£2,345.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 890, 9 August 1910, Page 5

£2,345.

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FUND, WELLS OF SYMPATHY NOT DRIED UP PUBLIC IN GENEROUS MOOD. "The wells of sympathy aro not dried up yet," is a phrase that fell from Mr. Wilford yesterday, and it exactly describes tho position in reference to tho rapidly-accumulating £unds that are being subscribed for a now children's hospital. A glance at the list will show that tho Churches have made a beginning, and no doubt moro will be heard from them ere the matter ends.. The donation from the Tramways' Overhead Department is not alone welcome in itself, but suggests that many similar avenues of supply may be opened up. Mr. Wilford heartily thanks tho Tramway and Pipe Bands for the valuable assistance they rendered on Sunday. Lists bearing the Chinese Consul's signature aro being circulated amongst his compatriots, and a generous response is confidently anticipated. It is plain that although money is flowing in freely, available supplies are very far from being exhausted. Prospects Still Bright. Interviewed yesterday, Mr. WHforfl eaid that the readiness with .which subscriptions were forthcoming opened up proepects of a. much more ambitious work ■than had a't the outset been thought of. A building costing .£7OOO would serve reasonably to meet the needs of sick-children at the moment; but a .great deal more could with advantage bs spent in their service, and tho indications suggested that- an extension of the original pro--visional scheme would be possible. Quite possibly, said Mr. Wilford, not .£3500 only but .£SOOO would bo collected. This, with tho Government subsidy, would swell to ,£II,OOO, a sum for which a building could be erected with an eye to requirements as well as to present necessity'. -"I dont know exactly where to collect, another .£SOO to-morrow, but I am anxiously bent on getting it," was tho Mayor's concluding remark. ■ As all of tlie money will not be needed at once for the Children's Hospital,, Mrs. Wilford has placed the sum of JE6OO on fixed deposit in order that it may. bo earning interest until actually required. Premier. for the erection,of a Children's Hospital was' referred to by the 'J?nmo Minister in his post office speech yesterday, apropos of an old-time proposal recalled by hun to raise a subscription for a postal sorvice between Wellington and tho Bay of Islands. "At the present time," said Sir Joseph, "there is a most important subscription being raised for the erection of a Children's Hospital, a work which the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Wilford, has taken in hand. So to-day history repeats itself, only this time, they are responding in thousands, whereas on the former occasion they, had to abandon the subscription." . LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. , ' : £ s. d. Mr. Hugh J. Ward 100 0 0 Miss E. Joseph 100 0 0 Mr. Joseph Joseph 100 0 0 W.M.L. (per Dr. Agnes Bennett) 100 0 0 Mrs. M. A. Williams 100 0 0 Staples and Co 100 0 0 Levin and' Co. , ■■ 100 0 0 Mrs. S. A. Rhodes „., 100 0 0 Mr. Chas. Elgar .... 100 0 0 Johnston nnd Co ;.. 100 0 0 Bell, Gully, 8011, and Myers ... 50 0 0 Mrs. Jacob Joseph 50 0 0 Blundell Bros 50 0 0 Atkins and Bacon ; 50 0 0 Whitcombe and Tombs 50 0 0 Mrs. J. Burne ; • ■50 0 0 Bannatyne and Co 50 0 0 Wellington Wine and Spirit . Merchants' Association 50 0 0" S.D .'...'. 50 0 0 Tramways' and Pipo Bauds' Concert . 45 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. John Kirkcaldio 26 5 0 Kirkcaldie and Stains 26 5 0 His Excellency the Governor .. 25 0 0 Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P 25 0 0 Councillor Trevor 25 0 0 Anonymous Donor 25 0 0 Dr. and Mrs. Hardwick Smith 25 0 0 Hon. Dr. Collins 25 0 0 George and ■ ICorsley ...: „ 25 0 0 Mr. E. Balcombe Brown' 25 0 0 Mr. G. P.-Donnelly (Hawke's Bay) 25 0 0 Bannatyne and Hunter 25 0 0' Mr. and Mrs. Herhtrtliatvson ... 20 0 0 Dr. Herbert 15 15 o Mr. C. P. Rkerrett 15 15 0 Mr Martin Chapman- 15 15 0 Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fuller 15 0 0 Employees Kirkcaldie and Stains 12 0 0 Archbishop Redwood 10 10 0 Father Hickson _ 10 10 0 Louis Whitcombe „_.. 10 10 0 Young and Tripe : , 10 10 0 Soott and Martindale 10 10 0 Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P 10 10 0 Sir Joseph Ward 10 10 0 J>ady Ward 10 10 0 Mr. Leonard H. Tripp 10 10 ' 0 Sympathiser : • 10 10 0 Mrs. Walter Nathan 10 10 0 Mrs. Fred Nathnn (Palmerston ' North) .I .:.... _.. 10 10 0 Wellington Working Men's Club 10 10 0 Gear Meat Co 10 10 0 Mr.'Wm. Ferguson 10 10 0 Mr. A. E. Kemot : 10 0 0 Mr. Eric Riddiford 10 0 0 Mr. C. A. Knapp 10 0 0 F.M ; ... ■„._ 10 0 0 S Oppenhohn and Co 7 7 0 Employees J. A. Doherty ~ 6 11 0 Employees Te Aro House G 6---0 D. Milligan and staff 5 10 0 Mr. J. E. Henrys 5 5 0 Parliamentary Clerks 5 5 0 Gordon and Gotch employees ... 5 5 0 Coulls, Culling, Ltd _ 5 5 0 Mr. E. F. Hadfield 5 5 0 W. ]?. Shortly Ltd. ~: 5 5 0 "Bodega," per H. Brico 5 5 0 Mr. Albert Samuel „. 5 5 0 Mr. Phillip Myers 5 5 0 Father O'Shea 5 5 0 Mr K. W. Armit _ 550 Herdman and Kirkcaldie ; 55 0 Land Transfer Oflice (per Miss Bitehey) 5 5 0 Hon. G. Fowlds 5 5 0 Chas. Hill and Sons 5 5 0 Mr. T. M. Douovnn 5 5 0 ■Willie No. 1 :.,.. 500 Willie No. 2 -...., 500 jyi'Hj No. 3 5 0 0 Mr. A. B. Harper 5 0 0 Garibaldi Club (per A. Paino) 5 0 0 H.W. 5 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Bntt 5 0 0 Mr. Chas. Robinson „ 5 0 0 Mr. Herbert Allen „... 5 0 0 Mr. J. O'Shea 3 3 0 Lodge Tutanekai .'. _.„ .330 Mr. Max Eichelbaum „ 3 3 0 Stewart Dawson „... 330 M. A. R..V. Lodder ...„ 3 3 0 Mr. W. E. Holliday 3 3 0 Employees W.F.C.A „. 3 3 0 Mr. H. J. Archer 3 0 0 Godber's male employees 2 15 6 Defence Stores Staff 2 U 0 "Girls from Godber's" 2 11 0 Wine aud Spirit Merchants' Association 2 10 0 Collected from coal-workers U.S.S. Co.'s ships Kurow and Poherua, ' by ■ "Ara watta" 2 3 0 .T. M 2 2 0 Mr. Everard W. Seaton' 2 2 0 Kompthorne, Prosser and Co. 2 2 0 Mr. John H. Fairbairn 2 2 0 Mrs. D. Skinner 2 2.0 Mr. Campbell Colquhoun 2 2 0 H.H 2 2 0 Mr. Chas. Halse '2 20 Mrs. H. Leckie 2 2 0 Meek and von. Haast ';..., 2 2 0 Hon. J. Carroll 2 2 0 Mr. C. 11. Colegrovo 2 2 0 Hon. R. M'Kenzio 2 2 0 Hon. D. Buddo 2 2 0 Hon. A. T. Ngata 2 0 0 Mr. Henry Savage 2 0 0 Mr. E. W. Kane 2 0 0 'Presbyterian Church, Island Bay 1 10 0 Mr. Chas. naines ...1 1 1 v o "Jean and Dnvie" 110 Mr. C. Wilson (Marlon) 110 Mr. Oscar G. Kcmbor 110 BiiYi'Mid and Son 110 Mr. Fred. J. Earlo I 1 0 ,Hon. A. E. Guinness 110 E.TI.M.D 1.10 J.F.G.D 1 1 0 Mrs. F. Leckio 110 Mjc, F. BoSa ~.....»...«......«„... 1 1 0

