APPEAL FOE FUNDS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 22 March 1929, Page 13

APPEAL FOE FUNDS

SHOULD LISTS BE OPENED?

(By Telegraph.) (Special io "Tho Evening Post.")

AUCKLAND, This Day.

"We have bled the public pretty thoroughly," said the MayOi (Mr. G. Baildou) last evening, when a suggestion that a fund might be established for the relief of distress in China came before the City Council. Ho read a telegram from the Mayor of Wellington, stating that sixteen million Chinese were facing starvation, and indicating the steps which had been taken towards the establishment of a fund in the capital city.

"My experience is that all the money raised here can bo .spent hero," Mr. Baildon said. "This is not a job I look forward to with any comfort, but I think wo should givo the public an opportunity to contribute by opening a list."

Mr. E. J. Plioliiu: "I think wo should wait for a lead from tho Government."

Mr. A. J. Entrican said that the council should set an example, and he suggested giving 100 guineas.

Miss. E. Melville: "While, we do not want to minimise the miser; in that unfortunate country, I think we should call a public meeting to get the view of the citizens."

Mr. M. J> Coyle remarked that the Government had refused to assist the British miners, and it would bo difficult to reconcile a donation to the Chinese appeal.

Tho question was deferred until a general meeting of • the council.