PATRIOTIC FUND

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21532, 20 December 1939, Page 6

PATRIOTIC FUND

Mr S. Saltzman Makes Gift of £5OO BENEFACTIONS NOW TOTAL £19.025 By Telegraph —Press Association DUNEDIN, December 19 At a meeting of the Otago Provincial ! Patriotic Council this morning, the | following letter from Mr S. Saltzman. I which was received with applause. I was read by the Mayor:— “As a citizen of the British Empire, which is engaged in the gigantic task | of maintaining liberty and freedom. I and as destiny has brought me into existence many years too soon, so depriving me of participating in doing something for this great cause which the British Empire is fighting for. I therefore deem it my duty to help, at least in a monetary way, those young and valiant men who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country’s cause. We feel particularly proud of our New Zealand boys who assisted in the defeat of a monster which destroyed so many innocent lives while it was at large, and I therefore enclose my cheque for £5OO for the Patriotic Fund, which may be dis- I posed of in whatever direction you may dfeem necessary. I may also say, . should any occasion arise when my i help is required, I shall deem it my duty to assist in whatever way possible.” The following is a list of public gifts made by Mr Saltzman in the last few years:—

£ Grev Hospital 1000 I Oamani Children's Hospital 2000 j Dimedin Opthalmic Hospital .. 1275 Childrens Health Camp, Company Bay 1250 Waipiata Sanatorium Block .. 3000 St. John Ambulance Building Dunedin 7000 Balclutha T B Block 3000 Otago Provincial Patriotic Couiicil 500 Total 19,025