THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2243, 1 September 1914, Page 7

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

FURTHER DONATIONS PRIME MINISTER'S LIST The following additional subscriptions for the equipment of the Expeditionary Force.have been received by the Prime Minister :r~ . •"■" £ s. a: Windonside . Patriotic Fund! . : Committee, Gore (Ist and . 2nd instalments) ......... 20 3 0 Charlton Patriotic Committee, Charlton, Gore (and gifts of horse and oats) 18 3 0 Moa Flat Expansion League . Fund, Moa Flat, Heriot (and gifts of horses and chaff) :........ .....;.„ 87 19 6 Waipiro Patriotic Committee, Waipiro Bay 214 8 4 Mana'kau Patriotic Fund, Manakau, Levin 145 0 3 Balclutha National Patriotic Fund, Balclutha 541 0 0 Huntly Patriotic Fund, (3rd' instalment), Huntly ...... 67 10 0 Reefton Defence Fund Committee, Reefton 143 17 0 Kumara. ..War Fund Committee, Kumara (2nd instalment) 30 0 0 Gisborne Citizens' Defence Committee, Gisborne 30 0 0 Through Christchurch City Council, Christchurch ... 5 5 0 Government Departs. (Home for Defectives), Richmond 2 0 0 Waihi Subscribers, Waihi... 96 7 4 Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspaper Co., Ltd. (i subscription promised by company), Dunedin ... 500 0 0 Greymouth War Contingent Fund (2nd), Greymouth... 250 0 0 Supplementary amount collected by Potono Railway Workshops' Prooession on . August 26. 2 13 3 Balfour Patriotic Fund Com- : mittee, Balfour, Gore ... 85 6 0 Opuuakfe Citizens (2nd instalment), Opunako ...... 197 8 51 Akitio' District (sth instalment), Pongaroa ...... 70 0 0 Residents of Hawora District (2nd), Hawcra 258 17 9 Inangahua County Council ■ (voted), Reefton 100 0 0 To Arolia Borough Council, To Arolia ' 50 0 0 Taramoa Residents, South- . land 20 6 0 Tryphena Residents, Great Barrier Island, 10 10 0 Lake County Council (voted), . Queens'town' ....:..... 200 0 0 Government Depts. (Officers of House of Representatives) •., 5 0 0 Little River Patriotic Com- ■ mittee, Littlo River 239 14 ■ Eaivhia County Council, <

Kawhia 25 0 0 Prom Marton and District, through Rangitikei County Council, Marton 26 5 0 New Plymouth Citizens' Committee, New Plymouth 1250 0 0 Sanclon Patriotic Fund Committeo (Ist instalment), Sanson 235 13 0 Hokitjka Patriotic Commit- . mitteo (2nd instalment), Hokitika 250 0 0 Pelorus Sound Patriotic Fluid Pohuenui 14 10 0 Edieyalo Patriotic League, Edievale, Tapanui 37 18 0 Matamata County Council, Cambridge 100 0 0 At a fully-attended meeting of tho Johnsonvillo Town Board, held last evening, it was unanimously resolved to take a poll of ratepayers on Tuesday next to -decide the question of granting £100 to tho Empire Defenco Fund. The patriotic concert held at Johnson vjlle last Thursday produced £44 10s. The Johnsonvillo Band is organising a social to he held next week in aid of the.War Fund, and a skating carnival, organised by Messrs. Moore Bros., will be hold _ a week following, and 'jho proceeds will be handed over to the same fund. Up till Saturday over f«300 had been subscribed in Taihape to the Empire Defence Fund.

t The amount of cash aixfAkind given in Greytoivn towards tho W''-r and Lady Liverpool Fund amounts to £600. (By Telegraph.-Press Association,). Tfmaru, August 31. A fund for the poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium has been started here. At a representative public meeting £625 was given in the room. A coratmttoe and executive were elected to work in conjunction with the National Committee. WELLINGTON CAMPAIGN. SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS. _ A meeting of ihe Sports and Entertainments Committee in connection .with ■ the Patriotic. Fund was held in the Town Hall last night. Mr. A. Marryatt presided. The arrangements for the Mayoral and Parliamentary cricket match were announced to be well in hand. Tlie question of the much-discussed Supday concert were left in the hands of sub-committees, with power to oilajge.

