Appeal For Food Offends Scotland
^Rceoivcl Fridav, 7..t0 p.m. fv LOXDOX, August 20 • The Glasgow Sunduy Mail says ihe publication of an •appeal in- t-he Xew Zeaiand newspaper Soutlieru Cross J'or food pareels and elothes for the village of Dunvegan (Skye) under the Xew Z-aland Aid to Britain caiupaign luis offended many people in tlie llighlandand the outer islands. The letter whicii Was dir'cted in th,e lirst instanee to the Kew Zeuland Red Cross Society, slaled that ihe people of Skye were sometimes wecks without rations of niilk and eggs. A member of tlie Argyll Count \ Council stated: "Tliis letter niav give a wrong impression. If there are niu cases of acute distress in Skye or in anv )»art of Scotland the rosponsilnlity liewith the local authorities and tlie Go\ crnment Departments conce-rned. Tlie1. ara ])lenty of destuving people in the re nioter islands who liave never reeeive t panels from overseas, but tliey would never dream of begging or appoalii|g ' for outside aid. " 1
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1948, Page 5
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165Appeal For Food Offends Scotland Chronicle (Levin), 21 August 1948, Page 5
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