CHARITABLE AID.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4143, 21 June 1892, Page 2

CHARITABLE AID.

Hoi}-His Administered Dm South, , A Pitiable Gase, A case of tho moat pitiable doatitu-. tion came before the Wairarapa North Benevolent Society's Secretary (Mr E. H, Waddington) this morning, the circumstances of which are as follows: Some few weeks ago a resident of l'imaru lost hdi 1 . husband, who was ' killed whilst biislifellinj, at Pleasant Point. Jußt previous to bis death—probably on thd principle that misfortunes never cotrio singly-the unforlu* nate couple lost their home and everything belonging to them in tbe recent ■■ heavy floods, tho house being washed away bodily, and the inmates .oaly: just escaping with their lives, Being plaoed in suoh. a position without home, husband, money, orovenelothea, tho unhappy griefstricken woman applied to the Timaru Charitable Aid Board • for relief, and an eho stated that two of.-' her husband's sisters resided "somewhere in the North Island," her passage was paid to Wellington, the magnificent sum of half a orown bein? given ; hor to pay expenses and keep body and. soul together until she should discover f - these relatives. Beaching Wellington the woman made enquiries which led her to believe that her relatives might be somewhere in the Masterton district so with heroic courage she se(i out to walk the whole.distance, wjiifili she accomplished, arrjvi'ng in Master? ton last night hardly, able to stand from fatigue and the want pf prqpep nourishment, and with baroksujficient clothing to proteot. her frqm the in> clemency of the lyjnter weather, How she to Ijve'through the rain and cold of the journey over tho . Ritplaka is a tetter for wonder. At - one time she even sold her boots (they . were her late husband's) to enable her to get food." " 1 • ■ On the woman's arrival in Masterton last night, the Rev. Bobert Wood : providedher with tea andbed,aiid after breakfast this, morning sent her to the office of the North Wairarapa Benevo- • •lent Society. Proper provisionhaa beeh ■ made for her temporary relief, and ail, the case is most deserving no outside help will soon be forthcoming, The saddest, part of,the matter is thaV ; ' the pi»?ke<j Ifer 6$ - this Island from the town' where she : has been Jong resident; should have <. been so ill-advised, and unless there'--are some - oironmstances connected' wjth the case which as yet do iiol" ' appear, the send.ing.pf ft.poor friend" less woman, without means, on such a • wild goose chase as looking.for lives "in the North Island" is positively cruel