CANCER CAMPAIGN

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21122, 24 March 1934, Page 14

CANCER CAMPAIGN

5 EMI 1 IRIS DAY AI'I'EAL I ! ! xhe secretary of the local division of ■ i the British Empire Cancer Campaign ! I Society <Mr E. H. Wyles > has received ; from the secretary ol' the New Zealand j branch of the society the following cablegram from the headquarters of ! the s'ocietv in London:— ! -The Empire Day appeal will be m- : aueurated by a meeting convened by ! the Lord Mayor of London at the Man- ' ! sion House, which will be addressed . j bv the president of the the t ! Duke of York, on May 1. On Sun- ; ! day. May 20. Lord Movnihan. tlie pas! | 1 president of the Royal College of Sur- j I geons. will broadcast an appeal here j i and throughout the British dominions , : through the short wave transmitters of i ' the British Broadcasting Corporation. ( i Lord Movnihan will ask for support , | for all branches overseas and will state | that sums received from New | j Zealand will be returned to your j j branch. Five hundred municipalities , | and district councils are holding a flag . j day here in aid of the apepal." ! t Of the 40.000.00U persons living in , I South America to-day. at least, j 1 30.000.000 are Indians, negroes or ! ! half-castes.