THE PATRIOTIC FUND CHURCH COLLECTIONS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2247, 5 September 1914, Page 8

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

CHURCH COLLECTIONS

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST

THE LATEST DONATIONS The Prime Minister Las received tho lollott'iiig further contributions to the Patriotic Fund:— Sargood, Son and Eiven, Dunedin 2000 0 0 Reefton War Fund Committee, Roefton 10 0 0 Wanganui citizens, Wanga- , nm. 307 17 0 Awahun Dairy Factory Co., Ltd., Palmerston North 50 0 0 Pupils of Bulls School Bulls 12 0 0 (Amount to have been expended on prizes). Clinton Empire 'Defence Committee 31 0 0 Auckland itacing.Club .... 1000 0 0 Colyton patriotic social (through School Committee) 25 0 0 Maoris arid Europeans of Batley (through Mayor .of Auckland) 24 0 0 Marton branch of Farmers' Union (first coutriv button) 448 17 0 Cheviot Defence Fund i 296 13 0 (And gifts horses, oats; chaff, potatoes, saddles, bull). Levin Ladies' Committee... 33 10 0 Hawke's Bay County Council (oth) — J. Campbell, Kahuranaki. £13; Puektiritiri suds., £8 Iβ.; Clive, £32 Is.; (fifth instalment) 53 1 3 Dannevirke Patriotic Fund 500- 0 0 Porangahau district 622 0 0 Winton subscribers- (third instalment) 25 19 0 Gisborne Citizens' Defence . . Committee (third instalment) 415 0 0 (Gisborne Harbour Board £100). Moray. Place School, Dunedin 20. 0 0 Brunner residents (first instalment) 62 13 6 Gisborne Harbour Board ' ' (voted) 100 0' 0 Huntly Patriotic Fund (fourth instalment) ... 49 17 3 Pupils and staff, Kaiwarra School (proceeds patriotic concert) .....: 7 12 0

EFFORTS IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) New Plymouth, September 4. A very largely-attended . meeting of local railway men to-night decided to establish a patriotic fund for the relief of distress generally, and not merely to be confined to railway men. The executives of the various railway societies throughout the Dominion are to be urged, to combine and "make the appeal general. A .suggestion will be made to the executive to ask all- members of the _service to contribute a. minimum of sixpence per -week during the continuation.of the war. All' present agreed to enrol as a railway unit of the defence rifle clubs. The Masterton War Relief Fund now amounts to about £1000. A Press Association message from Timaru states that the local British and Belgian relief fund aow totals over £1600. Two repetition eales of sheep added over £90. • Tho' Hastings Patriotio Fund has rau>hed,a total of £2544 15s. 9d. ..., ~ "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following are the donations to The Dominion's War Fuud lists to date:— ' ■ '~ .•'• WAR FUND. £ s. d Previously acknowledged 1806 1 2 Employees of tho Gear Meat Co., Ltd. (Petono and Lambtou Quay) .72 18 6 W. S. Bennett 5 5 0 Total 1884 4 8 LOCAL RELIEF FUND. _ Contributions to the fund for the relief of local cases cf distress are:— £ s. d. Previously acknowledged... 327 7 8 BELCIAN RELIEF FUND. Contributions to the fund for the relief of the Belgians in distress will subsequently be forwarded to the au-' thorities in Belgium for distribution. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 260 13 8 Mrs. C. Earlo ......< 5 0 0 •M. Bacchus 2 2 0 "J.P.". ..........: 2 0 o Rev. James Mackie 1 10 0 Mrs. Gv Turton 110 Dannevirke street collection (per , "Evening News") ... 105 18 9 "Evening News" list, Dannevirke (first instalment £13 195.) George W. Wright 2 2 0 W. Robinson ~ 9 2 0 C. B. Coleman ~'. ois 0 T.N. 10 0 Mrs. L. Wright . 2 2 0' Mrs. W. A. Ryan ..,! i i 0 H- Yawall ~ ! 0 0 o.j.j. ■...;., inn A. E. Cordell ..... ...../ '2 2 0 Mrs. Ole Olsen .„... , o 5 0" A friend , 4 010 0 v Total 392 i g The Belgian Consul-General, the * JPi -i - Joh . nst «") has received irom the Dannevirke "Evening News " a cheque for £105 18s. 9d., being the amount realised by a street collection last Saturday m Dannevirke in aid of the Belgian relief fund. ■ Great credit is due to Mesdanies L. C. Rathbone, L. W - W "ght, and C. Baddeley, and Nurse Wright, who were' responsible tor organising the collection—the most successful m Dannevirke'e history A cheque for £13 19s. has also been received. from the same source, being the first instalment from the "Evening Mws" office, where a-list has been opened. Tho names of contributors appear above. ' ; r Mr. James Mackie, in forwarding the contribution, acknowledged above jy/ , , 1^ 8 - Z' 1 intensely tho pluck'y little kingdom, and feel that as Britishers wo owe Belgium's bravo soldiers more than w© enn ever repav, for the splendid stand they have made against a cruel.and unscrupulous,' and unrighteous aggressor. I trust our sum " readl * VCrj ' substantial The total sum collected by The Do-" minion for the war, local relief, and £2603 Vs ft\ ? ' nOW amounts to Membersof "the Khandallah Literary and Debating Society are holding -a patriotic concert in aid of the Befeian. fund. The Onslow Borough Councillias granted the free use of tlie Khandallah Hall, and many residents have voluntarily offered -their services. The' concert takes place on Wednesday next. Admission is free, but a collection is to bo taken up.

MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. Amount previously aeknow- „ 'edged 2313 11 8 Cathie and Sons 20 0 0 Basil''Cooper Hardware Co. (window display), second instalment 5 0 0 Ngaio Social Club 115 o Boys of Amokura (first instalment) ~.,■ 15 6 R. Tingej; 10 0 ■52342 12 2

FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS. (By Telegraph— Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, September 4. i All offerings on Sunday, October 4, in Anglican and all other churches, excepting tho Roman Catholic (in which collections will be taken up on tho last Sunday in Octobor), are to bo donated throughout .Now Zealand to the fund for the benefit of the poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium. It is hoped that at every service on that day generous offerings will be given. "Violet pay" to-day, in aid of the food for Britain and Belgium fund, realised the handsome total of £489.