POLISH REFUGEES
GIFTS- FROM BRITAIN XMAS BRIGHTENED (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 12.30 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 29. Christmas was brightened for Polish refugees in Hungary and Rumania by the arrival of the first shipments of clothing from Britain. Already more 'than 1,000,000 articles of clothing are on the way—many of them given by the British public, but still more purchased out of the British Government’s grant or £IOO,OOO for Polish relief. Each week consignments are being sent. The clothing will be distributed by local representatives of the Polish relief fund, with the assistance of the Hungarian and Rumanian Red Cross organisations, to camps and hostels for in the two countries.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20133, 30 December 1939, Page 6
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