BELGIAN RELIEF.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2401, 5 March 1915, Page 6

BELGIAN RELIEF.

£2000 FOR BELGIANS AND SERVIANS

Br Telegraph—Pitas AssociaUon-Oouyxifiht Sydney, March 4. Tho Board" of National Relief has donated £1000 each to the Belgian and Servian Funds. MAYOR'S NEW FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 68 12 0 J-S 1 0 0 E. Mc,l. 0 10 0 Employees A. Levy (Ist weekly instalment) 19 1 C.J.P 0 10 0 Prize-winners, Post and Telegraph picnic 5 0 0 W. Social and Political League '...' 10 0 78 1 1 | CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION. When a letter was read at last night's meeting of the City: Council asking for a subscription to the Belgian Relief Fund, a long discussion took place as to the'-,method of dealing with ■this fund. - : Councillor R. Fletcher -'.farted the discussion by contending that the matter of Belgian relief should be made a national affair-so that the burden would fall in. proportion on all who were able to bear it'. He strongly objected to the street collection method for such a fund, although such a means of raising money for a local object was right enough. Several other councillors used like arguments and; contended that the burden of relief-wais at the present time falling too healvil'y on the cities and not on a section of the people, who were best able to afford it. The Mayor (Mr. j.: P. Luke) expressed regret that at the outßet one large fund had not been established. All subscriptions could then have been pooled, the fund could have been administered, by'trustees, who could have apportioned -.ums to Belgian, relief and other like objects.' . Eventually tli e discussion was dropped, the council.passing on to other business. :

THE "DOMINION" LIST. Contributions to. the fund for the relief of the Belgians in distress will subsequently be forwarded to the authorities. in Belgium for distribution:— : „ , £ s. d. Previously acknowledged . 18,847 18 3 Staff Bell, Gully, Bell, and Myers (sth and 6th "in- . stalment). 10 7 8 Mrs. W. F. G. . Levin 10 0 0 Per N.Z. Police 3 0 0 A.K, 0 12 6 Total 18,871-18 3 DISTRESS RELIEF POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE- , LAND AND BELGIUM FUND. . .acknowledged, £38,667 95.6d.; "Wellington Carriers' Union, £5; W v s. Marshall, Mungaraupi, Rata, £25; Anonymous, Tophouse, 10s.; Magpie Company;' £5 145.; A.H.H., £1 Is.: F.K., ,£1.;1b.-j- J.G.R.,. 55.; R.F., 10s. 6d.; J.W.M.; 10s. 6d.; W. M'L., 55.; G.S., 2si-6d."; -T.D.. 7s. 6d.; T.F., 10s.; F.C., 55.; ■ P.N., 2s. 6d.; G.L.0., 10s. 6d.; W.S.S., 10s. 6d.; J.P.F., 2s. 6d.; C.8.F., 10s. 6d. ; A.S., 2s. 6d.; F.J.T., 2s; 6d.; H.8.H., os.; E.R.M., 55.; D; de'C., 10s'.; S.P.H., 10s. 6d.; P.G., 2s. 6d.; W;E., 10s.; A.8., 2s. 6d.; R.T.S.-, ss;; S.G.H., 55.; H.W., £1; J.K.8.,' £1: H.L., 65.; W.H.W., 10s.; E.C., £1; C.W., 2s. 6d.; A.H.G., 55.; R. 8., 55.; A.0.M., 2s. 6d.; N.W., 55.; C.W.y 10s.; L.C., 10s.; E.H., 10s.; J.G., 2s. 6d.;'W.8.H., £3; L.A., 55.; G.W.8., £1 Is.; G.A.K.„£I Is.; P.M., £1 Is*.'; 8.T., 10s.; H.R., 10s.; total, £38,727 4s. 6d. . '