WINDFALL FOR A STRANGER.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1922, Page 4

WINDFALL FOR A STRANGER.

MONEY TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE. CURIOUS CASE REVEALED. By Telegraph-—Press Association.. Wellington, Last Night. The Seamen’s Union has decided that in future funds raised for the relief of distressed members shall be administered by the union, as the union considers the funds subscribed for this purpose should be used to tide a member or his dependents over difficulties. Some little time ago £127 was contributed by seamen on behalf of an elderly comrade in the south, and in accordance with custom the whole of the money was handed over in one sum. Recently tKe body of the assisted member was found in the Lyttelton harbor, and when his will was opened it was discovered that he had left all his money (including the amount received from the union) to a well-to-do person in another part of the Dominion, who had befriended him some years before by lending him the small amount of £1 when he was “hard up.” In future all subscriptions raised will be placed to the credit of the union, and the executive will pay to a distressed member or his dependents a sum not exceeding £4 weekly until the total amount received by way of subscriptions is exhausted, or until the executive resolves there is no further need to provide assistance. Any balance standing to the credit of the subscription list shall */c retained by the union in a special fund to be used for relieving any other cases of distress.