Letters, handwritten notes, telegrams and memoranda related to assisted passages to England. The number 5 is stamped on the cover. The forms are bound in the top left corner. The documents are in reverse chronological order, from 20 October 1931, to the earliest, 15 April 1931.

Letter to Miss M Singleton, c/o Mrs Anderson, 47A Latham Street, Napier, from Secretary, dated 20 October 1931, regarding no amount available for passage.

Handwritten letter from Margaret Singleton (Maggie), c/o Mrs Anderson, 47A Latham Street, Napier, to Mr Spiller, dated 16 October 1931, regarding request for assistance to get home, cannot find work, no home, few friends.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, dated 12 August 1931, regarding Mrs D M Hennum and infants and granting passage to England.

Letter from The Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 11 August 1931, regarding Mrs D M Hennum and infants passage to England.

Handwritten notes regarding Mrs D M Hennum, 807 Avenue Road, Hastings.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, dated 24 July 1931, regarding Mr Thos Firth and poor family situation, and passage to England.

Handwritten notes regarding Mr Firth, Waipawa.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 22 July 1931, regarding Mr Firth and family passage to England.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, dated 24 June 1931, regarding Mrs M Strom and son, no assistance for passage to England. Two pages.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 26 May 1931, regarding Mrs M Strom and son passage to England.

Memorandum: Assisted passages to England. Mrs M Strom and son of Meeanee Road, Taradale, dated 22 June 1931.

Letter from Mrs Holthusen, 82 McGrath Street, Napier, from Secretary, Tiffen Park House, dated 8 June 1931, regarding arrangements to sail on the ship: Ruahine.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Secretary, H B Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, dated 8 July 1931, regarding Mrs Holthusen, and ten percent reduction in passage fare to England.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, dated 8 June 1931, regarding Mrs Holthusen, and passage to England.

Memorandum from H O to Mr Coad, Napier, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund, dated 30 May 1931, regarding application for assisted passage - Miss W Macdonald, memo 27 May 1931: impossible to fund cost of passage, but grant of £20 made.

Telegram from Trusty, Wellington, to Coad, Tiffen Park House, dated 30 May 1931, message: Miss Macdonald received payment of £20.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, dated 28 May 1931, regarding Mr Dixon and family situation, and passage to England.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 26 May 1931, regarding Mr Dixon and family passage to England.

Memorandum: Reduced fares to England: Name: H S Dixon, King Street, Taradale, dated 27 May 1931.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, Napier, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, dated 21 May 1931, regarding Mr Massey and family situation, and request for passage to England.

Two copies, Memorandum: Assisted passages to England? Mr and Mrs Massey and two Children, 7 Kinross White Street, dated 18 May 1931.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen Park House, to Mrs N Wilson, 91 Milton Road, Napier, dated 18 May 1931, regarding committee not granting assistance for passage to leave New Zealand, but a discount possible.

Letter from Norah Wilson, 91 Milton Road, Napier, to Secretary, U E R, dated 15 May 1931, regarding passage to Australia.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen Park House, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, Napier, dated 16 May 1931, regarding the fact that the committee has no authority to advance any portion of the cost of fares for bringing to New Zealand people resident outside.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 14 May 1931, regarding allowing percentages off fares for Mr Rumpler's wife.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 12 May 1931, regarding allowing percentages off fares for Miss L Jelf.

Two copies, Memorandum from A R Coad, Public Trustee, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund, Application for Assisted Passage - Miss W Macdonald, dated 27 May 1931. Seven points addressed, two pages.

Letter from Manager, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited, to the Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 21 May 1931, regarding likelihood of passage to Canada or America remote.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 6 May 1931, regarding Miss Winifred Macdonald and passage to Canada or America.

Letter from Miss Winifred Macdonald, 236 Oriental Bay, to Mr Barnard, dated 7 May 1931, regarding thanks for sympathy and help.

Letter from the House of Representatives to Miss Winifred Macdonald, 236 Oriental Bay, Wellington, dated 25 April 1931, regarding case brought before Napier Earthquake Relief Committee who will allow travel at a reduced rate of persons who have to leave New Zealand and who have been embarrassed as a result of the quake.

Letter from Miss Winifred Macdonald, 236 Oriental Bay, Wellington, to Mr Barnard, dated 1 May 1931, regarding forwarding copy of letter from the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board.

Letter from Miss Winifred Macdonald, 236 Oriental Bay, Wellington, to Mr Barnard, dated 27 April 1931, regarding no reply from the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board.

Copy of letter to Miss Winifred Macdonald, 236 Oriental Bay, Wellington, dated 25 April 1931, regarding letter of 14, enquiry as to attitude of Napier Hospital Board.

Letter to Mr Barnard, from Miss Winifred Macdonald, 236 Oriental Bay, Wellington, dated 14 April 1931, regarding claim of discrimination. Seventeen handwritten pages on: D I C Lounge, Wellington letterhead.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen Park House, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, Napier, dated 9 May 1931, regarding Mr Rumpler and his properties at 60 Chaucer Road and 19 Chaucer Road and loss of income.

Letter from the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, to Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, Napier, dated 2 May 1931, regarding Mr E O Rumpler wishes to bring wife over from the Old Country.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen Park House, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, Napier, dated 7 May 1931, regarding Mr P Slingsby, Schoolmaster at Hereworth School, Havelock North. Did not suffer overly during quake, passage not recommended.

Handwritten notes about Mr P Slingsby, dated 6 May 1931.

Letter from Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Tiffen Park House, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, Napier, dated 6 May 1931, regarding Mr P Slingsby passage to England.

Letter from Secretary, Tiffen House, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, Napier, dated 5 May 1931, regarding Nurse Jelf worthy of consideration.

Letter from Nurse Jelf, c/o Mr W Ryan, 178 Vigor Brown Street, Napier, to the Secretary, dated 27 April 1931, regarding desire to return to England.

Letter from Hilda M Ryan, 178 Vigor Brown Street, Napier, dated 27 April 1931, regarding Nurse Jelf's character.

Letter from Miss J Donnelly, 1005 Konini Street, Hahoro, Hastings, to the Secretary, Napier Relief Committee, dated 28 April 1931, regarding Nurse Jelf's character.

Memorandum from Hastings, to A R Coad, Napier, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund, dated 2 May 1931, regarding Nurse Jelf's Application. Recommended she not be given assistance.

Memorandum from A R Coad, Napier, to Hastings, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund, dated 1 May 1931, regarding forward notes from telephone conversation with the Shipping Company.

Letter from Secretary, to the Manager, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, Napier, dated 24 April 1931, regarding C and D Line and Shaw Savill and Albion Line passages to be investigated by a committee.

Handwritten memo for file: Assisted Passages to England, dated 20 April 1931.

Commissioner, Napier Borough Council, to the Secretary, Earthquake Relief Committee, Napier, dated 15 April 1931, regarding New Zealand Shipping Company, C and D Line, and Shaw, Savill and Albion Line are willing to grant passages to England at a reduced rate.