FAMINE IN CHINA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18600, 30 December 1920, Page 5

FAMINE IN CHINA.

APPEAL FOR HELP. [Pier Press Association-.] WELLINGTON, December 29. : The Minister of Internal Affairs has received from tho Chines© Consul an. urgent appeal for funds to combat the effects of the terrible famine now raging in several provinces of China. Tho Minister states that any moneys forwarded to the Under-Secretary of Internal Affaire will he dispatched to the British legation at Pekin and devoted to relief work.

The Chinese Consul is advised that some 20,000.000 people are in dire distress, and that a very large sum of money will bo required before much good can be done. Appeals for assistance are being made to all Allied nations, and the Consul believes that New Zealand will maintain 'its reputation for generosity.