LONDON DISTRESS FUND.
TOTAL OVER £1,000,000,
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 7,
The Lord Mayor of London’s air raid distress fund has reached a total of £1,030,000 as the result of several large contributions from overseas which included a further £6O 000 from the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, £IOOOO from Bengal, "another £SOOO from Tasmania, £4OOO from Perth, Western Australia, and 10,000 rupees from the Maharajah of Rcwa.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7
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68LONDON DISTRESS FUND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7
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