EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1931, Page 4

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

OFFERS FROM SCHOOL BOARD AGTmiTSS. READY RESPONSE TO APPEAL. ff n connection with the accommodation of refugee boys and girls from Hawke’s Bay, the New Plymouth High Schools "'B&trd. has forwarded the following resolution'to- the Ministers of Education and -Labour: “The board offers free board •for 10 girls and 10 boys from the Napier High aud Technical. Schools. It is pre; iferred to take pupils front Forms V. and VI. if possible, as these will suffer more • by having .their studies interrupted. In • -addition,' with some financial assistance, the ; board could take 30 more, girls and 30-more boys.” ’ ‘ Miss D. M- Allan, principal of the sch'ooj, reported . yesterday that parents ’ had' offered to ’ billet 50 girls from' the earthquake districts in.order' • -jfijat they might attend the school., The. i.: '<taff' of the 'girls’ • school has raised a’ i/'fund of .£l2, and th. e PUpUs Ji&vq eonU;\tail>uiei among themselves a sum of £6, :* in Jail '£2o. :-If the school' re* ;>? girls (from Hanke’s Bgy. the ijnbney will ba expended in cayjng fpr them,' btherwi'se ‘if will be handed to f fund., ' f —Seventy-parents of pupils at the Boys’ .. JEHgh School have notified’ Mr. W. H. “Stoyeb-thgt’they'ate prepared to biller : nate'-boys!- 1 - . 1 ~ ‘ ‘ . ,- .r>;.Th&-New; Plymouth public hospital .js, I £■; preparing to accept' any. earthquake eas“ualties who may be sent to it. As or-ij-sdinary patients ieaV.e the' beds' vacated i-tjjye them-are-being'kept free, - and in . fiddition, the admission of fresh patijdnts is being restricted except in urgent <ases. The central relief committee bar; Ifeen notified of the hospital’s offer. The Prime Minister Jiris telegraphed jthe Mayor of New Plymouth: “I am jgrateful to you for your offers of the -.-. assistance of experienced organiser*.for . service at Napier and Hastings. Advices hand indicate, that measure's of re"■/■lfef already taken are adequate.” The Inglewood relief committee has ■■i opened a depot, for ■ clothing and sup- . plies.. Members of' the county • council have been appointed to organise their .ridings. - The Women’s Division of the -Farmers’ Union are listing accommbda- !; tfon for refugees, ■ . - ; J“Raliotu set" up a relief committee yes.terday to, act with the Women’s Diyi- •; 'Sion of the Farmers’ Union. A fund has

■JJb.een ojpened and arrangements have ' been made to billpt 50 aud 00 refugees. ;V;'..i!The Mayor of Waitara has opened a , iftind. On Thursday evening £IQO was hand; Waitara has offered to take refugees. .Organisation .of accommo’•iationwas left to the Red Cross-.- — Messrs.' L. Murray and B. Tatneil, Plymouth, who took blankets by jlorry rind;, delivered them io the'citizens’ > jeonrmittee at Napier, have returned-.to ; -Stew! Plymouth/■ On'thff way they called Isftj'Wahganui for a Are hose, which was i • needed. Messrs. • Murray and A. - j»Viiii;[nisbn.. leave, again .for- Hawke’s . - .;|Ba?y;-' at ■ 8 o'clock.. this morning,., driyifig. two-ton lorry with supplies! meeting ! called Zin. New • Piy"hriyutlrßo consider = whether, entertain-. " phent-s should be organised to augment 'lateteeliefT funds, MT. W. G.' Hbldep said’ "Ajewas gratified at thc'attcntlaiice of' ■ ariiore- than 50persons, but in .view of •jjie Alayor’s meeting he thought it bet l , that- the i services' -of those 'present 'oShbulcl'be pfferdct to'the. central orgjinisawho' would doubtless be glad to .o' avail themselves of any means of rais= Bug funds. This suggestion was unanir mously approved and. . Mr. A. B/ Macdonald was deputed to convey the decision to the Mayor. A suggestion that dairy farmers in {the Taranaki district, should, as a part jdf their quota to the earthquake relief funds, donate the proceeds of. a day’s haS' bßen mride : by Mr, L, W. i gbhns,-: Makaka, advises' the News’ ,-K-aponga agent. Should farmers- fall P'/ 'into- . line with the proposal it is ' thbught the matter could be handled-l-'by-.the dairy factory- organisations, ■ ■whose 'resultant cheques would form an /.Appreciable suni. '< ' >■; ' ' ■ ; !/ .. ! OF £loo FOR RELIEF. AERO CLUB’S SYMPATHY. ■ /'-A donation of £lOO was voted by the .-.iNew Plymouth I-Aero .Club for earth- ■ quake relief at Napier at its meeting z dhsfi, evening. ' ;A. vote of - sympathy with Hastings, ? ! Napier' Bnd stricken areas of Hawke’s and the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club Yfwas- passed. . ' ; . • 'Rhe Rev. K. Hadfield, Waitara, presid* oyer a meeting in New Plymouth '- last night, at which it was decided, to ■ "arrange a Maori entertainment in aid jilr ' the ’ relief fund. The Opera House to-be engaged on Thursday ' night b^terind'.the Rev. E. ,O, Haddon’ and Mr. Iff. Papakiira are organising the enterjjEinment ‘in New Plymouth. ' DAY OF INTERCESSION. • . COMBINED church service. ’Arising out of the expressed desire |bf, the. Government to regard Sunday’ !(io-morrow) as. a. day pf intercesnipn; (the clergy of the Anglican and non(Gatholic churches held a special meeting hte New Plymouth yesterday afternoon jrit ; which the following were present: JEhe Ven. Archdeacon Evans, the Revs. C. 'Eaton, J. D. McL. VUlson, F. A. Parry, R. B. Gosnell, W. Stevens, Fordham -.Clarke, W. -Sedgwick and Adjutant Mac-Kenzie.-Archdeacon Evans was. voted to •ihe.,chair.-—- 7 ! ‘lt was decided by a unanimous vote ’that a combined service of intercession be held bn Sunday evening in the Opera ' Hbusc, ..New Plymouth, at 8,15. Arrangements have been made -for spec-ial-hymn sheets to be printed.. The ad-dress-will be-given by the Rev. Clarence Eaton and a collection received, the .whole of which will- be donated to the earthquake relief fund, The Object of " ‘this special service is to- give everyone concerned the opportunity of uniting in . .'intercessory prayer for the • sufferers trough the disaster in Hawke’s Bay.