THE POVERTY BAY RELIEF FUND.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 21 December 1868, Page 308

THE POVERTY BAY RELIEF FUND.

(From; thß-NewZealand-Herald; 12fch ; DscembmCjl be■ -t elievedftb terpitoi^ tp^wint ; pity their :.3at^^ju'- r^gS^|?tbe; WillitbebelieyedtbaCtebilelettersiiave ISSfesraMff M ate willingness of the people,there to make tdin'Mmber'oPrefugees;' : bnelda^oyeiro£*il3o'.was!;iaised^by.iu'b.i

j|^^j^BaW^iptipn'3^-or<'o^-dißlmi^ absehee l of any plan;- have found their way to. this-ofSce, and ehe-p'-r ’M : - pThe,:''Proviocial Government . lias liadthrea;morefam^^ &ritie<S£^ arrived here, hove come amongst us destitute ofeverything sava'the'clothes inwhichtheysta^ oughfc to be dpnefor these people thari wqV/.to^tlQ nothiog^moreithah^’to merely’ maintain to day ? /:Tliey’ lmre their* alFbypa^f^rfaj[,;.cakimity!. , a sufficient sum to doeptoething more than m erely keep thena from actual want ? Caniwe. not raise such, a sum as would place some at least of them in a posi r . tion t to earn theiriown Jbread; amongst us ? Whatever course we may take we are bound at least to show out practical sympathy for the unfortunate sufferers of’a;tragedy enacted in';our own province equal to that shown to them by the people of other provinces] This .we have not done, and as longtas it remains,'undone, .the stigma of r neglect of 'duty attaches to us as community., -

(Prom, the Daily Southern Cross, 15th December.) It is within the knowledge of our readers, that funds Have been- raised Jn] Auckland for the purpose of relieving the necessities of such of the Poverty Bay refugees as have come up to Auckland. A sum of ,moiiey was placed in the hands of Mr King, the Relieving Officer, who it was' believed would be able to; administer the funds more judiciously than any of the committee, who, however much they might have had'experience in originatipg and carrying out any benevolent >ffort, had little practical knowledge of the best way of expending rhefurids raised; "We believe that every necessitous case has been carefully attended to,, and that tlie”duty has been carried out in. a spi rit of unostentatious.. zeal.. It was,

however, fell that something more required to be done than merely providing for those of the refugees who came up to Auckland. Many of them -toNa pier from the proximity of that place to Poverty Bay, and an effort was at once made ; to supplemenf the funds already raised in their behalf. Yesterday many of the leading merchants and .citizens of Auckland; met at the Royal Insurance Company’s offices, Shortland-street, for the purpose of forming a committee, and making arrangements for. sending. ,a remittance to Napier. Air Thomas : Russell occupied the chair. It was ultimately arranged that a sum of jg2so should be forwarded to-day to liis-JEtouor Mr Donald M‘Lean, Superintendent of Hawke’s Bay, that he will administer it for the relief v of the Poverty Bay refugees. It was also intimated qhat further contributions will be forthcom ing, if required. /