BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 16, 20 January 1916, Page 2

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

The Mayor of Karori (Mr. B. G. H. Burn) has received, through the Mayoress of Wellington (Mrs. J. P. Luke), the following letter from Mrs. A. Haughtou Lamert, secretary of the Deptford Fund for Belgian Relief: —

" 24, Buckingham Palace-road, S.W., 27th November, 1915. Dear Madam, — Will you allow, me to thank you, and through you all the ladies of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand; who have been so good as to send us.such useful garments for the Belgian refugees. We noticed the threepenny bits and the crackers with' pennies, which will give great pleasure to..the children, and we are particularly glad of the short-coated outfits, baby jackets, and clothing which were also included in the valuable present. ' I cannot tell you how grateful we are.to New Zealand for all the help, both in money, in food, and in clothing, she has sent to us." 'May I ask you to take charge also of these letters of thanks which are from our Mothers' Club?' This was part of a consignment sent for bur women who had suffered and were suffering through tho war. I can assure you that the gratitude is very real; it has made the mothers and our people realise as never before that our - overseas Dominion is quite as British as' London ! The parcel was received per. B. H. Burn. With many thanks from us all."

One of the letters received from participants in the relief sent says:"" I am sending this note of thanks for the nice parcel of clothes which I received, which was very useful, and most thoughtful 'of our New Zealand friends to think of us in such a friendly manner." Another letter of thanks concludes:. " Food is very dear, and there is not much^rrioney left for clothes."