EARTHQUAKE RELIEF.
j FOII CHURCH PROPERTY. I c i NOT BELNG RECOGNISED. (By Telegraph.—-Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 13. At a, meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery the opinion was expressed that church property came within the scope of earthquake relief. Notice was received from a clerk of the Westland district that the damage to church 1 property was at least €SOO. hut tbo I relief committee considered the chure'n j had no claim on the funds. The 1 speaker said Presbyterians had added j .to their subscriptions to the central J fund on the understanding relief would ! ho granted wherever damage had been | done.-. , j It was decided that letters be writj ten to the Mayor of Christchurch and the president- of the Presbyterian Advisory Church drawing attention to the fact that the claims of the church were not being recognised.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17662, 13 August 1929, Page 8
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