BELIEF OF DISTRESS

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3765, 2 October 1940, Page 4

BELIEF OF DISTRESS

THE CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT FEW DEMANDS UPON FUNDS ; There were few calls for the relief* of distress in Cambridge last year and' as a result the committee niot very active, stated the report presented at the annual meeting bf the Cambridge District Relief Committee, at which the Mayor, Mr Edgar James, presided. • Expenditure for the relief of distress during the past twelve months amounted to £65 4/4. A regular contribution of £ll was received from the monthly art unions, arid at the end of April last, the credit at the bank amounted to £BB 11/5. The election of officers resulted as follows: Chairman, Mr Edgar* James; secretary, Miss K. Ibbotson; treasurer, Mr Frank T. Ray; committee, the Revs! G. 11. Goodman, C. W. Chandler and H. W. Hitchcock, Pastor A. Y. Brown, Drs. H. C. Tod, J. Ritchie and L. F. Johnson, Messrs F. T. Ray ,and, J. V. Richards; distress officers, jMesdames A. Hulme, A. >Y. Gane, and. S. Lewis;, auditor, p Mr M. J. Clark.