BELGIAN SHILLING CHRISTMAS FUND

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2340, 23 December 1914, Page 6

BELGIAN SHILLING CHRISTMAS FUND

Already acknowledged, £2263 18s.'8d.; Wanganui Harbour Board, £2 Is.: per "Waipawa Mail," 10s.; Gear Co. Employees' Picnic Committee, £30'; Riversdale, per Mrs. Butler, £5; per.Waitara Harbour Board, £20 os. 6d.; "Rangitikei Advocate," £3 45.; Bulls, per H. A. Goodall, £4 75.; Paraparaumu, per Mr. .Vaughan, £3 ,Is.; Noel, Ivan, and. Albert, 35.; Tutira H. Bay, per Guthrie Smith, £13 ss. 6d.; Riverton, per Town Clerk, £3 175.; Ohakune Borough Council, Is.; per Mrs. Owen Jones, 10s.; Maori Bay, per. F. Fell, £28; Foxton, per Mr. Stiles, £9; Brunnerton, per T. Franklin, £6; -Naseby, per T. M'Neil, £6 10s.; Greymouth, per Town Clerk, £7 45.; per Mrs. Myers, 35.; State Advances Office staff, £2 25.; Karori, per Mrs. Barclay and Miss Davies, £1 18s.; Waitomo County Council. £1 18s.;. Brooklyn, per- Mrs. Aulin, £2 lis.;; Dannevirke, per R.' Takle, £1 155.; Timaru, per J. Maling, £110; Temuka, per the Mayoress, £6; Lower Hutt (per the Mayor,. Mesdames Cameron, Harman, and Gordon), £26 175.; Castlepoint County Council, £5; Foxton, per E. Wanklvn, £5; Westport, per the Mayor, £10 9s. '; Timaru, per Levels (bounty Council, £5 25.; Government Life Insurance Office staff, £4; Marjorie and Bob Cowper, £1; Waitara, per H. Were, £3 15s. 6d. Total, £2594 3s. 2d.

The amount collected by the ladies of Petone for the Belgian Christmas Gift Fund to date is £51195. 6d. There are a few more cards to be returned, and it is anticipated that these will realise another £10. 'In addition to this the Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan) is forward-' ing a sum amounting to £36'185. to the Belgian Relief Fund! MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 3713 10 5 Amokura Boys (third instalment) 13 9 ' • £3714 14 2 THIS "DOMINION" LIST. £ s. d. 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. Amount previously acknowledged ; 10,012 16 8 A. W. Hogg ...a 1 11 6 Phyllis Gray, Rona Bay (collection) 0 10 4 Total 10,014 18 6 CIFT TOBACCO FUND. . THE GENERAL LIST. Contributions to this fund for the supply of cigarettes and tobacco to members of the New: Zealand Expeditionary while at the front may be sent either to this office or to His Worship the Mayor—2s. 6d. will buy 100 cigarettes and 4oz. tobacco: — £ s. d. Amount previously, acknowledged, 103 5 6 Norman Kirkcaldie 5 0 0 S. Walkley, Hamua, 0 10 6 "R.V.F." (per His Worship the Mayor) 0 5 0 "L.A.E." 0 5 0 Total 109 ,6 0