BELGIAN REFUGEE FOOD FUND

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2833, 26 July 1916, Page 3

BELGIAN REFUGEE FOOD FUND

I'UBTHBE HELP NEEDED.' (To (he Editor.) Sir,—May wo once again bring to the notice of your readers tho needs of the Belgian Refugee I'ood I'ami? Our New Zealand Branch has, since the beginning of the war, sent to tho headquarters in London the following cash and provisions :— 1521 carcasses of mutton. 10,506 lbs. of beef. 11,200 lbs. of jam. HI boxes of butter. 118 crates of cheese, and cash, including .E3OO for the Baby's Jiilk Fund. We have also undertaken, to supply 200 sheep per month, and as our funds are running low we reluctantly make another appeal to the public to enable us to keep up our meat supply. We are instrumental in helping to feed some, thousands of destitute Belgians, and wish if possible to keep up our supplies until the end of the war. AVe shall be pleased to receive donations (however small), which can be paid to any branch of the Bank of Australasia, or they can be sent to the hon. secretary, Box 51, Masterton.—l am, etc., E. CARLETON HOLMES, Chairman. Masterton. [This fund is under (he patronage of the Belgian Minister in London, the Hon. C. J. .Tohnston, Belgian Consul in New Zealand, and tho Hon. Sir W. C. Buchanan. As will be noted from tho appeal now mado by Mr. Holmes, the organisation has already rendered splendid service, but the need for further assistance is imperative. Communications should be addressed to the hon. secretary, Mr. G. W. Sellar, Perry Street, Masterton.]