Cancer Appeal
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—l have received a communication from the president of the New Zealand branch of the British Empire Cancer Campaign Society, in which he draws attention to the fact that His Majesty the King had accepted the jubilee gift of £5OOO from the NewZealand Government, but has given it back to the Dominion for the use of the New Zealand Branch of the British Empire Cancer Campaign Society. This is a noble act, and entirely worthy of His Majesty, who has on more than one occasion shown special interest in the work of this society. The Thanksgiving Fund, raised to celebrate his recovery a few years ago from a serious illness, was devoted by him almost entirely to the Cancer Research Society of which he is patron. While New Zealand can boast the lowest infantile and tuberculosis death rates in the world, and while general health conditions compare favourably with those of other countries, the death rate from cancer is higher in New Zealand than in Australia. Canada, South Africa and other countries. It condemns’ no less than 1500 of our people to sufferings and death every year. The New Zealand society is doing its part in the British Empire Cancer Campaign, fo ur free cancer clinics being established in the principal centres, but funds are needed to carry on the work. Cancer is increasing, and we are capable of a greater effort in combating it. Every citizen can contribute to New Zealand’s jubilee gift to th e King, headed by the £5OOO given by the Government and £5OO by the Wellington City Council, and each contributor will have the satisfaction not only of contributing towards the gift fund but ot furthering the King’s wish in a deserving cause which, at the same time, is the cause of our own country. Hawke’s Bay contributed generously to the Cancer Campaign Fund (nearly £2000) just before the earthquake, and such another effort is not suggested, but this is an opportunity for giving a small goodwill offering to the King’s Jubilee Fund. I would suggest a fund be started throughout Hawke’s Bay of shilling subscriptions to give everyone an opportunity of contributing. Subscription lists could he opened in all offices factories and shops, and by all organised bodies and clubs. The total amount collected, with the lists, would be published, and the money forwarded in one sum to headquarters, the lists to be definitely closed on May 31, the end of Jubilee month.—-Yours, etc,, J. D. P. LEAHY. Napier, May 14.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 126, 14 May 1935, Page 8
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