PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2352, 7 January 1915, Page 7

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

ADDITIONAL DONATIONS Tho following additional donations to the various patriotic funds aro acknowledged :— DISTRESS RELiEF FUND. FOR THE POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND BELGIUM. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 25,163 511 llcsidonts of Otorohanga, per secretary of Otorohanga Branch of N.Z. iSports Protection League 610 0 Mrs. C. J. lleakes, additional from sale of bird at Upper Hutt 0 13 0 £25,170 8 11 MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. ' ■ _ ' £ 6. d. Amount previously acknowledged' 3715 9 8 Staff of Wellington Harbour board (tenth instalment) 019 0 £3716 9 2 MAYOR'S WAR DISTRESS FUND. £ 6. d. Amount previously acknowledged 3371 14 5 City Council (rent Choral Society, Town Hall, Christmas night) 23 0 0 Staff of Wellington Harbour Board (tenth instalment) 13 8 7 £3408 3 0 BELGIAN'S CHILDREN'S FUND. £ 6. d. Eastbourne School Children Prize' Fund 86 0 0 Pahiatua Belgian Fund Committee, per Miss J. M. To&swill, per The Dominion 35 0 0 THE "DOMINION" LISTS. 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 aoknowledged ...: ; 12,698 2 0 Messrs. Skerrett, Turnbull, and Marsden, sale of roses (per W.F.C.A;.) 0 11 6 Total 12,698 1.3 6 GIFT TOBACCO FUND. . Contributjons to this fund for the supply of cigarettes and tobacco to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces wßile 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:— £ 8. d. Amount previously acknowledged 121 16 6 Mr. and Miss Ball 0 5 0 J. M'Bride 0 -2 6 R. Coleman 0 2 6 G. E. Tautrum 0 2 6 Total 122 9 0 EASTBOURNE SCHOOL CHILDREN. The final results in connection with the Eastbourne school children's commendable effort are to hand. It will be remembered that these children unanimously decided amongst themselves to devote the wholo of tho proceeds of their prize fund in aid of the Belgian children. The movement was taken up .with great enthusiasm in conjunction With .the School Committee, Messrs. F. Ji Chittey Kelly, E.. Zohrab, C. Russell, Wright, B. Shortt, and R. A. Keenan (secretary). The sum realised is over, £25, and will no doubt increaso to £80. Considering the limitation of the district, and the small number of permanent residents in comparison with other school districts, the Eastbourne children deserve warm congratulation for .tho splendid zeal and energy displayed-in their campaign of charity. The sum of £25 has been handed over to His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke), and the secretary (Mr. Keenan) speedily hopes to augment this amount in a few days.