£2,500 Remitted to Lord Mayor; All Contributions Up to End of Month to Be Used for Same Purpose Shanghai, Sept. 13.
HE sum of £2,500 has been remitted by the Central British War Fund to the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of victims of German air raids on the capital, it was disclosed yesterday.
The decision to remit this sum was reached at a meeting of the Fund committee on Sept. 10, and it was also decided that all money collected between the day of the meeting and the end of the month should be remitted for the same purpose, Confidence was expressed that Britons in Shanghai would cheerfully come! to the assistance of their countrymen who are suffering from the Nazi attacks. The committee made known their decisions in the following communiqu 'A meeting of the Executive Com: mittee of the Central British War Fund. was held at 27 The Bund on September 10. Mr. L. H. Lamb, HM. Superintending Consul, was in the chair and the following members of the Commitice were present:—Messra. 'AH. Atkins, V, G. Bowden, Dr. G. Gauntlet, Messrs. 1. G, W. Wocshead, G. H. Slacoy (fon, Treasurer) and FS. Crawford (Hon, Secretary).
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