Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 80, 1 November 1916, Page 6

Great Britain

THE WAR FUNDS. ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. Press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 12 30 p.m) %ftki& "Loudon.,- October 31. Fi%. million pouncfevwab subscribed for tba first, two years of the war, including the Dominions and the colonics, and ir dudes ' twifitV .tftilMons-. forl*lo relief of dis- %• i-e-establiOciwit of mm returning to civil life*; 'six' millions sick andwoufldel; six mil- ". lions for comforts; and ten rillions for ,tho Allies. The Prince of Wales National Fund is now six .viillions, of which three-fifths has been spent, chiefly in meeting the soldiers' allowances, of which the War Office delayed payment!, The comforts fund included a million and a half spent on the Young Men's Christian; Associa- ' tion, Church Army, and:" Salvatffln ,Army for the : of the, fighting men in the training camps" and abroad. Eight millions -was collected for Belgian relief, of which half "' was spent by the Neutral Commission in Belgium;,three millions,vvere"spent on feeding; cloth'ing, and'lodging the; Belgian refugees in Britain. j