Mrs F. Protsch .. 10 0 Staff, Christchurch Press Co. (sixth contribution) 1 11 9 £10,422 10 0 THE DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF. NEW SYSTEM SUGGESTED. A system for the distribution of relief in blocks similar to that in use during the war, when money was being raised, has been proposed to Mr T. H. Cape-Williamson, and will be submitted to the Business Men's Relief of Distress Committee. The proposal is as follows: — "Take a map of Christchurch and divide the area into small blocks, bounded by four streets. Allot each block to a responsible person who will get a record of the circumstances of every necessitous case in the block and advise the Central. Depot of the requirements. The' depot would then make arrangements for delivery. As an illustration, take the block between Kilmore, Colombo, Peterborough, and Montreal streets. This block would be numbered one, and Mrs Smith would be put in charge

and :io one in that area could get help without Mrs Smith's recommendation. By this method it would be possible to prevent house-to-house begging. If a man or woman called at a house for help, the householder could take the name and address and report to the depot. Those in charge would have a record of all block representatives and could investigate the case. Should any family move from a block, its record could be passed on to the representative of the block to which it transferred. Under this system, contributors would give more freely, knowing they were not being imposed upon. The proposal means securing a large body of helpers but they are available. The system is simple under efficient organisation." CLOTHES DRIVE. WELLINGTON POSTMEN'S BIG COLLECTION. (mess associatiov telegeam.) WELLINGTON, July 23. The most successful clothes drive ever held in Wellington took place yesterday, when between 12,000 and 13,000 parcels were collected between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The drive was carried out by the Wellington postmen and was the outcome of a challenge by the Christchurch postmen, who collected more than 10,000 in one afternoon. APPLICATIONS FOR SUBSIDY. Up to mid-day on Saturday 249 applications had been made to the Labour Department at Christchurch for the Unemployment Board's building subsidy. Of the total 138 applications had been approved and' the value of the work proposed was £207,383, involving a wages cost of £74,263. AUCKLAND APPLICATIONS. (rftESS ASSOCIATION TILEGSAU.) AUCKLAND, July 22. During this week 74 applications for the building subsidy have been made in Auckland, representing new buildings or alterations worth £12,000. This brings the total number of applications up to 334, the total value being £130,137. Labour costs are estimated tc absorb £43.500 and the subsidy is estimated at £16,343. 4