With profound gratitude we thank our readers for their wonderful
response to our appeal last week on behalf of the town of Aberdare, in the stricken coal-mining area of South Wales. The response has been not only prompt but generous beyond expectation. We would, however, ask readers who have not contributed to loose their purse strings, for the need is sore and urgent. mai-iy thousands of pounds will be required if we are to undertake all the relief work we have in mind. We make no apology for devoting so much space this week to the needs of our adopted town, Aberdare, for what is happening there is a microcosm of the distress elsewhere in the coalfields. The Managing Director of the Spectator will visit Aberdare at the end of the week to discuss the administration of the fund with the local authorities. Our desire is that the money should be spent primarily on clothing and the weekly augmentation of food supplies.
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