THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2270, 2 October 1914, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged • ••• 2514 7 3 South Wellington Methodist ■ Literary and Debating : Society (proceeds of concert) 3 3 4 Staff ot Wellington .Harbour Board (3rd ,instalment) 1 3 0 /' : , ' -2518 13 7 "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following' are the donations to ,Tiie Dominion's War Fund lists to 'date:— WAR FUND. £ «. d. Previously acknowledged ... 1,962 3 3 LOCAL RELIEF FUND. Contributions ..to tho fund for tlie relief of local'cases of distress are:— £ 6. d. I'revHusly acknowledged ... 328 7 8 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 ... 1261 6 1 Miss E. L. Johnston 50 0 0 Wairoa subscribers 60 0 0 Total 1361. 6 1 BLANKET FUND, Contributions to the Blanket ■ Fund ill aid of the distressed in England, Franco, and Belgium, are: — • £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 83' 5 0 "Bon Courage" ... - 10 0 R. Kilgour, Kiwitea 10 0 F. Kilgour, Kiwitea .......... 010 0 Total. . 85 15 0 The head office of the Labour Department yesterday forwarded £45 to the Patriotic Fund, being ten per cent, of the wages of the staff. . They make a monthly donation of that amount.' Yesterday afternoon the sum of £12 was handed over to the Mayor for the Patriotic Fund from the Wellington Jewish Club.. • His Worship expressed a proper appreciation of the timely and substantial contribution.

'Elia .treasurer of the. Lower Hutt Patriotic Fund (Mr. *\Y. B. Nicholson) desires to acknowledge receipt of £10 from' a committee of ladies, consisting of Mnsdames Black, Cotton, Skitrup, Harris, Gilbert, and tlio Misses Burn.filfy" and Coppc-ndale, who recently organised a "social" in aid of the Patriotic Fund. ■ '