‘GRENFELL OF LABRADOR’
CONTINUING HIS WORK ROYALTY SUPPORTS FUND (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 14. An effort, which is receiving the support of members of the Royal Family, is being made in Britain to provide an endowment fund for the magnificent work done in Labrador and Newfoundland by Sir Wilfred Grenfell.
For the past 42 years Sir Wilfred Grenfell, who Is now 70 years old, has devoted the whole of his energies to the welfare of the scattered population of fisher-folk in that area. He raised funds, organised hospitals and orphanages, provided food and clothing, and acted as surgeon, magistrate, and general friend to a population of 30,000 people scattered along 12,000 miles of coast line. Now, £40,000 is needed to carry on the work on the medical side, which provided for the treatment of 12,000 patients last vear.
“Grenfell of Labrador,”- as he is known, is also receiving large financial support from Canada and the United States.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18581, 15 December 1934, Page 5
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