Bureau organising help

In Dunedin, the Central Bureau, which opened only last Friday, started on a very modest scale, but has rapidly grown into a vast organisation, and, under the supervision of the Rev. V. G. B. King, is carrying out a work of incalculable benefit to the community. Mr King is the right man in the right place, and his great organising ability is only equalled by his indomitable spirit and unbounded energy in the work into which he has entered heart and soul. The activities

of the bureau are by no means confined to sending out medical and nursing assistance in response to appeals for help. Each day a large number of people visit the bureau seeking immediate assistance, and as a stock of drugs and suitable remedies is kept on hand, the trouble is in many instances nipped in its incipient stage.

Practically the whole staff engaged on the work of the bureau are giving their services free, there only being one or two instances where payment for services has been made, and then only sufficient to compensate for loss of wages. It will thus be readily seen that the great work undertaken by the Central Bureau cannot be adequately carried out without monetary assistance. Donations have been coming in freely, but a large sum is yet required — a fact which must be manifest to all, and which only requires to be known to induce the public to show their sympathy in a practical way.