MEMORIAL FUND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22724, 10 May 1937, Page 11

MEMORIAL FUND

RESPONSE IN AUCKLAND TOTAL APPROACHING £II,OOO THE TOWN HALL . LIST The steady flow of contributions to the fund which the Mayor, Mr. Ernest Davis, has opened on behalf of the King George V. National Memorial Fund at the Town Hall, continues and on Saturday the sum of £135 was added to the list. With the subscriptions raised by the two newspapers the aggregate is now approaching £II,OOO. The latest list of donations on the Town Hall list is as under: Previously acknowledged .. £'0,007 10 3 Auckland Wrestling Assn. . . 50 O O Kauri Timber Co., Ltd. .. 21 .0 0 Real Estate Institute .. .. TO 10 O Court. Pride of Onehunga, No. 5201, A.O.F. .. , 10 10 O Staff Devonport Ferry Co., Ltd. O 19 S Staff Hugh Wright, Ltd. . . 4 3 0 Johnston's Blue Motors, Ltd. 3 3 0 A. Foster and Co., Ltd. . . 3 3 0 The Victorians . . .. 3 3 0 Masco, Ltd., and Staff .. 2 0 0 Shreddo, Ltd. . . • • 2 4 0 Mr. & Mrs. G. Graham .Russell 22 0 C. Little and Sons, Ltd. . . 22 0 Professor & Mrs. H. G. Forder 110 Mr. and Mrs. Cyril A. Sneddon 110 Prof. & Mrs. .T. A. Bnrtrum 110 Sawbones . . • • • • 110 Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Roche .. 110 Staff Parsons and Hassan) . . 0 13 0 Staff C. Little and Sons, Ltd. 0 11 0 Per One Tree Hill Bor. Council — Capt. and Mrs. A. J. Pearce, £3 3s; Staff One Tree Hill Bor. Council, £3 10s Od; Tamaki Sawmill Co. and Staff, £1 8s 8 1 (i Total £10,013 15 0 THE HERALD LIST FURTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS Further contributions to the Herald subscription list opened on behalf of the King George V. National Memorial Fund were received on Saturday, and arc acknowledged as follows: — Previously acknowledged . • £O3O 8 10 K. Proude . . •. - • 1 ,1 ,! a.g.b. o > no Nemo .. • • • • • • (l ~ Total 12 4 WORTHY OBJECTIVE APPEAL TO LABOUR PARTY PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [by telegraph —OWN correspondent] WELLINGTON, Sunday An appeal to members of the Labour Party and trade unionists to support the King George V. National Memorial Fund tvas made by the president of the New Zealand Labour Party, Mr, .Tames Roberts, in an interview. Mr. Roberts said that the memorial which had been proposed was particularly fitting. In his opinion the real test of the nation's economic and social status rested on three things —its provision for old folk, its treatment of its women, and its attitude toward children. In the health camp movement New Zcalandcrs were recognising their obligations to the children, and lie was sure everyone, irrespective of party or creed, would recognise that their first duty was toward the children. / "Children are our first consideration," said Mr. Roberts, "and anything that can bo done to eliminate suffering and increase their health and happiness has my fervent support. Few New Zealanders realise that this country, in common with 53 other nations, is bound by a declaration which has rightly become known as the children s charter. This declaration was signed by members of the League of Nations at a General Assembly in Geneva in 1924, and I think that it is fitting that during the present appeal it should be brought under the notice of the public. "The declaration reads as follows: — '(1) The child must be given means for its normal development, both materially and spiritually. (2) A child that is hungry must be fed. a child that is sick must be nursed, a child that is backward must be helped, a delinquent child must be reclaimed, the orphan and the waif must be sheltered and succoured. (3) The child must be the first to receive relief in times of distress. (4) The child must be put in a position to earn a livelihood and must be protected against every form of exploitation. (5) The child should be brought up in the consciousness that its talents are to be useful in the service of its fellowmen.' "