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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18412, 19 May 1920, Page 6

The Mayor, Br Thacker, haa received a letter from tho Department of Internal Affairs, regarding a public appeal on behalf of the "Fight the Famine Fund." The Minister stated that the fund was not a " war" fund, and although there was no desire to check assistance being given to people abroad in distress, yet section 2, War Funds Act, 1915, and section 33, War Legislation Act, 1917, declared that no public appeal could be made for such purposes without the consent of the Minister- This he could not grant at present, as over £SOOO had been diverted recently from Dominion funds to the "Save the Children" Fund (London), and it was desirable to see what use was made of this money before approving other appeals. if all wont well, the sum mentioned might bo duplicated without any appeal to the public.