FRENCH RELIEF FUND.
GOVERNMENT GIVES WAY. CHRTSTCHUROH, June 20. The Hon. G. W. Russell ; stated t-o-dav that" the Government had-reviewed the position" in regard to the establishment in Wel-lington-of a fund for French relief, as the original refusal might- be construed as a lack of appreciation of the glorious patriotism and heroism of the French nation. It had now been'resolved to approve of the fund—half foi-'the French Red Cross and half for the French Government for other patriotic
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Otago Witness, Issue 3355, 3 July 1918, Page 57
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78FRENCH RELIEF FUND. Otago Witness, Issue 3355, 3 July 1918, Page 57
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