North Szechuen Road, which has been feeding almost 500 daily, has received its" support from a grant of $500 a month made by the American Red Cross and $400 from tickets paid for by the Russian Benevolent Society. The Community Church ladies have supervised the work. The A.R.C. appropriation has been exhausted and no more funds are available from that source, while the Benevolent Society is also out of funds. A minimum of $1,000 a month is needed to support this work. If it is oblived to close, 500 men, women and children will be deprived of food, as this one meal a day is all most of them get.
Another sub-committee to cope with this situation was formed with Mrs, J. K. Brand, Chairman, assisted by Mrs. W. A. White. In this connexion the announcement was made that Mr. Chun Bing-him, compradore of Messrs. A. R. Burkill and Sons, had offered the use of a large godown on Paoting Road which could be used to house some 60 refugees and might also be used later as a local soup-kitchen. After consideration of the general situation and arrangements for further investigation of local relief agencies, the meeting adjourned till next Thursday.
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