CHARITABLE GRANTS
£10,975 FROM GOVERNMENT) [by telegraph—press association] WELLINGTON, Thursday Grants amounting to £10.975 ara being made by the Government AS Christmas donations toward the funds of a number of charitable and phi" anthropic institutions in New Zealan • The money conies from the surplus profits of art unions held periodica J throughout the year. , There are two large allocations 0 £IOOO each, these being for the Cripp e Children's Society and the Commander? in New Zealand of the Order of • John. There is a grant of £SOO to t e Wellington District Free Ambulance* and grants of £3OO to the Superior Council of the St. Vincent de Society. St. Joseph's Home, Aucklan t the Smith Family, Wellington, * Homes of Compassion, Island Bat an Silverstream. and special relief tor P en sioners and others at C'hristchurch an Dunedin. Substantial gifts are n l3 - the Society for the Protection p Women and Children in the four ©aV centres, and to various orphanages, hospitals, and institute 03.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23838, 13 December 1940, Page 6
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164CHARITABLE GRANTS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23838, 13 December 1940, Page 6
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