£2,800 Remitted to Lord Mayor; All Contributions Up to End of Month to Be Used for Same Purpose TS sum of £2,500 has been remitted by the Central Britisn Fund to the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of victims of German air raids on the capital, it was disclosed yester-ay. The decision to remit this sum was reached at a meeting of the Fund committee on Tuesday, 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 communique:—
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central British War Fund was held at 27 The Bund on Threats Do Not Deter Men In First Special District "Court; Usual Cases Heard Tuesday. Mr. L. H. Lamb, HM. Superintending Consul, was in the chair and the following members of the Committee were present:—Messrs. A' H. Atkins, V. G. Bowden, Dr. E. G. Gauntlett, Messrs. H. G. W. Woodhead, G. H. Stacey (Hon. Treasurer) and F. S, Crawford (Hon. Secretary).
Sir Robert Calder Marshall and Mr.
R. J. E. Price were unable to attend.
£3,559 Balance The Treasurer's report showed that subscriptions and donations received a political organiza-to date totalled $1149195.00 and din the western district, As re-£20,342.16.7d. After deducting trans-by this journal yesterday they fers to the Sterling Account and ex-one week to do so, but it penises, the balance in the Dollar Ac-Jearned yesterday that not one count was $5,797. Inclusive of trans-had complied with the request.
Chiese quarters believed fers from the Dollar Account the Sterling Account totalled £40,888.- the fact that the judges were 18.10d. of which £37329.00d. had jamed indicated that been remitted to various orzanizanew group might have tions. The Sterling balance in hand its tactics, not wishing to was £3,559.13.10d.
firet at least for the time being.
, Over the tribunals in their en-The meeting were of the unanimous opinion that there was no more Judges of the Criminal Branch of urgent Work to which available funds Court, on whom attention of letter could be devoted than to that of air dies are particularly focussed, raid relief, and therefore decided t jai cases as usual in the remit £2,500 to the Lord Mayor Huspected shopbreakers who are Fund for "Relief of Air Raid Vi ers who are tims". In particular the committee leged to be responsible for a num-had in mind the injured and home-of such crimes in the settlement less in the crówded Eastern parts of d other places in the French Con-London, though appreciating the @ession also were heard by the Settle-great call for help that must have tribunal yesterday. Four of come from other cities and towns. jem were later handed over to the Lotü Mayor Opens Fund police so that they might be led by the Concession court. The That the great need of the moment, detained 19 men are to hear their fate a need to be met by charitable con-lön September 16 from the Settlement tributions, was correctly diagnosed (court. was confirmed the next morning, Wednesday, when Reuter received a Robbers Sentenced message that the Lord Mayor had Two men who were arrested on opened a special fund for this relief gust 29 following the robbery of work, Perhaps it will prove that 10,000 from the occupants of a car Shanghai has earned the distinction en Shanse Road were sentenced to of being amongst the first to sub-geéüts and 30 months' imprison-scribe from "foreign parts".
respectively. The two robbers, The meeting further decided that were assisted by a third one who all money collected between the day with $6,000 of the loot, held of the meeting and the end of the the bank messengers of the Great month should be remitted for the lina Dispensary in Foochow Road same special purpose.
they were E arties in the "Confidence was expressed that res Mongo Road. Before Shanghai would respond well to the men could escape, on appeal that air raid relief must have larin was raised resulting in their for all who love London and admire and the recovery of $4,000. the grit of the Cockney.
Four suspected robbers who were The Red Cross boxes placed in the [terested on Wednesday by some Japan-leading British Hotels have started officers in Hailar Road near Wu-to bring in money and it is hoped how Road when they attempted to that the generosity of hotel visitors up pedestrian were remanded in will lead to these boxes proving a cly fora by the court, While steady source of income.
to flee, the suspects dropped a ded pistol. Two suspected wharf joves accused of having stolen a suitcase from Miss Nancy T, Woo after she had landed on the
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