DISTRESS RELIEF

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2398, 2 March 1915, Page 6

DISTRESS RELIEF

POOR OP GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND .BELGIUM FUND. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged... 37,760' 8 0 Rev. D. Gordon, Marton, per J.-J. M'Donald 10 0 Plimmerton Tin Can Band, per Mrs. G. H. Rowell ... 012 0 A.M.P. Industrial Dept. (sth instalment) . 14 0 Moran Family, per Mrs. J. P.Luke 0 10 0 "Anonymous," per Mrs. J. P. Luke 10 0 1.0. of Rcchabites, Perseverance Tent 2 2 0 Hunterville War Relief Fund 70 0 0 Feilding Borough Council (3rd instalment) 66 19 3 New Plymouth Branch of Fund (4th instalment) ... 400 0 0 "'P.N.M;» • i i e "Magpie" Company 13 7 6 "Dental Riskits" ..... 287 £38,320 32 10 As there may be some doubts in the minds of people as to the methods whereby relief can be given to the Belgians without assisting the enemy, the general secretary of the Poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium Relief Fund states that all contributions for assist nice to Belgian sufferers are transmitted by His Excellency the Governor to the Imperial authorities through the New Xoaland High Commissioner. In new of the position taken up by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs with the Belgian Relief Commission, this method of transmission appears to provide as far as possible the best security against tbe risk of diversion of the moneys to the occupying enemy 1 . There is no reason, therefore, the general secretary states, why there should be any hesitation to contribute. owing to a donbt as to the proper application of the money, ■ particularly to any movement which entrusts . the distribution to the Imperial authori- ' ties at Home. The contributions for British relief are, of course, administered by the Executive of the Prince of Wales' Fund.