DISTRESS BELIEF FUND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 8

DISTRESS BELIEF FUND

FOE THE POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND BELGIUM. ■ Tie Wellington Committee of the Poor of Great Britain and Ireland and Belgium Relief ■ Fund acknowledges receipt of tie following donations to the Fund:— £ a. d. Amount previously acknowledged 9688 1 4 "0.W.G." 0 10 0 Officers of the Government, • Insurance Office 617 0 E. 0. Browne and Co., Ltd. 5 5 0 A. K. S. Mackenzie 10 10 0 A.. Levy 5 5 0 John'Stanton, Petone (half proceeds sale of land at Island Bay) '...• 55 6 0 J. H. Bothuno and Co. (half ; commission on above sale) 3 0 0 Hawke's Bay Bacon Co. (per William .Campbell, Ltd., sale of sausages) 1 15 2 Per Mrs. J..P. Luke-r- . Miss E. Sommerville 5 0 0 Inglis Bros, (additional) ....• 1 0 0 Gray Hassell, Porirua 10 0 0 M.A.C., Lower Hutt 0 10 0 New Plymouth and Inglowood Branch of Fund .... 600 0 0 Wellington Girls' College: Proceeds of garden fete, concert, and donations given by school 300 0 0 Alison Clayton -.(per The Dominion) 0 5 0 "Lyall Bay" ... 15 0 Wellington College: Contri- ,, butions per Mr. J. •P. "Firth' ...... 325 0 0 Waikanae : School Children for Belgian children 9 0 0 ': ; .Total:! . .11,028 4 6 . The following goods. have been forwarded to Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., byvMi&' BSkewell and 'Miss Page, on behalf of,,the ladies of Khandallah, for the benefit'--of the. Fund:—2l knitted bonnets, 22 children's dresses, 20 chilIren's bloomers, 4 boys' suits, 4 jerseys, 4 blouses, 3 nightgowns, 5 pairs )f socks, 21-coast (adults); 2 overcoats, t woollen garments, 3 costumes. mayor's patriotic fund. . £ s. a: Amount previously acknowledged- ; 2789 11 10 Proceeds dance, Tawa Flat, per "Evening Post" 2 10 0 ' ' Total 2792 1 10

"THE DOMINION" LISTB. . .The following are the donations to The Dominion's "War Fund lists to date:— BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. Contribution!) to the fund for the relief of the Belgians in distress will subsequently be forwarded to the au-. thorities in Belgium for distribution. ■ _ . 1 £ ,s. d. Amount • preiously acknowledged 6494 9' 8 Westport Relief Fund (per ' His .Worship the Mayor).'.. 86 10 10 Per "Manawatu Evening Standard" 41 4 3 Kairanga County Council... 15 0 0 C.W.Smith.. 1..- 10 0 "Meleddy" 0 2 0 "Taranafci Herald • .-arid. • ; Budget" Fund ; 100 0. 0 Greytown and. district (per - His Worship the Mayor) 15 .12 0 Collected from Karon residents By Mesdames Barclay and M'Lellaii. and Misses Davis and Pollen (third instalment) 8 13 0 G,.-.E. Yule .' 5 5 0 Mr. Evyln M'Donald (per * N.Z. Loan and Mercan- , tile Agency Co., Ltd.) 4 7'o "Shearer" 3 0 0 Collection in bar of Hotel Ceoil (ono week)' ........ 1 10 0 George P. Harrison, Greytown 10 0 Commission left' on stamps • at J. B. Speed's 0 6-3 Total 6778 15 0 GIFTS IN KIND. About 500 tons of gifts of clothing for the Belgian poor are being forwarded to the Government from centres all over the Dominion for dispatch. In addition to this a- great deal has been received from towns nearer at hand by the Central Committee in Wellington. ; DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE IN LONDON. By Telegraph—Prces Association—Copyright London, December 3. The London Chamber of Commerce has appointed a special committee to distribute the Sydney commercial organisations' gifts of foodstuffs, and to divide tho frozen mutton shipments among tho distress committees in the London boroughs and the various hospitals where wounded arc being treated, and tho various Belgian relief committees. A largo quantity of tinned mutton has been distributed in Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, and in the Midlands.