How Kavieng Helped
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Raider Victims
From a Special Correspondent
Rabaul, Jan. 10.
ON the arrival in an Australian port of the 496 survivors, who were landed on Squally Island (Emirau) from German raiders, no mention whatever was made of the clothing and comforts which were distributed to them by the Red Cross members in Rabaul.
Likewise, when they arrived in Rabaul, no mention was made of the initial assistance rendered to these survivors by
the people of Kavieng who, short of pro visions themselves, owing to the disrupted steamer schedule, despatched provisions, clothing and comforts to EmiraU—and these were among the first to reach the survivors.
One does not necessarily look for any special thanks for such acts Still it does not seem equitable that one section of people should reap all the honour and glory of giving help to war-sufferers, while others are ignored. Kavieng resi dents opened their purses and their wardrobes as liberally as any, and some record should be made of their stout action.