THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2240, 28 August 1914, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

L'ATEST GIFTS

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST

ilie Prime Minister yesterday acknowledged the following additional contributions :— £ s. d. Franktou Junction Patriotic Fund 200 0 0 Havolock North and district 675 0 0 Through Wa¥pawa County Council (6th. instalment) 135 0 0 Through Pahiatua "Herald" Co. (4th instalment) 4 5 0 Through AVanganui Borough Council 283 3 9 Stewart Timber and Hardware Co. (Wellington) ... 100 0 0 Hon. W. Fraser 100 0 .0 Kaikoura Fishermen (from the sale of crayfish first instalment) '. 42 15 0 Huntly Patriotic War Fund Committee (Ist aiid 2nd instalments) 117 19 6 31 19 .6 Messrs. R. and M. C. Nairn, Hastings 30 0 0 Halcombe-Stanway • Defence. . . Fund Committee 100 0 0 The A. and P. Food Co., . Ltd., Wellington, and offer ■ . 1 a cask of molasses 25 0 0 Woodend Residents, Kaiapoi 27 17, 0 Eastbourne Borough Council 25 0 0 Clinton Committee 102 0 8 Officers Post and Telegraph ' Department i...' 2000 0 0 A. and T. Burt 250 . 0 .0. Oppenheim and Co. 50 0 0 Hon. J. Allen 100 0 0 Rt. Hon. W. F. Mass'ey ...V 100 0 0 Other Contributions. , Through Wanganui Borough ; Council (British Food Fund) 307 17 0 Bertram Dawson (EHerslie Auckland), motor cycle ... . 65 0 0 Mrs. C. J. Johnston (Karori) • > (instrument for medical corps) 20 0 0 Waikoikoi Residents (South Otago), one ton oats, 7 • bags oats, and 49 12 6 Through Waimate Borough Council (General . and Horse Fund) 102 16 0 TOTAL TO DATE. . OVER £100,000 IN SIGHT. The, Prime Minister made a formal announcement in the House of Representatives last evening of the amount so far contributed' to the Empire Defence Fund. He said that the money received totalled £62,002 _ 7s. 3d. and additional amounts promised, to date totalled £30,633 17s. 4d. Motor-cars of a. total value of £6441 15s. had also been presented, making the total, not including horses, £99,077. In addition to that £13,000 worth of'horses (taking an average of £20 per horse) uad beon presented for the purposes, of the Expeditionary Force. -This made a total for the-fund of £113,000. There wero quite a number of other funds, • the Lady Liverpool Fund, and others, and the tqtal of tho funds must' bo not less ■ than . £150,000. / Members ! would agree with him that the people had done wonderfully well. It was evident that t'hey realised "tfliat they wero all part of one great Imperial family, and that nothing'should-.be left undone to bring this war .to a satisfactory conclusion, whatever it might cost and whatever time it might tako to do it.

Sir Joseph Ward said that the spontaneous way in which. the . people of this country had risen to their responsibilities: was very gratifying. '■-It showed that every, section of the community in this country sank whatever party differences they had and] showed the world that t/hey were, one in' action and desire. The people were showing in a practical way their determination to see this matter 'right through to a' satisfactory conclusion., He added that many people were contributing whose names would never he heard within the' walls of Parliament at all. 1 ' Mr. - ( G.: W. Russell suggested that 'some_ notice should be taken of: the contributions made in local districts as well as of thoso forwarded direct to the General Government. The Prime Minister said that they woro all agreed that people who contributed to other funds'were actuated by just as worthy motives as those who had. contributed; to t'lie Empire Defcnco Fund. Ho would bo glftd to lat-or that tho names of all contributors should bo placed on record. Mr. Russell suggested that detailed hsts of contributors should be obtained from all local authorities.

