Allocation of Lamington
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Relief Fund
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, May 25.
The Mt. Lamington Relief Appeal Committee has drafted a tentative plan for allocation of the Fund. This was decided on when the Fund was approaching a total of £lB,BOO and there was a ten-day period before it closed.
The provisional arrangement is to allo cate £lO,OOO for the needs of widows and children of Europeans who died in the disaster, and £5,000 for native relief and rehabilitation. This £5,000 will be made available to the Administrator, Colonel Murray, and it is understood that he will appoint a committee of government officers to distribute tools and other equipment purchased from this money.
The Committee further decided that consideration should be given to cases of hardship incurred by European resi dents of Higaturu who were not at the station during the disaster, but who lost their personal possessions.
The Committee added that if the Fund reached £19,500 to £20,000, as appears possible, all the additional money will be allocated after consideration of further information now awaited by the Com mittee.