DISTRESS RELIEF FUND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2280, 14 October 1914, Page 6

DISTRESS RELIEF FUND

FOR THE POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN, ; IRELAND AND BELGIUM. At" a meeting of the executive; of the Poor of GTeat Britain, Ireland, and Belgium Relief Fund yesterday, it was reported that the Dominion Executive of the New Zealand Fanners' /Union had decided to support the fund, and would do everything possible to secure the assistance of the branches, of the union throughout the Dominion. It was. also deoided that while it should bo adopted as a general principle to • send contributions in Kind, where practicable, that in the meantime cash donations should be remitted in cash for distribution in. Great Britain, Ireland,' and Belgium. > The Shipments Sub-committee reported that the first consignment from Wellington had been shipped per s.s. Star of Australia,- and consisted of 12 cases of clothing and the donation of frozen meat from the Tokomaru Freezing Company, Ltd. It was also decided to arrange for the posting of placards setting forth the claims of the fund, and to endeavour to secure the authority of the Tramway Department to have them posted in the various tramway waiting-snede. It was resolved to acknowledge with many thanks the offor received through the Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, of the services of the Committee of the Countess of Liverpool's Fund in the packing and sorting of consignments of clothes. i ■WELLINGTON DONATIONS. The Wellington Committee of the Poor of Great Britain and Ireland and Belgium Relief Fund acknowledged- receipt of the following:— ' . £ b. a. Amount previously acknowledged 896 10 11 Por'irua Patriotic Concert and Dance 15 5 9 S. and A. Ingrnm 110 Mrs. W. 'J. Gaudin ......:.. 10 0 H. J. Condor, Levin (sale of pug pups) ! 2 2 0 A. Gustofsen, Petone ...... 110 W. H. Green 10 0 \V. C. Osborno 0 10 0 Per Walter Nathan— Eric C. Vf. Nathan 10 6 MissJoyceNath.nl 10 6 • ' ■ 110 E. N. Grove and L. Sutton 2 2 0 "C.L.8." 10 0 Miss A. Bowon (per The; Dominion) 10 0 G. M. Kebbell .; 55 0 "Sympathiser" .' 50 0 D.".Piw>t and Co. ~„.. 2 2 0 Mrs. M. A. Lambert 10 0 Philjpps and Pike '550 Ballinger Bros , 5 5 0 P. Sidey 3 3 0 £950 13 S

In connection -with the amount of £5 from the Terrace Congregational Sunday School acknowledged yesterday, it .should.ho noted that this amount is tho'result of the scholars denying themselves their prizes for this year.MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknovr- ■ ledßcd 2242 8 2 Otago Battalion 3 10 p . 2245 18 2 THfi TIMARU FUND. (By leießropß.-l'wss Association.) Tirnaru, October 13. Tho South Canterbury British and Beleian lfalief Dund is now over £5000.