JAPANESE DISASTER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17170, 13 October 1923, Page 2

JAPANESE DISASTER.

RELIEF FROM DOMINION. Pxr. Press Assoclatiost. WELLINGTON. October 12. Sir Francis Bell announces that £2-5,000 is now in course of transmission to the British Ambassador irt Japan to be handed to the Japanese Government as the New Zealand Government's contribution to the relief of sufferers from the disaster. He explains that from the first the* matter had anxious and continuous consideration by the Government, which, throughout, desired to comply with the wish of the people of the* Dominion that some practical proof should be given of our sympathy with tho .Japanese nation and the grateful memory of it 3 alliance in the Great. War. He says that the Government in answer to an inquiry, had been informed that supplies of timber and clothing were most urgent necessities, j The Government had endeavoured tj ! obtain freight, ar.d it that difficulty could have been met would have proceeded to purchase large quantities or timber ar.d blankets in Xew Zealand. However it was four.] impossible to arrange for shipment in considerablo quantities. The British Ambassador was informed of the position, and the Government ascertained that tha I equivalent in monev would be ac- ! cepted.