ALLEVIATING DISTRESS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 16 June 1932, Page 10

ALLEVIATING DISTRESS

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —Allow me through your columns to express my thanks to the members of the Relief Committee of the Hospital Board for the kindly consideration they showed to me at their weekly meeting this week, when a large number of cases were dealt with, and I got an insight into the methods of the Wellington Committee compared with those adopted in Auckland. . A gleam of humour was seen during the rather sombre proceedings when it was suggested,' when a difficult case was being dealt with, that the party concerned should have her fare paid to Auckland. It was good to see so many sincere and capable imen and women giving their time to al- . leviatc distress in this city. The pro- | bleins they dealt with were very much the same as we ha\'e to deal with in the Northern capital. No public work is harder, and the public should recognise the unselfish work done on their behalf. If I may make one observation here, and I know the complex nature of it from both the point of view of ■ the landlord and the tenant, but .rents of houses where relief workers live are too high in your city, and before those concerned can get enough iood and clothing for their wives and their children, rents must come down, for, till they do, heads of families are being asked to do the impossible.l—l am, etc., -

W. K.HOWITT, Chairman, Relief Committee, Auckland Board;