AIR RAID VICTIMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1940, Page 6

AIR RAID VICTIMS.

FIRST TARANAKI GIFT Taranaki's first contribution to the fund for the relief of victims of air raids on London was made yesterday by Mr. H. H. Moller, New Plymouth, who forwarded a cheque for £5 5s to the Daily News. No appeal has yet been launched for Taranaki's share of the amount to be sent to England. "We in New Zealand cannot help but admire and be impressed with the marvellous courage shown by people in England and the wonderful example set by our King and Queen, who are bearing their misfortunes with their people," wrote Mr. Moller in a covering letter. "This spirit typifies why 'there'll always be an England,' and I think the move to raise a fund to alleviate the suffering of innocent women and children is to be commended. I have pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £5 5s to start the fund in Taranaki. "When we consider the safety and comfort we enjoy and the ease in which we can still live our normal lives it is surely the duty of . every person, to support this fund by giving all they can

afford. The small sacrifice of giving is nothing compared with the loss civilians would suffer if we were raided by Hitler's ruthless bombers. If that happened next day everyone would willingly give all the money possible to prevent a recurrence. "People in England are suffering the brunt of all war's horrors for our safety and the freedom of the world. Apart from the relief the money will provide the gesture will be a wonderful stimulant to the people in their hour of trial when they realise that their kith and kin in this, the furthermost part of the Empire, have their interests at heart." In answer to an appeal by the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, to the people of Wellington to subscribe £3000 as the city's quota of the New Zealand contribution to the Lord Mayor of London's fund for the relief of bombing victims, a sum exceeding that amount was astUred in less than a day, reports the Press Association.