THE WAR FUNDS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15873, 12 April 1917, Page 9

THE WAR FUNDS.

" THE PRESS" LISTS. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. BELGIUM FUND. £ s. d. K.M.C. (monthly) .. •• J" J Rev. Pritchett .. .. 010 0 CANTERBURY PATRIOTIC FUND. £ s. d. "Extra Work" •• •• 010 0 Staff Loco. Engineers Office, Railways, Addington ••• 118 0 RED CROSS FUND. ORDER OF ST. JOHN AND BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. Additional subscriptions: —Mrs Sams £1, Leeston Branch £1, Weetport Nursing Division ss, Robinson's Bay Branch 10s, Ihos. Chapman (monthly) £7. The Ladies' Committee acknowledges wiUi thanks receipt of gifte in kind from the following:—Lower Fendalton Guild, Old Girls High School Association, Kaikoura District High School (per M. McLstuchlan), WaiauAmuri Branch (per Mrs Rinaldi), Merivale Branch (per Mrs Godby), Lakeside Branch (per Mrs Campbell), Mrs Alister Clark, Home and Empire League (Georiildine), Lincoln 'Branch (per Mrs Alexander), Halkett Branch, Barr Hill School (per Alio© Farquhar and Annie Penney), W.C.T.U. (per Mrs Patereon), Girls' Brigade, Woodend-Waikuku Branch, Rugby street Branch, Comforts for the soldiers in Military Hospitals have been jeoeivedi from the following: —Mrs G. Helmor'e, Mr Caverhill, Mrs Dawo, Mrs Kelly, Mrs Ferguson, Miss Mitchell, Mrs Chapman, Lakeside Branch, and Mr Stevens.

A mistake was mode in the acknowledgement of a donation sent in to the Central Depot of the Red Cress Society on April sth. The donation of £50 for Cardigans was credited to the Hoialey Down Branch, whereas it was a privato subscription from* Mrs C. 0. T. Rutherford, The Peaks, Medbuiy. ROTHERHAM. Donations are acknowledged from _ the trustees of the Hanmer Springs Soldiers' Red Cross Fund, Mis Morris, and the secretary of the Red Cross Dance Committee. HALKETT. For tho months of January, February, and March £7 16s 6d was received in contributions and a large number of garments were completed and sent to the Central. Depot. OXFORD. Tho secretary and treasurer of tho Oxford Branch of the ' Red Crose Association (Mr James McCormack) acknowledges the followin" contributions since last announcementJ °B. Macdonald Ss, Oxford Co-op., sale of cookery books, £2 10s; Oxford Association, £&• Mrs F. Hopkins, 12s bd; Mrs F. Meyers, cookery books, 6s; Mrs Barnes, 4a; Cookery Book, 525; Friend, 2s 6d; Miss Gainsford, lavender bags, 10s; Friend, £1; Berry, sale of lamb, £1 ss; Mrs D. Hawke, cookery hooks, 12s; afternoon ted by Mrs Dan McGrath, Mrs A.' Moore, Mre W. Wright, and Miss Cockburn, £10 2s 6d; MSes Cockburn'a cushion, £2 Jos; Mrs Vincent' 3 rug, £1 ss; sale of produce, £3 2s 9d; D. Ryan, ss; Mrs Jennings, cookery books, 4s; West Oxford Returned Soldiers' social, per Jas. McCormack, chairman, £10; Mrs F. Hopkins, 12s 6d; S. Gardner, 3s; G. Lucas, ss; Mrs F. Hopkins, 12s 6d; cookery books, 4s; sale Mr P. Fisher's bulbs, £7 8s; St. Andrew's Church, collection, 14s; Oxford Co-op., sale of cookery books, £2 10e.

RED CROSS SALES' DEPOT. Tho week-end sale of home-made food supplies, etc., will . take place at tho Depot, Cathedral equare, to-morrow night and on Saturday morning. The sale will bo in charge of the Rfchmond Hill Golf Club. There will be on offer the usual variety of cakes, pies, fancy bread, and other culinary delioucies, eggs, butter, bacon, jams, t chutney, preserves, fruit, nuts, vegetables, and cut flowers. • There will also bo a special display of sweets mad© by Mrs Gard'ncr. WOMEN'S NATIONAL RESERVE. The Women's National Reserve, who provided refreshments on "Soldiers' Dajr last week, received the following' subscriptions to the Refreshments Fund: —Per Mrs Lavie: Mrs Boyle £1, R- C. Todhunter £1, Henry Wood 10s, Miss Cox ss, Miss Ross 2s 6d, Anonymous 2s. Per lira Wynn-Williams 10s Gd per Miss l'abart £1 Is 6d, per Mrs Hamber, Mrs Thacker £1, — Acrand ss. Erio Harper ss, Mrs Cross 10s. Miss Hawkins 2s, per Miss Locko 2s 6d, — Vernon 2a 6d, Miss Gerard 2s 6d; total. £7 Is. Other contributors were:—Tho Alisaee •R-yi Maud Tabart, R. Davis, Booth, Roberts Macaulay, Gibson, Rice, Clark, It iter, Craig Overton. Doris Cox, Elsie Cooper, Mcsdames Mcßride Andreae Stead, Pattereon. Messrs Theo. Barker. Palmer-Chapman, Treleavon, R. C. Bishop, Raymond, H D. Andrews. Erio Harper. Edgar Stead, Herbert, Reading, Bruce and Co. Mitchell, Marshall, Thompson, Roy Simea. Wright IvaphaeJ, Sleigh, Westenra, H. Tipping, Clusnall, Hartley, > Smith, Berry, Dousall. Callcutt, Jennings, Carey, Salter, H. Thompson, Ruddock, Geo. Jameson, Bond, Mills, Mrs Wratt, Mrs Jamieson, Mrs Helmore.