South Canterbury Times, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1893.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7068, 14 February 1893, Page 2

South Canterbury Times, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1893.

I The disaster which baa befallen Brisbane I cabs for assistance for the distressed people, and the more prompt the better, i Public meetings are to be called at various | points ia New Zealand to arouse enthusiasm in good works, and give coherence to the aid to be given. Not a moment should bo lost, for the most acute suffering is the earliest. We should say that the host contribution Timaru could send would be in kind. The most pressing need of Brisbane just now must be bread. Most of its breadstuff's have to be imported, and we may safely assume that the stores of wheat and flour have been to a large extent destroyed by the flood. If we send them money it will have to be sent somewhere else to buy food, so it would be more sensible to send the food at once. The Government will arrange about freight, and we have not the slightest doubt that the Union Steamship Company will make a liberal concession, in carrying over contributions in kind. A cable should, however, be sent over inquiring whether money or food would be most acceptable, and measures taken accordingly. South Canterbury ought to bo the more liberal in this ctse, as a lot of Brisbane money has been sent over here in exchange for our wheat and flour ; we should look upon her distress as that of an old friend and customer. If we all try to picture to ourselves the state of the ruined town, wo shall not need the mild excitement of a public meeting, nor the mollifying influences of music in the open air, to arouse oiir charity and open our purses. We should determine to give as we can without such persuasions. I =====