FUNDS MOUNTING.
AID FOR DISTRESSED
(Rec. 1.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept 18. The Commonwealth. Government has decided to make a grant of -£50,000 tor the relief of distress in Britain caused by the bombing of civilians. Sydney’s fund has reached £72,000.
AMERICAN GENEROSITY.
Received September 18, 2.15 p.m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.
The Red Cross Society has spent almost five million dollars on relief for Britain, mostly since the beginning of September. A sum of 20,000 dollars has just been cabled to assist in establishing ten refugee cottages for poor children. Equipment is being assembled to establish 10,000 convalescent beds in English private homes. Since July the Red Cross has sent 102 relief shipments by British ships and two by clipper. None has been lost.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 8
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