CHINESE FAMINE
NEW ZEALAND’S £6OO GIFT
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, April 18.
The Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, to-day cabled £6OO to the International Relief Fund? Commission in Shanghai as the first' instalment of money raised in the Dominion for the relief of starving millions in the Provinces of Honan, 'Shensi and Kansu. The latest official news received from China by the Mayor is as follows: China greatly appreciates New Zealand’s co-operation in the matter of relief for sufferers. The conditions are the worst for fifty years. Millions are eating leaves, bark, grass and seeds and thousands are dying. No crop is possible in most- areas till September. Funds are very inadequate and international effort is required to prevent- disastrous loss of life.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1929, Page 2
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