«£ a. d. Mr. James Ashcroft 10 0 Mrs. Peggy Boso Nathan 10 0 H.M ~ 015 0 Sympathy. 0 10 6 Mr. XI. Ard«n 0 10 0 Cooks' and Waiters' Union ... 010 0 Grocers' Uuion _ 010 0 Mrs. E. Tregear 0 10 0 Sympathiser 0 G 0 "Just Jell" 0 5 0 Mr. 13. J. Carey 0 2 6 \A.G .0 2 C A Mother .'. 0 2 G Dominion list (as below) 23 16 G Total to date 2345 i & "DOMINION" LIST. £ s. a. H. Seatoa ...„ 5 5 0 Employees John Duthie and Co., Ltd ill 6 W. H. Sefton Moorhouso 10 0 0 Tramways Overhead Department, per A.S. Lord 3 0 0 . ■ 23 16 C THE PBOGEAMME. The full programme of Saturday's matinee performance in-aid of the Children's Hospital will be announced tomorrow. AUCTIONING THE SEATS. It has been, arranged that Miss Grace Palotta will auction. the seats for tho Children's Hospital inatinco by the Hugh Ward Compauy at the meeting to be held in the Town Hall at 3 p.m. on Thursday. The box plan of the seats not sold by auction will be opened at the Dresden warehouse on Friday morning. . AUTOGRAPHERS AT WORK. There will be a rush for sweets at tho matinee performance to be given by the Hugh Ward Company at the Opera House on Saturday afternoon. The members of the company have pnt in. many hours autographing the boxes which are later on to be filled with sweets and purveyed among the audience at tho monster benefit performance : A BRIGHT IDEA. Mr. Hugh Ward suggests that Friday' next be set aside as "Children's Hospital Day" at the State schools of the city, tho idea being that the children should contribute pennies (or any other coin of the realm) in aid of the Children's Hospital. He points out that it would bo a happy thought for the children to tnow in the future that they assisted, however lnfinitesimally, in the erection of the Children's Hospital. Of course, the idea depends on the co-operation of the headmasters, who, he feels, would snrely place no obstacles in the way of such.; a scheme. ; . , ' A BENEFIT PEEFOEMANCE. The proprietors of the picture entertainment at the King's Theatre (West's Pictures, Ltd., and Messrs. Linley and Donovan) have generously decided to set aside the whole of the proceeds of tonight's entertainment for the benefit of the Children's Hospital fund. A epecial programme of exceptional interest has been provided for the occasion, and there is little doubt that the public will make a hiiiidsome response to the liberality of this enterprising firm of popular entertainers. " •