FOR AIR RAID VICTIMS
NEW ZEALAND SENDS £IOO,ODD TRIBUTE TO LONDON'S FORTITUDE [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 13. An announcement that the Government has sanctioned the immediate transmission of £IOO,OOO, New Zealand currency, to the Lord Mayor of London’s fund for the relief of distress caused by the German air raids, was made to-night by the Governor-General (Viscount Galway) as chairman of the National Patriotic Fund Board, In a statement, Lord Galway said it had been decided to make the grant in recognition and admiration of the wonderful courage and fortitude of the people of London during the most difficult times through which they were now passing. This finance would be provided by the National Patriotic Fund Board through its Dominion-wide organisation. Details of the allocation among the constituent patriotic authorities of the board were now being arranged, but in order that New Zealand should make its gesture at once, the Standing Committee of the National Patriotic Fund Board had approved of the gift of £IOO,OOO. The gift includes £IO.OOO from the Sick, Wounded, and Distress Fund, made available by the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society to-day.
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Evening Star, Issue 23681, 14 September 1940, Page 10
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198FOR AIR RAID VICTIMS Evening Star, Issue 23681, 14 September 1940, Page 10
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