The Natives' Association Band and the Wellington Pipe Band write signifying their willingness to help the committee, in its work.

The Department of' Internal Affairs wrote granting permission to the committee to hold a treasure hunt at Lyall Bay. J

It was decided to Tequest citizens to forward articles suitable for the gift auotion to be held by Mr. H. Seaton about, September 9. It was announced that the Mayor intended to declare a half-holiday-for the occasion. In connection with the Basin Rcsorvo function, Mrs. Bott, of Hall Street, and Mrs." Dougkiß, -of Abel Smith Street, wrote offering their services as flower stair keeper, and fortune-teller respectively. . It was announced that the Maori Choir concerts would probably be held next week.- /. A meeting of ladies to assist in'the sale of badges is to be called shortly by Mrs. J. F Luke. On September 9 a marathon race is to be ; held, the finish of which is to her ,'at..'the. Basin.; Reserve.'... v ' ...,.--," ..'.'". - A donation of - flowers was received from Mr. Hurst and friends of Nelson. They realised £3 when so'd by Mrs. Bayfield and her assistants. It was decided, on the motion of Mr. to a Union Jack, to-morrow week at the gala at. the' basin. ■•.'■•■

The Mayoral team to pin v the-Par-liamentary team-, is-as follows:—J. V, Luke (captain), J. W. M'Ewan, W. T. Hildreth. H. Baldwin, 0. C. Crump, T. W. Hislop, W. J. Organ, J. G. Harknoss, F. Townsend, J. Cathie, J. G. W. Aitken, D- M'Laren, 0. M. Luko. E. P. Bunny, G. Frost, and B. M. Wilson. MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. ' , ■ £ s.'d. Amount previously acknowledged ..;. ; 2,243 19 8 Mrs. J. H. Freeman (pre- , ■ viously omitted from St. ' John's Church collection) 10 0 Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Collection (Donald M'Lean Street) '...' '. 2 0 0 Empire Manufacturing Co. 25 0 0 , £2,271 19 8 MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. '•'.-... £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged : 1,426 1311 Wellington Gas Co. Employees (City Staff), first instalment 14 19 0 £1,441 12 11 "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following are the donations to The Dominion's War Fund list to date:— WAR FUND. , Previously acknowledged £1,670 14 6 LOCAL RELIEF FUND. Contributions to the fund for the relief of local cases of distress are:— Previously acknowledged £326 0 0

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. Contributions to the fund for the relief of the Belgians in distress will subsequently be forwarded to the authorities in Belgium for distribution. ( . ' £s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 152 16 6 H. Hume 110 B. Hume ' 110 David J. Garland 1 1 0 I Total £155 19 6 Canon Garland writes as under:—"lt seems to mo that tho effort to raise funds for our Belgian ally deserves great support. It is right that we should think of our friends as well as ourselves, especially in' such times, as these. Our sympathies are surely awakened by the terrible sufferings and losses incurred, by gallant little Belgium in resisting bo formidable- a foe, especially as by the surrender of honour Belgium might have gaved the lives of her people and the treasures of her cities. We are further indebted to Belgium for tho sacrifices sho has made, and but for which the position of the Allies to-day would bo oven moro serious. We can never fully ropay those sacrifices, but New Zealanders already havo shown so much generosity that thoy have only to remember the sacrifices and realise tho needs of Belgium and liberal contributions will be forthcoming, without diminishing other funds. I am sorry that my donation must, be small, but such as it is, ploaso accopt the enclosed guinea."

"L.A.W." lias handed into Tire Dominion ' offico for salo a lady's double-eased gold watch, with a request that tbo proceeds of such sale bo added to the fund for the- relief of tho Belgians. Tho watch, which is not at present in working order, niay be inspected during office hours, and it is hoped that a buyer will come forward witli a liberal amount for the purohase. Want a Sewing Machine? Then let it be a Wertlioim—it stands alono as tho one perfect machine. Othor necessities on the same plane are Harrison's Home Knijter, and tho Hotary Washing Mnchine. Messrs. Oscar Hewett and Co. arc sole agents for each, and also handle the matchless Pathephone, the richest, clearest, and best toned machine on the market. From local agents, or direct from OSCAK HEWETT AND CO., 66 Cuba Street Wellington,—Advt, . j