IN AID OF THE BELGIANS.
Wku.inoton, Maicli 12. The following resolutions were passed at a conference held at Government House this afternoon, presided over by His Excellency the Governor, at which the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey), the Minister of Finance (Hon. J. Allen), representatives ot various patriotic committees and delegates from the Centre of the Association ot St John ot Jerusalem throughout the Dominion were present; — (1) That the Government be recommended to make a definite grant of ,£SOOO per month and in addition, to subsidise at the rate of £ for £ all voluntary subscriptions up to any amount not exceeding per month raised in New Zealand for the relief of the Bel gian nation. (2) That voluntary subscriptions be asked for on a population basis. (3) That a central authority be appointed by the Minister of Finance for dealing with the transmission of all gifts both iu money and kind for relief ot the poor iu the United Kingdom and Belgium. (4) That all donations iu money lor Red Cross purposes be sent either direct from the centres ol the Association of St. John in the Dominion to the headquarters iu Uoudou,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1373, 13 March 1915, Page 3
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195IN AID OF THE BELGIANS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1373, 13 March 1915, Page 3
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