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FAMINE IN CHINA.
'AID FOR SUFFERERS. DISPOSAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A meeting of the, subscribers to the. fund, for,the. relief of sufferers by famine, in the Chinese provinces of Kiangsu and Anhiu, by which two and a half millions of people have been reduced to a state of terrible destitution, was held at the Chinese Consulate, Burnell Avenue, last evening. The Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Wallis) presided. The' Chinese Consul stated' that £214 Bs. had been received to date from the whole of New Zealand. The greater part of the. sum had been received* from Wellington donors. It' was resolved to cable at once the sum of £200, to the. Ho'ng-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to be hanqed to tho Central China Farnino Relief Committee for distribution. Tho meeting regretted that.there had not: bee* a better responso to the appeal, and expressed a nopo that Now Zealanders would yet realise tho terriblo suffering of the starving millions and send in subscriptions without delay. Tho Chinese Consul,; Mr. Yung Liang Hwang, will recoivo and acknowledge all subscriptions and remit same to the Hong-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation -from time to time. Of the sum of £214 Bs., acknowledged below, the Chinese havo subscribed £147 lis. and Europeans a total amount of £66 17s.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1037, 28 January 1911, Page 13
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'AID FOR SUFFERERS. DISPOSAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS. A meeting of the, subscribers to the. fund, for,the. relief of sufferers by famine, in the Chinese provinces of Kiangsu and Anhiu, by which two and a half millions of people have been reduced to a state of terrible destitution, was held at the Chinese Consulate, Burnell Avenue, last evening. The Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Wallis) presided. The' Chinese Consul stated' that £214 Bs. had been received to date from the whole of New Zealand. The greater part of the. sum had been received* from Wellington donors. It' was resolved to cable at once the sum of £200, to the. Ho'ng-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to be hanqed to tho Central China Farnino Relief Committee for distribution. Tho meeting regretted that.there had not: bee* a better responso to the appeal, and expressed a nopo that Now Zealanders would yet realise tho terriblo suffering of the starving millions and send in subscriptions without delay. Tho Chinese Consul,; Mr. Yung Liang Hwang, will recoivo and acknowledge all subscriptions and remit same to the Hong-kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation -from time to time. Of the sum of £214 Bs., acknowledged below, the Chinese havo subscribed £147 lis. and Europeans a total amount of £66 17s.
To see list of contributors - click the line
Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1037, 28 January 1911, Page 13
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/imageserver/imageserver.pl?oid=DOM19110128.2.122&area=2&width=284&color=32&ext=gif&key=