GREATEST WAR CHARITY.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1919, Page 2

GREATEST WAR CHARITY.

BRITISH NATIONAL RELIEF FUND. The aggregate receipts of the British National Relief Fund up to September 30, 1918—according to the report of the Executive Committee issued recently—amounted to £6,437,733. Of this sum £3,088,929 had been granted in naval and military relief aod £808,952 in civil relief. The income from funds temporarily invested during the four years amounted to £481,529. Among the grants made since August, 1914, w^re: — £ Soldiers', & Sailors' Families' ' Association ..... 1,917,455 Local Committees 301,675 St Dunstan'B Hostel 08,000 Soldiers' nutf. Sailors' Help Society 145,000 Royal Patriotic Fund 410,531 Local Coinmitt.ees (civil dis- , tress) 620,497 Women's Employment 39,761Relief of Professional Glasses '' 83,901. Relief of East Coast Towns 25,380 Shipwrecked Mariners ...... 15,000 Grants were made of £25,000. to_ the King's Fund for Disabled Officers .and Men, £20,000 to. Queen Mary's Convalescent Hospital i for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, and £25,000 to the Royal Victoria Patriotic School. It is stated that the East Coast towns generally enjoyed a more successful summer season last year than since the outbreak of war, but tiie majority of (•he lodginghouse-keepers have incurred heavy debts during the past four years, and will- probably still require assistance. ■ •