ALLOCATION OF ART UNION FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 73, 19 December 1935, Page 12

ALLOCATION OF ART UNION FUNDS

Minister’s Discrimination

PEOPLE NOT BENEFITING FROM SPECIAL GRANTS ’ By Telegraph—Press Association.' Auckland, December 18. In announcing the allocation of £4675 from art union- No. 45 for distribution among various organisations, the Hon. AV. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, said he wished to emphasise that his aim bad been to see that the available profits of the art union were given to bodies dispensing relief to the less fortunate section of tlie> community. The money would be distributed among those people who would not benefit either from the special Christmas bonus to the unemployed or from the special grant to the hospital boards. Thirty-three bodies throughout New Zealand will benefit.

“The organisations to which the grants are being made have, under Hie existing conditions, been bard pressed to find the wherewithal to conHuue their benevolent work,” continued Mr. Parry. “I hope the grants decided upon will be the means of brightening the Christmas season for many who would uot otherwise be provided for, and every effort will be made to ensure that only they and not others helped from other sources mentioned will benefit from this distribuHon.” If it might appear that South Island organisations were not participating in the allocation proportionately to the North Island, the sole reason, stated the Minister, was that, within the class of bodies it was desired to assist, there were comparatively few applications from South Island organisations for grants from art union funds. The money has been allocated as follows :— £ Leper station, Makogai 150 Thames U.S.A Home of Compassion, Island Bay, and Silverstrcam 300 Smith Family, Wellington 300 Imperial Ex-servicemen’s ■ Associa- . tiou, Dunedin, and British Legion, Auckland 300 Auckland Hospital Auxiliary .... 200 Bay of Plenty U.S.A. (Tauranga) 50 Wuuganui men’s shelter o 0 Wellington U.S.A ffi>o Associated Boys’ Clubs, Auckland . 50 Single men’s camps amenities fund, Auckland 2.7 Invercargill R.S.A .’ 100 Community Sunshine Association, Auckland 400 Children's Health Camps— Waikato ; 100 Wanganui 100 Wellington '. • 400 Christchurch 100 Dunedin ; 150 Southland 100 Auckland City Mission 150 Down-and-out Mission, Auckland . . 100 Wellington City Mission 150 Wayside Social Relief Club, Wellington 100 St. Vincent de Paul Society 300 Church of England Guest House, Christchurch 50 Christchurch Rotary Club's distress fund 200 Dunedin Men's Mission House.... 50 Dunediu Central Mission 100 Dock Street Mission, Auckland ... 100 Auckland watersillers’ and seamen’s hospital comforts fund 50 Wellington waterside workers’ hospital comforts fund 50 Wellington Centre, New Zealand Red Cross .100