GIFT OF £1,000,000
SOUTH AFRICA'S TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN CONDUCT DURING WAR (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 18. Over £1,000,000 for the people of Britain was formally handed over by Field Marshal Smuts to Mr. Attlee m a ceremony in the Cabinet room at Number 10 Downing street. The gift took the form of a gold certificate for £985,000 “with no conditions attached,” except that it be used for the advantage of the British people and also a bank draft for £196,625 which was offered especially from the people of Durban and the province of Natal. Field Marshal Smuts said the gift was a symbol, through which the people of South Africa wished to express their admiration, for the conduct of the British people in the Second World War. He added that the money was collected by South Africa’s People of Britain Fund. A condition attaching to Natal’s gift provided that part, of the funds be spent on a hospital or similar utilitarian memorial. Mr. Attlee said he would consult with the utmost care to see how the gift could best be used. He felt that the people of South Africa would like the money to be devoted to purposes which would serve the needs of ordinary men and women.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1946, Page 7
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