THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2255, 15 September 1914, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST £1000 FROM THE WELLINGTON RACINC CLUB. • The following donations to the Patriotic Fund have been received by tho Prime Minister:— Opunake Citizens, Opunake ' ' (third instalment) 18 0 6 Wellington Racing Club, . , Wellington 1000 0 0 Huntly Patriotic Fund (sth instalment), Huntly 56 10 v 0 Roxburgh Borough Council, ' Roxburgh (for purchase of horso for Trooper Percy Whela.il) 25 0 0 iillesinere County Council, Leeston 100 0 0 Captain , Herbert, Heriofc (proceeds of account sales for two horses) 29 9 0 Feilding Branch Tanners' Union ...;..' 269 6 8 Tβ Horo Patriotic Fund (Ist instalment) 30 0 0 J. Hain (Waiouru) 1 11 6 Standard Insurance Co. (Dunedin) 500 0 0 Wellington Meat Export Co. 250 0 0 Officers .of Valuation Department' 78 1 7 J. H. Hoare (Wellington)... 100 0 0 Workmen East Coast Railway, Tauranga-To Puko section, one day's pay ... 50 0 0 South Invercargill Borough Council, Invoreargill 20 0 0 Ohura County Council, Ohura 100 0 0 John Murdoch, senr., Ross 5 0 0 Residents of Puketoi 24 2 0 Mataura Citizens' Committee, Mat-aura (4th instalment) 17 18 0 Waihi Empire Defence Fund (3rd instalment), Waihi... 181 10 .8 The Champion Co., Ltd. (2nd instalment), Wellington) 8 6 2 The Farmers' Union, Marton (2nd instalment.) 72 6 6 Whakatano County Patriotic Fund, Whakatane (4th . instalment) 12 1 6 Reefton Defence Fund, Reefton 200 0 0 Reefton Defence Fund, Reefton ....;.... 8 6 0 NATIVE LAND FOR PATRIOTIC FUND. <%,j Deleßraili.—Press ■* Gisnorne, September 14. The Tuhoe and Urewora Country Natives offer the Government a block of sixteen hundred acres of land at Ruatoku to be sold by the Government at the highest market price, the proceeds to be devoted to the Defence Fund.

Hastings, September 14. By the sale of violets in Hastings on Saturday £67 was added to the Belgian Belief Fund, and another £37 was collected in shillings charged for guesses at the weight of the champion collie dog Mosgiel Wonder. Mr. Jack Parker gave the dog to a competitor guessing the correct weight. The Belgian Fund in Hastings ha.s now reached a total of £1935, and substantial cheques are still coming in. Gisborne has collected over £1500 for the Belgians, and Napier another £350. MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. . : £ s. d. Amount previously acknow--1edged,........."....,..;...... 2337 10 : 2; Herbortville' , Social'held"on ."■ "■'" '.''" : September 4 15 14 0 Thomas Excell 110 A. L. Russell ..:......... 10 0 E. Martin .'.,.„; 0 10 0 Mrs. Moore 0 5 0 ■ ■ . . '£24C6 0 2 MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. . . £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 1708 16 11 Yee Oiling Wing 5 5 0 Sing On Tie Bros. ............ 3 3 0 Ying Lee; 1 10 Ohin She ! ..., 0 10 6 N.Z. Bookbinders' and \ Paper Rulers' Trade So- . ciety 3 3 0 Collected by two lads, R. :■■ Carter and F. Levy ..-. 0 710 .'"■ ' ' £1762 7 3 As a result of the gift auction held in Otaki to raise funds for patriotic pur-' poses the sum of £234 will be donated. PATRIOTIC SPORTS COMMITTEE. RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS. The Patriotic Sports Committee met last evening, Mr; Skerrett presiding. The secretary read out a preliminary statement of receipts and payments, •which - showed:—Receipts: Carnival, £279 15s. 3d. (some tickets ..still outstanding) ; Maori concerts, £120 ' 25.; Harry Lauder's matinee, £239 3s. 3d.;. Mr. Sykes's guessing competition, £7 45.; auctions, £50; lectures, £16 55.; total, £712 9s. 6d. The expenses, amounted to about £70. Arrangements were completed for the "treasure hunt'' to take place at Lyall Bay next Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Bayfield's offer to organise a ball at the Town Hall at any early date in aid of the fund was accepted wit*h thanks. The secretary was instructed to insert an advertisement thanking all those firms which had congifts, or _ had done gratuitous work, and the ladies who had assisted. "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following are the donations to The ' Dominion's "War ■ Fund lists to date':— .' WAR FUND. . £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... . 1939 19 3 "F.B. and L.8." 20 0 0 Total 1959 19 3 LOCAL RELIEF FUND. Contributions to the fund for the rolief of local cases of distress 1 are:— , ' £ B. d. Previously acknowledged ... 328 7 8 BELCIAN 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 ... 538 7 11 "F.B. and L.8." 20 0 0 H. B. Russell, Gisborne 5 0 0 A. Tyor '.... 5 0 0 Mrs. W. M. Kebbell 2 10 0 "W.A.W." : 0 10 0 Total 571 7 11 BLANKET FUND. Contributions to tho Blanket Fund in aid of tho distressed in England, France, and Belgium, are:--£.-s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 12 1 0 "F.B. and L.8." 10 0 0 "H.W.W." < 5 0 0 Mrs. W. M. Kebbell 2 10 0 Mrs. Cantor 110 J. Kilfiour, Kiwitea- 1 0 0 "M. and H." 10 0 R. C. Fowlor, Manganiahoe 1.0.0 "Two Mastertoiiians" 0 10 0 "M.L." 0 10' 0 "N.E.8." 0 7 6 Total 34 18 6 The Home and Belgium Relief Fund Ooimnittee at Timaru is working energetically. About £2600 is in hand, and it is hopud to double this by systematic .canvass.—Press Association.