GIFT OF £250,000
RAJAH OF SARAWAK BRITISH WAR FUNDS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 21. The Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Brooke, has offered a gift of £250,000 to the British Government as a further contribution towards the cost of the war. The Colonial Secretary, Lord Moyne, has cabled his acceptance of the gift, which is the third from this source. The rajah had already given £375,000. __
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 24 February 1941, Page 7
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