TWO WAR DISTRESS FUNDS
THE : SCOPE OF EACH. \. • ■ a correspondent seeking guidance, and-possibly to others, it is explained in ; regard to two of the war distress funds which are being so ; liberally subscribed to:in New Zealand, that the Distress Fund for the Poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium is a fund created; If or the, relief ,of those iu the. countries mentioned who havo been reduced to a state- of distress through the war: It might be mentioned that on November 5 His Excellency the Governor cabled £2,0,000,fr0m. this fund/ to -the Commissioner,., which was divided into two amounts, viz.—£12,575 for the. poor of, Great Britain and Ireland (to be handed to. the executive of the Prince of Wales's Fund for administration) and £7425'f0r the! relief of Belgians in distress, to.be handed to the• proper authorities in Loniioa., fot . the, purpose intended. The fund that bears the plain appellation'"Belgian Relief Fund" was inaugurated by The Dominion under the aegis of. the' Belgian ConsuTfthe Hon. Charles Johnston). This money also goes to the proper authorities in London, who , are attending'to the wants of, distressed Belgians both in Eiiglandand'. in Belgium. Our. correspondent states thai in his-particular district one denomination' favours the former fund and another .the latter.'. This is the first .occasion on which we hayo heard of religious, bodies preferring this "or'. that fund. . Certainly'that has notibeen the. case in Wellington.- It is, after all, practically immaterial, which fund is subscribed . .to," as ; both are genuine, .care--fully-guarded funds that are being raised for. practically the one objectto -relieve'acute distress at Home'and in Belgium". There need be no discrimin-' ation as to which fund, should be sup-, ported....The'only really vital thing to remember is, that" he gives'twico who gives auickb, •>,' ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2311, 19 November 1914, Page 6
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290TWO WAR DISTRESS FUNDS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2311, 19 November 1914, Page 6
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