Almost £2,500 Donated Up to January 31
Starting in the living quarters of the Aurora Company's fice appliances factory at Lane 101 House Y61 Ma-pai Road, a fire damaged the factory premises in addition to a large quant ity of appliances at about 9 am yesterday Although the exact origin of the blaze could not be learned yesterday, it was believed that t had been sarted by a cigarette, a The flames read to the works section of the A total of £2485 was collected up to January 31, 1941. by the Tsingtao Central British Committee for re-pittance to England. In addition to cash remittances, cases of woollen comforts, hospital supplies and clothing were sent home. These donations, coming as they do from a small British community of some 120 families, represent a praiseworthy war effort. and is likely to be coninued with unabated vigour in the future. Especially active in this respect are a group of ladies in Tsingtao, who are turning their energies to making clothes and comforts for premises and the whole building wa on fire when two engines from the Ichang Road station arrived at the scene. j The flames were brought under control after 35 minutes, but firemen had to stay for almost three hours before the fire was completely extinguished. A large quantity of oil. carbide and sulphuric acid, stored in the factory, made the job extremely difficult for the fire-fighters, but the flames were overcome and extinguished. the troops.
The total sterling sum collected was £2148. 6. 4. and Tsingtao dollars 16873. Of this £582 15 was earmarked for Red Cross work and to the same cause $16,871. The total contributions to the Voluntary War Contribution Fund was £1,400. 11. 4
Part of the Red Cross Funds were utilized locally for hospital dressings, knitting and similar items.
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