EARTHQUAKE RELIEF.
"THE PRESS" FUND. It is a great- pleasure to know that Press? readers have - now subscribed more than eight thousand ponndß for earthquake relief, and done it in less than four weeks. Although our first contribution came to us on the day on which the earthquake waif reported, our fund was not opened until February sth, so that the average contribution has been two thousand pounds a week from the first news of the disaster.
Other contributions will still come, and "prill still he gratefully received and acknowledged; but we shall not ask for more unless a situation develops which cannot at present be foreseen. Parliament meets this day week, and we shall take no further action—over and above this duty of acknowledgment —until relief measures are announced on behalf of the whole community. We acknowledge already:—
£ s. d. Previously acknowledged 7905 19 0 Proceeds sale of 2 rams „. 0 3 0 ltotherham School (2nd 6 contribution) 0 2 Proceeds from dance, Waiau ... ... ... 33 18 9 Tai Tapu District Branch of the Jfew Zealand Farmers' Union ... 0 5 0 From Hanmer Springs 86 18 {details on page 13) 6 £8032 0 9
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20177, 4 March 1931, Page 8
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194EARTHQUAKE RELIEF. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20177, 4 March 1931, Page 8
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