During the procession of military wagons and their builders on" Wednesday the Petone Railway Workshops employees collected "£93,, which is to bo p!1 m, i" to , tli6 general. Patriotic Fund. The.Clyde Quay School has subscribed the sum of £13.175. %1. towards. the State school fund for equipping the Expeditionary Forco with an ambulance outfit. .. • • The Petone Empire Defence Fund ha,, readied tho sum of £112 155., of which tlie Petone Council contributed, £52 10, 5., tho Hutt Vallev Trotting Club £50, Mrs. M. A. Tattle £5 55., and Mrs. Tidy, sen., £5. ' Messrs. Hatrick and Co. are, in receipt of a letter from tlm Defence Department thanking them for their donation of 1 and cigarettes for tlie troopships. The six cases donated contained 75.000 cigarettes, 3001b. of tobacco, and 401b. of cigars.

GIFT AUCTION SALES.

''■ ANOTHER MEANS OF. RAISING , FUNDS. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) is being bombarded with suggestions as to_-liow more or less money might be raised for the purpose of swelling the Patriotic I'und. . One idea, which may. bo given expression to, comes from Mr. .Thomas Ward, namely, a gift auction of articles given by citizens. Many citizens may wish to "help, but as finances aro tight they might prefor to present to their country some articles to bo raffled for or sold. Mr. Ward is prepared to start' by presenting a new chemical balance (London price '£20), which lias never been unpacked since it was brought out from London. 1 Messrs. Thompson Bros., auctioneers, of Wellington, advocato the same idea— a gigantic jumblo auction sale, which they. would be pleased to conduct at their rooms, where articles could b« sent. Mr. William Thompson, auctioneer, of Lower Cuba Street, has offered to sell any articles that may bo forwarded to the Patriotic Fund Committee for realisation in cash. The foregoing proposals are to be submitted to a committco meeting to be held at 5 p.m. to-day. , A meeting of Pahanfcanui residents was held on' Monday, when the canvassers reported the result of their efforts. The total amount collected for the War Fund was £95 25., which has been duly paid in to the Public Ac. count, per Bank of New Zealand. 111 addition, a sum of £4 18s. Id. was paid to the Lady Liverpool Fund," making a total of £100.

W. & G.' Turnbull & C., Ltd. 100 0 0 Total 2218 9 8 The Mayor lias also received the sum of £1 Is. for expenditure in comfort! for men at the forts. \ , MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. Amount previously acknowledged 915 10 P Ross and Gleudining, Ltd. (part of £3000 contributed through various cities) 500 0 0 Total 1415 10 5 "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following are the donations to TnE Dominion's War Fund list t< date:—' ; . . WAR FUND. Previously acknowledged 1,670 14 LOCAL RELIEF FUND. Contributions to the fund for tin relief of local cases of distress as a re» suit of the war will be kept entirely separate from the War Fund, and will be used solely for the purpose designated. ' . , ' ' £ s. d. Ireviously acknowledged ... 326 0 0 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. A further fund has been opened bv The one for 1 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 : Previously acknowledged ..... 47 2 *0 John Gibson, Patea 20 fl fl Charles A. Fletcher 5 5 n Jones, ;; HI ,} 8.8 ■ Total 76 9 0

THE MORATORIUM

W r heard before Mr, \\. G. lliddell, S.M., in the Magistrate e Court yesterday, a plea for protection under the Moratorium Act— mortgage extension—was argued, hv counsel for the defence. The case was on ® 'n which John Bateman Harcourt and_ Chas. Jas. Stanton Harcourt proceeded against Robert Bamett for the s ? m P. . 3s.'sd.j being the amountof principal and interest due on a mortgage of £200. The principal was payable. at the rate of £4 6s. Bd. per ' month Mr. P. W. Jackson, who appeared for defendant, submitted that ui.der Section . . 3 of tho Mortgages Extension Act oi, ) 1914, which came, into force on August 14 last, so long asVa state of war existed in New Zealand, a mortgagee could not, without the 'leave of the Supreme Court, call up or demand payment from' any mortgagor of the prin-, cipal sum or, any part'thereof secured by the mortgagee. He could do so so far as interest was concerned, hut the Court had. power to say in what manner that interest, should be paid, whether it should be paid immediately or •by instalments. • Another point raised by- Mr. JackKin was that where, by the terms of - the, mortgage, payment of both 'principal, and interest, was provided by a 6eries of instalments, upon the tion of which the principal became ex-> tinguished, such instalments should for the purpose only of this Act bo admit ted to consist wholly of interest. , : -Decision was reserved. *'

