LONDON FUND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 226, 23 September 1940, Page 8

LONDON FUND.

I HEART TO HEART. i 1 MONEY FOR RELIEF. QUOTA DOES NOT APPLY. All who wish to aid the stout-hearted people of London rendered homeless bv the "bomb-blitz" can do so with perfect confidence by making their donation through the "Auckland StarV special fund. The "Heart to Heart" Appeal is for the relief of suffering eiTiliana, ami, although a provincial quota has been fixed for Auckland, the "Star" has been officially assured that all money subscribed, over and above the quota, will be marked for that purpose only. This assurance is given unequivocally, and any who may be hesitating can put all doubts aside. To give through the "Heart to Heart" appeal is not to make a donation for general patriotic fund purposes.

Since the "Star" initiated the system of collecting from house to house, bv means of the district runners, there has been a marked falling off in small cash donations received at the companv"s Shc.rtland Street office. The runners will pay in their collections on Thursday and Fridiy. and next Saturdar their lists will lie published, with acknowledgments of individual donations of 10/ and more. It is anticipated that a large amount will be contributed under this scheme throughout the city and suburbs. The Spirit of London. A donation of £100 was made to-dar by Milne and Choyce. Ltd. In forward ing the cheque. Mr. J. S. Milne, managing director of the companv. sent a copy of a cable received from Milne and Choyce's London office, which reads afollows:—"Your cable 14th sincerelv appreciated. Please accej.t congratulations on results. London office now j well ventilated, owing missing window* [ otherwise intact. Staff fighting fit. 'Maintaining all possible services." This cablegram is an epitome of the spirit of Loudon people generally. Thev are neither cowed nor broken by the Nazi brutalities, but are carrying on in accordance with the highest" traditions of the English race. Their heroic endurance of the heaviest and most merciless bombardment to which any large citr has ever l>eeii subjected wins the admiration of all. Admiration for their courage and sympathy in their sufferings go together, and dictate a generous, response to the appeal that is made on their behalf. The necessity is great, and it will tend to become more urgent as the autumn nights lengthen into winter. The whole Empire overseas is giving, and Auckland will wish to be well represented in the relief funds subscribed. It is a cause for every sympathetic heart.

Money Box Emptied. Two tiny tots, Barbara, ajrttl one, and Geoffrey, aged two, figure fai todays list of donations. Their money box has been turned out, and the fund ift larger by £1. This is in keeping with the spirit of the appeal, as was the donation sent last week by the contractor's men at Waiouru camp, where the profanity box of the mess was emptied into the London fund.

"We of the Ex-Royal Naval Men* Association of New Zealand have naturally many ties with the Old Country. Most of us have relatives in the area now beinjr so relentlessly bombed by the German air force.'" writes the secretary of the association in forwarding a cheque for £20. "Whilst we who remain have a duty to those who have returned to serve for the duration of the war with the forces, we cannot be unmindful of the sufferings of our kith and kin in the Old Country. Our donation may be small, but we feel that it may be an incentive to others to donate and thus help a very worthy cause. No one can j>ossibly remain passive in the face of the death and destruction at this time in the battle for Britain. Your*appeal is worthy of the very greatest help which we, far removed at this time from the scenes of bloodshed and destruction, should pladly give. No amount of money can be too much, not only as a help to those who have lost all. but as a debt of gratitude for the safety which we in this Dominion are able to enjoy.*' Details of donations received up tall noon to-day by the "Auckland Star" are as follow: —

Amaant previrasly aekMwk4fc4 n.'TO I 11 Milne mnd Choyce. Ltd 100 0 0 Rose 50 0 0 Auckland Branch Ex-Royal Naval Men's Association of JJ.Z. (Inc.) 30 0 0 B. Bennan and Co.. Ltd 10 10 0 Neumestie Laundry Oo S 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. Nlcol Hamilton 5 S 0 Walkers Mothers' League » *• ° St. John - Bins Studio 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. V. C. J. Vaughan .. 5 0 0 L. N. Noakes S 0 0 j.M » 0 0 E.P • 0 0 1.0.W 5 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. H. B. (Korthcote) ... 5 0 0 Bow Bells 5 0 0 CUBS ol Dover « 0 0 Foot Gluv Shoe Factory Employees - 3 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Barker 3 3 0 Attwood Family (Te Papapa) 3 0 0 J.W 3 0 0 £2 2/: Mr. and Mrs. W. Learmonth Graham. Master John and Miss Mary Bendell. Mr. ant Mrs. Fred Watson. 8.E.E.8. £2: R.J.. Poplar (Manunul). £1 S : Coupland's Copper Trail. £1 1/: A.H.S. £1: Derby Day. Mrs. L.R.W.. Barbara's arc Geoffrey's Money Boxes. Two Pensioners. Londonderry. 10.: Miss M. Rae. We Two (Ponsonoy). E. C. Fisher. Bow Bells. OJV.P.. J.S.. Mrs. V'.C. 5. : Lee C. Mann. GRAND TOTAL -PIT -i-f-f"