THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

FURTHER GIFTS

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST

The Prime Minister (Hon. W. F, Massey) last evening acknowledged the following additional donations to the Patriotic Fund:— GENERAL FUND. £ I J Winton subscribers 101 12 6 Clyde Patriotic Fund Com- . mittee offers 5 horses, one offer of £2 per.week till peace declared, and about 100 0 0" Rangataiia Citizens ..... 56 11 8 Mangaweka Patriotic Com- •'.'■ mittee .....'..... ~..,,.... 230 00 The Wellington Publishing Co., Ltd. (The Dominion) 1,293 4 6 Matamau Patriotic Fund Committee 1 107 16 4 through Mayor of Thames (4th instalment) 167 12 6 Tariki Patriotic Committee ...:..... 46 0 0 Tapanui; Empire Defence •Fund Committee—ten sacks oats, J-ton chaff, 2 '•' horses, saddle, and 143 12 6 Through Waipawa County Council (sth instalment) 39 10 9 Government Departments (Staff, Camp, Mental Hospital) ~.„ 4 17. g Equipment. Through- Waipara County Council '. 443 15 9 W. C. Kensington, late U.S. for' Land's, offers . ■ every monthly instalment of his military pension, so long as the war may\ last .....:... — Taieri Collie Club (to do- ' ~ ' nato) - 30 0 { Hospital and Ambulance. Through Salvation Army," Foxton :. , l 10 O^ ■ Countess of Liverpool Fund. Ladies of Mt. Benger Dis- ", trict, Roxburgh .......:.... 12 14 0 T Brltisn Imperial Oil Company, Ltd., have handed their cheque for £100 • to the Mayor towards the. Patriotic Fund. This sum'is part of £1000 contributed by the company to the. Australasian Patriotic Fund, and they have also paid into the London Fund the Bum of £10,000. 1 . The various branches of- Messrs. Johnston and Co., Ltd., are making separate ' contributions in their respective dis tricts.

CRAYFISH TURNED TO COLD.

A PATRIOTIC SALE. The thirty-five sacks of crayfish sent by the Kaikoura fishermen were , sold yesterday morning, and realised a total, of £42 145., which amount is to be a contribution to the War 'Fund. No expenses were charged, the Kaikoura Wharf, Levin and C 0.,. agents s.s. Wakatu, Wellington Harbour Board, and Messrs. Townsend and Paul, Ltd., I rebating all charges. The following is ' how the crayfish was sold:—

Nicholas Fernandos, one at ....... 10 10 [N.Z.-.TrawlingCo., Ltd., one at... 5 6 H.B. Fisheries Co., one at .:..„'..', 5 0 Working Men's Club, one at 2 0 W. E. Apps, two at 1 1 J: Newhouse,.one.at J 11 T v Straitonj on©"at" ...".;....i"..''...'..., 1 1 W. Hurcomb and Co., one at 1 1 Municipal Markets,. one at ...... 1,-1 Bulo 'Britannia Restaurant, one ." ;' at .......;....;. lvl J.'Milesi, one at „.<„..' 1 '1 The balance- sold at market ' rates, viz.; 10s. per sack. . ' At the Working Man's Club last evening a sack full of crayfish, sold by, auction, realised £24. The first crayfish taken from the sack was sold to Mr, 6. Wills; the highest bidder, for £2 14s. 6d. The remainder of the crayfish sold at various sums ranging up to £2 2s. 1 The sack of crayfish, had been bought by a club member from a local fisherman for the sum of £2 2s. The amount realised from the sale • will bo handed over to the Patriotic '•' Fund. Previous to this the Working Men's Club had voted £150 from their funds to the Patriotic Fund. • '

IN OTHER CENTRES,

AUCKLAND'S TOTAL £38,204. (By Telegraph.—Press; Association.) Auckland, August 26. The total subscribed to the Aucklimd Citizens' Patriotic Fund is now £38,204, and subscriptions continue to come to had-from all parts of the province.

' Wanganul, August 26: ' Mr. ■ Aropeta Tamumu, a farmer, at Kai Iwi, has offered the use of 100 acreß for wheat growing. Tha _ WangVnui Beautifying Society lias decided to accept the offer,.and to advance £200 for. tho purpose of sowing wbcat, the net proceeds to be devoted: to the British! Food Fund. ... '■■.•.:, Talhapa, August 20. The local fund now amount? to £500. The' contributions to the Countess of Liverpool's Fund have reached £150. :\ '■■-■■■ ■ core, August 26. i The Mataura Dairy Factory Co., Ltd., at its annual meeting to-day voted £50. to the fund. (By Telegraph.—Special, Correspondent.) ' '.■•'"" • Napier, August 26. The Napier Tatriotic Fund stands at nearly £9000, and the- Ladies' Fund is just on £500. The Hastings Patriotio Fund to date amounts to over - £2OOO, and the Ladies' Fund to over £800.

"THE DOMINION" LISTS.

. The following are the donations to The. Dominion's War ..Fund list to date:—' WAR FUND. , / ■ £ s. d. . Previously acknowledged 1,420 14 6 Johnston and Co., Ltd., Wellington (second instalment) : 250 0 .0 Total ' 1,670 14 6 ' \ LOCAL RELIEF FUND. Contributions, to . the fund-for the , relief of local cases of distress as a result of the war will bo kept entirely separate from the War Fund, and Will be used solely for the purpose desig- •> nated. / ~ £ b. d. ■...-, Previously, acknowjedge'd ... 326 0 0 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. A further fund has been .opened by The Dominion:—one for the relief of the Belgians in distress. Contributions to this fund will subsequently be.' forwarded to the authorities in Belgium, for distribution. Contributions have ; been received from the following :— ■ ' - - £ s. dJ. P. Firth : 25 0 0 T.S.Weston ..*..„..... 10 0 0 • 3. V. Wallace 5 0 0 Herbert J. Williams 5 0 0 Mrs. Judah Myers 11 0 ■ . Miss Gruar ..'....; 110. Total ..; :. 47 2 0 ' K — ~~ ' ■' A suggestion has been made by a worker in the Masterton district, says our correspondent, that the enforced holiday on Labour Day be abandoned • , this year, and that the workers donate the whole of their earnings on that day to the War Fund. It is thought-that, by this means, a sum of £50,000 would bo raised with practically no effort. ' .