MEMORIAL FUND.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 400, 6 April 1937, Page 6

MEMORIAL FUND.

c ESTABLISHING HEALTHCAMPS. Donations coming In. ) ; Press Association —Copyright. - ! Wellington. April 5. t ' The acting Prime T lister. L'on. P. I Frc.ser, announced + o-n’;gh. tha. more - an .€lOOO had < lr adj been receiv- ) l <?d in don £ 'i \ns for th Ki' George i |V. memorial fund for the remanent i : esc-' blishmen - oi. children’s health i camps. This’anoint is in addition to ■ the contribution of £25,0 )G' /with I , 'liich the Government opened th 6 : ■' list. ■ | “It is extremely gratifying thajt in j spile of the , t ihat the EaJier holi--1 ■ iayq intervened si mm tiif Prime Min--1 lister opened the appoa- over £lOOO 1 I aas a'veu-.y been < ■’lkvA'ed,” eaid Mr ■ Fraser. ‘Mr Savaged address 1 Has ’• l?em warmly throughout ; the Dominion, and I am confident J when locl . authorities, the Press, and )c :er bodes commence the work of or gan-ing their appeals’ V-he public | will readily ret pond. I am sure all | hope that our fund' will provide a | fitting inemor’al Ito his late Majesty [wi ; always lia-d the welfare of chil- | dren at heart.’* | Mr Fraser mentioned that some of j ’it notable conltributions already rei cei\ ■. induced £5OO from the Dunedin Saving.- Tank, £250 from Sir Robert Anderson, £3 00 from Lady , Anderson, £5O from Dr. Hay (DunI edin), and £lOO -Tom the New Zealand Labour Party Conference. It was exp ;ted that conltributions would b? announced shortly from locai bodies whose donations would be validated at the next session of Parliament Several May -rs of cilties and borough: had already offered to everything in their now to further the appeal.