REFUGEE FUND IN DOMINION

Southland Times, Issue 23334, 19 October 1937, Page 7

REFUGEE FUND IN DOMINION

PUBLIC MEETING HELD IN WELLINGTON (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, October 18. A public meeting of citizens and members of interested organizations, called by the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. C. A. Hislop) today discussed ways and means of raising money to assist refugees suffering through the present conflict in China. The meeting decided to go ahead with the raising of funds, to work in with the I>:d Cross Society and the Order of St. John, which have already launched an appeal, and to leave the distribution of the money to the Red Cross Society. A special Chinese Appeal Committee set up by the council of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society; with Sir James Elliott as chairman, aims to raise £lO,OOO in a month with the co-operation of other organizations. Mrs T. H. Lowry, Dominion president of the Red Cross, has made a donation of a number of special stamps to be sold to motorists in order to defray initial expenses. Mrs Lowry has given £2O and Sir James Elliott £lO to the fund.

BOYCOTT APPROVED IN 14 COUNTRIES UNANIMOUS RESPONSE BY TRADES UNIONS LONDON, October 17. Sir Walter Citrine, president of the International Federation of Trades Unions, reports a unanimous response to the call to boycott Japanese goods from trades union organizations in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United States, Mexico, India. Holland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Czechoslovakia and Austria. NEW ZEALAND’S DECISION NOT YET MADE (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, October 18. No decision about the boycott of Japanese goods has been reached bv the Federation of Labour, but, from inquiries today it was ascertained that it will be fully discussed shortly, when the official attitude of the federation may be announced. QUICK ACCEPTANCE BY AMERICA MR NORMAN DAVIS TO BE ENVOY NEW YORK, October 17. The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) has accepted on behalf of the United States the invitation to the ninePower conference. His announcement almost immediately followed receipt of the invitation from Belgium. Mr Cordell Hull has delegated Mr Norman Davis, the American ambas-sador-at-large, to attend, and he will probably be sailing within a week, with six advisers. VATICAN DENIES SUPPORT OF JAPAN ROME, October 17. The Vatican denies an American report that the Church supports Japanese action against China because the latter is communist.