RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF.
NEW ZEALAND'S ASSISTANCE.
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN SAVED.
The generous response made by the people of New Zealand to the appeal of the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of the famine-stricken inhabitants of Russia has been acknowledged in several quarters. Mr. 0. H. Furness, chairman of the Auckland Citizens' Committee appointed to organise the appea.lj has received a letter from the High Commissioner, Sin James Allen, stating that all consignments sent from this country reached their destination intact. Sir James states that he has received communications from different officials connected with the Mansion House, London, thanking the people of New Zealand for the help they have given in "the very great work which now stands to their credit in Russia," and assuring him that their magnificent efforts have been the means of saving thousands of little children and orphans, who, but for them, must have died of starvation. Sir Beni'amin Robertson says the work of the British organisations saved 1,000,000 people from a lingering, horrible death, and that the British units, who were in the field before all other foreign organisations, did more for v the prestige of Great Britain than a fleet of battleships.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18249, 16 November 1922, Page 6
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199RUSSIAN FAMINE RELIEF. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18249, 16 November 1922, Page 6
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