HELP NEEDED.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1013, 31 December 1910, Page 5

HELP NEEDED.

AN UNTIMELY FIRE, The fire, through the premises of tho Young' Women's Christian Association in Manners.Street, yesterday morning,, came at such , a tlnio as to; make its results particularly em-, barrassing. ; The association- had only/ reoently moved, into its',.,jiew quarters, and a period ,of wider ilsofulness. wa? confidently expected. Tho monetary loss to the association •by • the fire is estimated at-between £250. aiid £300, but the setback to' the, work; caniiot bo measured, in' pounds,'shilling?, ami pence..; At' present , ; abqut. fifty yoyng women haVe their luncheon at ; the rooms daily, and the total membership is about 300. The committe'e '-is 'particUr anxious .to get' ' the ~ work into runmng'oriler again- as 'gobn'.'as especially in. view of the : that tho immigration ,season-,is - iii, full,. swing, and girls whom'they ;Wish;to'be : able to help are arriving in : lar'ge numbers. They aro obliged to-look -to the. public for help, and they feel'sure that a causo like theirs will not appeal • in : . vain. St. John's Schoolroom has been kindly placed at the disposal of the association until the end of January, arid will bo opened at noon to-day. .'Donations- inmoney' or; kind will, be gratefully re-; ceived by. the treasurer," Mrs. Hubert. Hob'y,'.at Mr, Hoby's rooms, Willis Street, / The' "following have already been!received.:—-Mrs. S. A- ;Rhode3, £25; Anonymous, £o,'V A subscription list is oaen at !Teb Dominion' office."