RELIEF FUNDS
STOCK EXCHANGE MEMBERS ACT. LONDON, February 15. Members of the Stock Exchange have opened a fund for the dependants of the dead men. NEARLY £30,000 REQUIRED TO MEET LIABILITIES. PROVISION FOR DEPENDANTS FROM NATIONAL FUNDS. (Received February 16, 5,5 p.m.) LONDON, February 16. A sum of nearly thirty thousand pounds is required to meet the expedition’s outstanding liabilities and to relieve the Scott estate. Scott largely pledged his own and his wife’s fortune to carry out the expedition.l Lord Curzon, writing to the press, says that he has the highest authority for stating that the Government will make provision for the dependants of the lost heroes from the national funds. Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, February 15. The Dannevirke Borough Council has placed on record its appreciation of the gallantry of the South Pole heroes, and has pledged itself to support a fund to relieve the burden of those dependent on those lost.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8356, 17 February 1913, Page 8
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153RELIEF FUNDS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8356, 17 February 1913, Page 8
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