PATRIOTIC APPEAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 252, 21 September 1940, Page 8

PATRIOTIC APPEAL.

£1,000,000 AS OBJECTIVE

MR ABEL ORGANISER

Per Press Association

WELLINGTON, Sept. 20

The secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board- (Mr G. A. Hayden} announced to-day that Mr J. Abel, of Wellington, had been appointed honorary organiser of the Dominion-wide campaign by Provincial Patriotic Councils to raise £1,000,000. He said Mr Abel had offered bis services in this capacity, and they had been accepted with appreciation. The campaign had begun with an appeal for funds for the relief of the victims of the German air raids on London, and will continue for the purpose of raising funds to give assistance, when required, to the United Kingdom and the British Empire overseas, and to provide comforts for New Zealand troops overseas and within New Zealand, as well as to enable provision to be made for the rehabilitation of the'men and assistance to their dependants. In making the announcement of the appointment, Mr Hayden referred to the success Mr Abel had achieved as the honorary organiser of the appeal conducted by the Joint Council ol the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society for funds for the sick, wounded and distressed. More than £580,000. had been raised by this campaign, the result of which was due largely to Mr Abel’s organising ability. Tic was sure the organisation of the campaign by Provincial Patriotic Councils was in capablehands.

Mr Abel is a member of the National Patriotic Council, and for many years has participated in 'health and patriotic work.

SUBSTANTIAL GIFTS

WELLINGTON, Sept. 21. The National Patriotic Fund Board has received £IOO from the National Bank ot New Zealand. Ltd., and £SOO from Woolwortlis (N.Z.), Ltd., for the relief of distress in London. The £SOO from Woolworths is to be credited to the* provincial London distress funds as follows: Auckland, £150; Wellington, £150; Canterbury. £7O; Otago, £45; Hawke’s Bay, £2O; Southland, £2O; Taranaki. £ls; East Coast, £10; Westland, £10; Nelson, £lO.