RIFLE CLUBS'RESERVE. {

A SUGGESTION BY GENERAL GQDLEY • ■ The formation of the "Wellington riflemen into a reserve company to the sth (Wellington) Regiment has been watched with a great ideal of : cnthusi-; asm by the Wellington public, and on each occasion when the Rifle Reserve Ccr'ps has assembled, since its formation a oouple of weeks ago,\there has been a -good body of spectators to watch the men. On Wednesday, at the' Garrison Hall drill yard, over -'200 of the Reserve Corps paraded, under the command of Major H. Marshall, for the purpose of- being inspected by Ma-jor-General Sir; Alexander-Godley. Rifle clubs represented in the corps on par ' rade were: The Suburbs Rifle Club, Karori,: Highlanders,. Petone, Eastbourne, and Old Navals, and each man was carrying ; one of the new rifles which have been distributed to the corps. - Speaking to tie at the conclusion of the parade; Major-General Godley said that, he was very glad indeed' to have the opportunity that, night. of . inspecting the newly-formed company, representing all the Wellington Rifle Clubs. It had been a very great pleasure to him, he said, not only to see such a serviceable looking body , of men,, but also 'to 6ee how very quickly good will and hard work, and de.termination to do something' to qualify themselves for the defence of , their country, had enabled them to produce ail extremely serviceable organisation. Thoso of them—and he was very pleased to fiud • that night that there weTa many—who had volunteer servico,' knew tho necessity for organisation, and the necessity for drill; It was possible tlhat some of the rifltf club men 'who had gone in purely' and only for shooting might not altogether have recognised 'tho". necessity for it ; but he was quite sure tho organisation they were now in' would convince any doubt- , ers—ho did not think there .wore any remaining—of tho necessity for it. The drill he had seen them do was very •good, considering' the short time they liad been at it. He was quite certain that if'the company went on in tha way it.was going, not only would its shooting be a most valuable asset foi ■ the defence of Wellington, should ever that bo required, but more than that: the company would have an organisation ana a training which would en» able it to get.to tho pjaoe where it was <■ wanted to shoot-, and in a manner that would bring out the best possibility and capabilities, and allow them t>.' make the utmost of their shooting. "Well, I think," continued the Gen' eral, "that it is a.very' encouraging feature indeed-of the present crisis, and a very fine example of tho soldierly spirit that-prevails in the men of tin country, when we cau get 2SO men such as I see before me, now, to. come end , do the work -I,'liavo seen you do. I think the citizens of Wellington, have; overy reason tfi bo proud of it,;and I am quite sure you yourselves may feel a groat satisfaction in 1 raving qualified yourself so well." He understood they wero forming a fifth company to city regiment, and sth (Wellington) Regiment, of which, ho was glad ,to say, for tho first time in New Zealand history, a greater part had been able, as a regiment, lo go across the sea on an expedition. He was very glad indeed to be able to send the.bulk of it as a regiment. In the organisation of the .Expeditioharv Force which was' following they would find that every Territorial regiment in the Now Zealand Army was represented by a company of the strength of their riflo corps.

He thought all tho regiments of the Now Zealand Citizen Army would be Tory lucky if they were ablo to getr— and he hoped the example sot that night would got them—as fine a reserve company as was then on parade. He thought that it was an icloal to strive for, and 110 would have great pleasure m recommending it to the Minister of Defence, and so try and get a system established wliere they should have one big reserve company for every Territorial regiment, composed on the line 6 of the compauy before him.