WORTHY APPEAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21226, 24 September 1940, Page 4

WORTHY APPEAL

RELIEF OF DISTRESS LONDON AIR-RAID VICTIMS HAMILTON CONTRIBUTIONS No worthier appeal has ever been made to the generosity of Waikato residents than that opened in Hamilton last week by the Mayor, Mr H. D. Caro. The sum of £45,000 is urgently required as the district’s contribution to a large appeal, the first phase of which will be to help the sufferers in England who have been victims of Nazi brutality. Hundreds have lost their homes through air attacks. All they have to show for years of careful saving is a pile of rubble or the gaunt walls of a bumt-out dwelling. Others, even more unfortunate, have received terrible injuries from the indiscriminate bombing by the German*, injuries that even if they heal will leave the sufferers permanently afflicted. It is to help such as these that this Dominion-wide appeal for funds is being made. “They Are Not Alone” We in New Zealand are enjoying complete immunity from the devastation and heart-break caused by total warfare. We cannot conceive, even faintly, the suspense and horror caused by planes droning overhead, dropping their load of death. Yet these victims are enduring, and are prepared to endure without complaint, all hardships and distress until the scourge of totalitarianism is finally removed. Their belief that right will prevail in the end is unshattered. By sending in contributions to ease their suffering we can identify ourselves with them in this dauntless faith. The monetary aid that we can give the people of Britain who have already experienced the full weight of Nazi ruthlessness will further strengthen their determination to fight on. It will also show them that they are not alone in the struggle. A subscription list has been opened by the Waikato Times and all donations will be acknowledged. The following contributions are to hand:—

THREE SECTIONS OFFERED (By Telegrapto.—Special to Tlmea) AUCKLAND, Tuesday Mr George Spencer, of Te Whitu, has offered to present three freehold sections in the township of Turua, near Thames, comprising threequarters of an acre, to the fund for London relief, on condition that someone in Auckland will present a section for the same purpose. AMBULANCE PROPOSAL FEDERATION OF LABOUR (By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND, Tuesday Admiration for the heroic stand by the people of Britain, particularly the residents of London, against the Nazi forces of aggression was expressed at a meeting of the Auckland District Council of the Federation of Labour. It was unanimously decided to recommend to the national executive that a New Zealand ambulance be presented to the Trades Council, London, and that subscriptions be invited from all affiliations.

£ s d Previously acknowledged 126 9 6 Mrs C. S. Davis 10 10 0 E. Chepmell 10 0 0 Mr & Mrs J. W. G. Stokes 10 0 0 Geo. Rundle 5 5 0 Mr & Mrs J. M. Horton S s 0 Mr & Mrs J. T. Watson .. 1 0 0 10 0 Anon 5 0 169 4 6