"KING OF GIVERS"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23405, 22 July 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)

"KING OF GIVERS"

LORD NUFFIELD HELPS YOUNG SOLDIERS

lOED NUFFIELD'B latest gift to . the British nation was timed with that unerring instinct lor the right moment which never fails fVn'g king of benefactors. A man who knows the needs of youth because he keeps his heart young, and his keen human sympathy unaffected by the stress of modern business, Lord Nuffield realised where the young soldier in training in England would most feel the loss of civil freedom. So he has given £IOO,OOO a year for the soldiers' recreation and this will fill a real need. It is a gift of £1,500,000. The regular forces have their playing-fields and organisations, but nothing adequate could be done by the State for the doubled Territorial Army and the Militia. Now the trustees of the new gift will be able to get busy at once

with a definite sum to spend, and tie result will in itself more than double the efficiency of the young men who are flocking to serve their country. During the last twelve years Lord Nuffield has given more than a million pounds a year to some excellent cause, and the total now amounts to £14,650,000. This is not the first time he has helped the Territorials itj Britain, for eighteen months ago; he inaugurated their Sports Fund with a gift of £50,000, and followed this up with £IO,OOO to the. Air Defence Corps. Enduring gratitude, as Mr. HoreBelisha so happily wrote in acknowledging the gift, is what everyone feels about it all, both those who will share in it and the parents who are giving their sons to devote themselves to the service of BritainOur photograph shows Lord Nuffield and two girls he made friends with on the boat while travelling from Australia, to New Zealand.