Three are dead, hundreds are homeless and suffering from exposure, and 100,000 pesos worth of damage has been done as a result of a typhoon which struck the town of Bacuit in the Palawan Province to-day.
This typhoon, which at 2 pin. ton day was raging over the island of [Cebu is the fifth one to damage the Philippines during the past. seven weeks.—United. Press, The Governor-General, Mr. Frank Murphy, has signed the Relief BIL assed by the last Legislature, under. which a sum of 1,000,000 pesos is to. be ulllized to afford relief in areas affected by the devastating typhoon seven weeks ago. In addition, the American Red Cross has made a welcome donation of G$50,000 to, aesist in relief measures—Reuter. supplying water both for ordinary and fire-fighting purposes.
In addition to the above, the Mayor fs promoting a campaign against beggary in the city. "In response to the Mayor's call local philanthropists and. interested. parties. are contributing. generously to raise a sufficient fund for that purpose. At the beginning, 2 beggar's asylum with a work-hous: for teaching handicrafts is to be built. Then, all beggars, male and femal>, will be foreed to enter the asylum and learn to. work. They will be taught @ few characters a day and do work on any handicraft which thee prefer to learn. For those who are found too ignorant or too lazy to Yearn a handicraft, work, such as street sweeping, sewer cleaning, road levelling and sand carrying for the municipal public works, will be given them.
The construction of slaughter houses is also being considered by the Mayor and his staff, but at present the plan is postponed because Of the lack of funds. However, it is generally taken to be an important item on the programme, and itis ex-ceted that some sort of ways and means will be devised to raise the [necessary fund either through the means of loans or by subsidies from the Provincial Government.
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