PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2288, 23 October 1914, Page 6

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST The following contributions to the Empire Defence Fund have been received bv the Prime Minister:— £ s. d. Parakai and District Empire Defence Committee 110 0 0 Awatuna Defence League \ (collected at concert), Awa- ] tuna, for medical neces- , series 17 10 3 ' Ararimu Defence Committee, , Ararimu 26 11 9 ] Pahiatua Defence Fund, Pa- | hiatua (fourth instalment, result of cadets' patriotic | social) :.. 3 0 0 Warkwortli Patriotic Fund (third instalment), Wark- j worth (proceeds of social) 23 2 6 < Wairoa Countv, Wairoa ( (third instalment) 137 10 6 ] Champion Co..and employees, j Wellington (fifth instalI nient) 7 12 8 : |Mr.' Charles Carr, Palmer- ] ston North (through Mr. D. Buick, M.P.)..; '10 0 0 ; Maraikakaho Defence Committee, Hastings 10 10 0 ; Ngatinianiapoto Tribe, Mangapeehi (through Hon. ] Dr. Poniare) 18 0 0 ; Waipawa Borough, Waipawa 100 0 0 : "Robinhood Bay" .'. 10 0. M'Kower, M'Beth, and Co. Prop., Ltd., Wellington ... 50,0 0 ; P. J. Connelly, Pahautanui (proceeds of social) 6 10 0 j A. J. M'Leod, Mangamate... 2 2 0J. L. M'Millan and employees, Wellington 21 0. .0 : Te Horo Patriotic Fund, Te Horo 30; 0 0 '. "THE DOMINION" LISTS. The following are tho donations ,to The. Dominion's War Fund lists to i date:— BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. Contributions to tho fund, for the ; relief of the. Belgians in distress will subsequently be forwarded to the authorities in' Belgium for distribution. £ 6. d. ; Amount. previously acknowledged- •■...... 2815 13 7 Upper Hutt Concert, per Mrs. A. G. Collett ....... 11 0 0 C. E. Cuming 10 0 Miss J. Hall ..'.•: 10 0 Anonymous '. * 0 Totol 2828 15 7 WAR FUND. £ 6. d. Amount previously acknowledged , 2378 0 1 LOCAL RELIEF FUND, K Contributions to the fund for the relief of local cases of distress are:— £ b. d. Amount previously acknowledged 333 7 8 • ' BLANKET FUND. Contributions to tbo Blanket Fund in aid of the distressed in England, France, and Belgium, arb:— ■ . £ k. d.. Amount previously acknowledged ;....... 123 7 0 CIFT TOBACCO FUND.' THE GENERAL LIST. . i Contributions to this fund for the supply of. cigarettes and tobacco to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force while at tho front may be sent' either to this office or to His Worship the Mayor. £ 6. d. . Amount already acknowledged 89 A, 0 "H.B » 10 0 Total 89 14 0 BOMBARDMENT OF PAPEETE TALUNE'S PASSENGERS AT THE SCENE; 1 . (By Telegraph.—Prese Aosociation.) Auckland, October ,22. Interesting accounts of the enccts of the German bombardment of Papeete are told' by - passengers on tue Talune, which 'arnvea in Auckland to-day iroin the'islands. Mr. H. Hemus, who made the round trip with the boat, states that when they arrived at tho French port on September-9 they found the old ■ gunboat Zelee tnd tho German collier ' Walkure sunk in the harbour, while on ' overy hand there were evidences of the 1 damage done by the German shells. The ' big store of coal which the French had 1 ignited when the .Germans first made ! tneir appearance was still burning, and the harUour beacons, -which had been blown up on the approach of the Scharnj horst anjl Gneisenau, were no longer , visible. ,

Mr. Hemus said that in spite of the extensive nature of the damage, he was of opinion that the position of the damaged buildings indicated that the town was not deliba-ately shelled. Practically all the damage was in the line of tho forts on tho hills, and of the gunboat Zelee, and bore out tho account previously given that the shells which dropped on the town were due to the bad marksmanship of the German gunners, consequent upon the swell on tho sea. Mr. Hemus was unable to give an estimate of the damage done to his firm's premises, but said that the French authorities had estimated the damage done to tho island at £125,000.

Many of the German residents of tho town had left Tahiti at the outbreak of the war, but after the bombardment those who were left were taken prisoners, and when tho Talune arrived were engaged in the task of clearing up the debris. Travellers by_ the Taluno recognised in. tho perspiring Teutons many residents with whom they previously had been intimately acquainted. While the Talune was in Papeete the French boat St. Francis, which left to give the alarm at Apia, safely returned.