RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS TO BELGIUM.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2410, 16 March 1915, Page 6

RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS TO BELGIUM.

_ * SHOULD BE SPECIALLY EARMARKED; (By Telegraph.—Press ABsn.-^Copyright.) London, March 14. It js extremely desirable that au- I thorities • remitting money in response to the Belgian Commissioners' appeal should instruct their' agents in Loudon that it must be handed to the Com- i mission, otherwise it may be given to i a totally different body, called the Bel- i gian Relief Committee, which deals i with' refugees in England, who are al- i ready well provided for. ] The chairman of Commission states that he has not received a 6ingle i dime from Australia in response to the Commission's appeal,- though money is pressingly wanted.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. MAYOR'S (NEW) FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 455 8 6 Trinity ' Methodist Junior Endeavour Class 0 13 6 Island Bay Baptist Sunday School scholars, in lieu of annual prizes •. 2 0 0 Levin Belgian Relief Fund (first instalment) 13 5 0 Employees A. Levy (third /instalment) , - 1 40 { N'ou-Com. Officers and Men, No. 11 Platoon, B Com'pany, 4th Reinforcements, Trentham '766 Renwicktown ' 0 5 0 SI. Myers 10 0 0 Mrs. Moran (fourth instalment) 0 10 0 Mrs. Taylor 0 2 6 Mrs. Nash 0 2 6 Mrs. J.W.D 1 0 0 Mis. Dr. Young ; 2 2 0 ' ' ' , £493 19 6 THE "DOMINION" LIST. Contributions to the fund for th# relief of the Belgians in distress will subsequently be forwarded to the authorities in Belgium for distribution:— £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 20,645 8 8 "The Glad Eye" Co. (collections in theatre, £66 4s; 4d. and £7 17s. 6d.), total ' 74 1 10 M. N. E. Gorringe 50 1 6 "The Glad Eye" Co. (managerial end stage staffs) 26 0 4 Beaumont Smith 25 0 0 Parton's cake 6 2 0 "The Seven Little Austra- • J lians' " auction, sale of : Master Parton's birthday" cake, bought by Sir Joseph Ward 6 6 0 "The Seven Little Austra- . lians' " resale of Leslie Parton's cake 6 2 3 "F.D.G." 200 "The Glad Eye" Co. , (front, of house staff)... .1 10 0 Employees,- Te Aro .House ' Drapery • Co., • Ltd. ; ( (second instalment) ..... 11 2 Masterton 0 10 0 "R. 3" 0 2 6 1 Total 20,838 5 1 ] RAILWAYMEN'S BELGIAN NIGHT. I Particulars of a' unique entertain- { ment which the ■Wellington Railway- , men propose holding in the Town Hall ( on Friday evening, March 26, are ad- , vertised in this morning's issue. The , programme will comprise exhibitions of bayonet,fighting under the new system of military jiu-jitsu, as now being taught in Trentham camp; jiu-jitsu displays by Captain Leopold M'Laglen, the present champidn of the world ; tugs-of-war between teams from the Expeditionary Forces and the New Zealand Railways; patriotic songs by Miss Mina Caldow, and Messrs. Clarksori, • Mohr, and Hickmott; and patriotic se- , lections by M'Laughlin's Orchestra of ! 25 performers. The (entertainment will ' bo under the patronage of his Excel- , lency the Governor, the Prime Minister, and other Ministers of the Crown, Sir J. G.i' Ward, K.C.M.G., his Worship ' the Mayor, and other prominent citieens. The Railwaymen are sparing no pains to make their Belgian Night the talk of tho town, and judging by the booking plan their efforts on behalf of the Belgians are likely to he rewarded with a bumper house. TOKOMARU BAY CONTRIBUTIONS. A meeting of the Tokomaru -Bay Empire Defence Fund and Belgium Relief Fund Committee was held, when the . treasurer, ; Mr. S. J. Williamsj submitted the following list of cash donations, amounting in air to £615 Bs. Bd. This amount has been forwarded through the Bank of New Zealand to the central body in Wellington. Apart from the amounts .shown hereunder, donations of horses have bcon made by many .of tho surrounding stations, to assist local volunteers in getting away to the front. Further schemes to aug. ment the Fund are being considered;— ■ W. J, Riley, £1 Is.; J. Wilson, £1 Is.; R. Bimler, £1 Is.; dog money, lis. 6d.; gate money, £7 10s.; flower sale, £2 145.; J. Oates, £1 Is.; W. C. Rhodes, £5-55.; A. Parlane, £1 Is.; W. Wadey, £1 la.'; P. Barry, £1 Is.: ■ sundry collections, 135.; P. Pittar, £1 Is. ; C. 0. Morse, £2 25.; C. Brabant, ; 10s. 6d.; G. Busby (cash), £3 17s. 6d.; ; P. Whitcombe, ■ £1' Is.; per W. Oates, senr.: Dog box, £3 3s. 6d.; afternoon tea, £5 7s. Bd.; sale cakes, £3 Is.; W. Oates, senr., £3 35.; concert proceeds, £31 18s. 5d.; H. Coventry, £1 Is.; hotel staff, £v 19s. 6d.; T. B. Poason, 10s. 6d.; W. Busby, £44; Mrs. and Miss Busby, £30; Geo. Busby, £20; additional concert money, £1 7s. 6d.; per Mr. Gardner (Freezing Works), £38; proceeds picture show (Mr. Dawson), £8 65.; football match, £4 ss. lQd.; J. A. Forbes, £1; per G. Busby: G. Sampson and wife, £1; J. Cranswick, 10s.; E. Stuart, 2s. 6d.; M. Robinson, 2s. 6d.; J. Stevens, 10s.; T. Casserley, 10s.; W. Blundell, 10s.; M. Daly, 10s.; W. Wright, 10s.; N. Harris, 10s.; A. Dever, 10s.; A. Haydon, 10s.; A. Schoficld, 10s.; R. Cave, 10s.; P. Hatwell, 10s.; Waiau Station Employees, £7 10s.; Tokomaru Public School, £2 10s. 3d.; V. J. Williams, £100 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Nadin's dance, £10 10s.; Mako Mako Station Hands, £7; W. G. Saxby, £5; Huiarua' Station Hands, £5 10s.; Iluiarua Station Hands, £4 55.; G: W. Good, 55.; additional concert, 125.; S. Wall, £1; A. Bain, £1; M. O'Rourke, £1; per Mr. Gardner: Freezing Works, £3 10a.; Mrs. D. 1). Busby, £3; W. Calcott, £2 25.; H. Dines, £2 25.; J. Dickey, £1; W. V. M'llityre, £1; H. Marshall, £1; J. Dellow, £1; L. Anderson, £1; D. Christie, £1 Is.; F. W. Fogford. 10s.: H. Lusliman, 10s.; A. Eraser, 10s.; A. Currie, 10s.; A. Dever, 10s.; G. A. Jones, 10s.; i\Lss Tanner, £1 la.; Miss Dickoy, 10s.; Rugby Union, £10; Athletic Sports' Club, £36 3s. 9d.; Mrs. Willis, 55.; Allan Morse, 145.; Miss P., Spencer, Is.; opening Tokomaru Town Hall, £22 10s.; medical comforts. Bs.; other amounts paid into Bank.of Now Zealand, £31. os. Bd.; sent direct by Tokomaru Bay . Maori*, £100: total, £615 Bs. Sd. ' ■ ,' , \ t -1