HEART TO HEART APPEAL

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 221, 17 September 1940, Page 7

HEART TO HEART APPEAL

For Suffering People Of London Fund Reaches £8449 In Three Days Widespread Practical Sympathy Warmly sympathetic a* the dreadful tale of London a suffering* under the brutal blitzkrieg of the Nazi buzzards, is told by word and '•14* rat,on » New Zealandera have made an immediate response to the I e * r jto , art , P pe f; " * or mone y to relieve distresa among the stouthearted people of the Homeland. After a year of war. with horror piled on horror, the mind almost subconsciously refuses to form mental pictures of the havoc and slaughter wrought by aerial bombing. It is only hen the destruction and suffering is depicted by the camera that the depth and extent of the suffering inflicted upon our kith and kin can be appreciated. PoTgnant in their appeal are the illustrations which have come by air mad. Innocent victims of Germany's gangster methods are seen stoically carrying on in the midst of unexampled desolation. Homeless, bereaved, widowed, fatherless—these . re but words. A moment's reflection as the illustration* are studied brings a pang to the heart. The people suffering thus are not those of some distant, foreign land They are our own kith and kin. flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone. It is Weed and P ° Ur hd * in khaki and b,ue b» ve gone to fight and To merely feel emotionally sympathetic is not enough. We all of us must give practical expression to those deeply-felt emotions—and give generously, quickly, in the fullness of our hearts. "It cannot happen here, perhaps, but it has happened in the beloved heart of our Empire, and if our boasted ties of loyalty and kinship are to be more than intan- ? our response to the cry for succour must, and will be, openhanded and speedy.

In no defeatist or vanquished >ente does the cry of the maimed anl homeless come to ua across the seas. They who suffer, and who, suffering, stretch out hands to us for aid, could cry enough and bow their heads in subjection to the Nazi terrorists. But that they will never do, Tnie i» total wir. Men* women and little children are in the front line. All share in the heroic sufferings which «pell the price of victory. Whether u- I not J^ e he, P Vrill fight to the end—and the end will Me •n But, if we help them with all and every the victory will the more speedily be won, so help we must. -o, lr . e * dy ,' thou «k the "Heart to Heart Appeal" it but three day* old £8449 has been paid into the fund opened by the "Auckland Star." Purse strings everywhere have been loosened. All classes are responding from those fortunate enough to be able to make a four-figure donation to »e war pensioner who sent five shillings, and the aged Londoner who B*ve naif a crown. Many in the community will be able to give Only a shilling or two, yet the shillings quickly mount to pounds, and none should. •title generous instincts by inability to give a large sum. It must be realised that the appeal is to everyone, for where, in this happy New Zealand, is there suffering comparable with that in Britain? Details of donations received at the "Auckland Star" Office up till noon to-day are:—

|a/ M. and P.J. £3 3/s A. Trifle. £3: Onewa Road. North*: ote. £2 ■/' 2 Sur" Bookbinding Department. £2 2/: Miss E. Puckett, Mr. and Mr.. W. J. Robins. £2: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Crotd, Two Pensioners, C. A. W. Junie, Mr. and Mrs. H. Pelling. £.1 1/: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Strong, R. M. Browne, S. Foster, Miss Rattray, Mrs. J. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. S. Raymond Norris. £! : Tay, 479, Betty and Jack, W. Gillman. Jack Braim, Fr'end. Mr. and Mr». B. 11. Gossage, Kitty and Ivy, T. H. Wood, Cien C., W. L. Chapman and family, J. and G. Cooke, Anonymous, A.J.S., Mrs. 11. M. Bowring. 10/: Man of Kent, A Sympathiser, Londoner, Mrs. Todd, H. Fleming. E. Simmonds. Mr«. J. C. McMaster (Mount Eden). Total of individual donations less than 10/: 7/6. Total £8449 9 0 Further donation* rec*iv«d by the "Auckland Star** will be acknowledged daily.

£ ■ a Amount previously acknowledged 6623 19 6 Mr. and Mr*. Mappin 1000 0 0 Arthur H. Nathan, Ltd. .» 100 0 0 Mis» M. O. Peacock |00 0 0 Mis* M. E. Peacock 1.......... 100 0 0 Mr*. J. M. McLachlan ............ 100 0 0 To Help Sustain 50 0 0 Morris. Black and Mathieson, Ltd. 25 0 0 Normanton 20 0 0 Mr. and Mr». Nelaon Mitchell 15 15 0 W. Gilmour |0 |0 0 Public Benefit Shoe Store 10 10 0 Mr. and Mr*. N. A. Campbell ........ 10 10 0 Mr. and Mr». P. E. Miller 10 10 0 ' Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cuthbertson 10 10 0 Mr. and Mr*. W. E. Hedditch 10 10 0 Mr. and Mr*. A. W. Euex 10 0 0 Mrs. Henderson 10 0 0 Mr. and Mr*. W. E. Capttick 10 0 0 J. F. Macready 10 0 0 C- G. Wi*e 10 0 0 LM.A.H , 0 Q £ Two Old Piccadilly Pal* 10 0 0 H. Bolton 10 0 0 Mr. and Mr*. Norman Heath 10 0 0 Mary. Heather and Judy 6 6 0 Mi** E. jone* 5 f X E.R. and W.R.S 5 | 5 A. W. Greig 5 5 q Mr. and Mr*. S. Reynold* 5 5 0 James Lye and Son 5 5 0 Barr Family 5 0 0 H.J. Copping 5 0 0 Miss Henderson 5 q q Mr. and Mr*. W. H. Nagle 5 0 0 Mr. and Mr*. F. W. Beckett 5 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kenner 5 0 0 T. W. May*on 5 q 0 Mr*. C. G. Wi*e 5 0 0 Mr. and Mr*. A. G. Jarrett 5 0 0 M.S.. Avondala 5 0 0 Staff A. Foster and Co., Ltd 5 0 0 J. and N. Guy 5 q 0 Western Produce Co., Ltd 5 0 0 Mr. and Mr*. A. Foster . 5 0 0 Old Age Pensioner and Wife 5 0 0