PATRIOTIC'FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2449, 30 April 1915, Page 4

PATRIOTIC'FUNDS

RECEIVED THROUGH THE TREASURY, £ s. d. Through Wellington Pub-. lishing C 0.,. Ltd., ("Do--minion"), Wellington I'i2 8 6 Fifth instalment Win ton school teachers, Win ton 2 0 0 H.. W, Xovthcroft 3 0 0 W. C. Kensington 3 0 0 . Kaitawa Dairy Company (through secretary National Dairy Association of New Zealand) 16 7 5 MAYOR'S (NEW) BELCIAN FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknow- . ledged _ 1559 15 0 Paekakariki Railway Employees (3rd instalment) ... 217 6' Collected by Mrs. Boyd at Paekakariki, (3rd instal.),. 010 0 Collected bv Miss Pram at Paekakariki (3rd instal.) ,296 South Wellington School (7th weekly - instalment) 20 0 Total 1867 12 0 ' WAIRARAPA GIFTS. Mr. E. C. Holmes, of Masterton, has been appointed official representative for the Belgian Refugee Food Fund for New Zealand, by Mr. Frank Kitchener, brother of Lord Kitchener, who is secretary for this fund in; London. Mr. Holmes received on, Saturday last the following cablo message from London: "Kindly convey our thanks to the people of the. Wairarap'a district for their magnificent gift- of £150, also sheep, per Otaki and Waimate, received. Storage was given by Sir Montague Nelson, and we arc feeding upwards of 1000 refugees daily. We require urgently cheese, butter,-and jam." Mr. Holmes, in a covering letter states that a 601b. sheep provides a ration for 240 people a day on a }Ib. ration. ASHBURTON'S FETE. (By .Telegraph.—Press Association.) Ashburton, April 29. The Ashburton County Belgian Fete, organised in aid of the Relief-Fund, attracted about 10,000 people from all parts of Central Canterbury,' and though still in progress may already be 6tatcd to be a brilliant success. It was commenced this morning with a monster procession, which included many fine spectacular displays and humorous tableaux, and which took thirty minutes to pass a given point. The Show Grounds' had been quite transformed with'a mul- , titude of l tents containing stalls for the sale of 'produce and all kinds of articles, while there were side'-showg galore. Two thousand and fourteen sheep, ten head of cattle, ten horses, etc., which' had been' to- the Fund wero auctioned and realised: over £2000. . . .

1 Great, interest centred in the Queen of Carnival competition. whicli-Jias been in.progress for some weeks past, and which closed amidst great excitement at 3.30 p.m. The result was announced as follows: —Hiss M. Harrison (Bakaia district candidate),'l63,229 votes; Mis 9 L. Wilson (Metliven district), 150,324; Miss D. Keith (sports clubs), 101,269; Miss R. • Baird (auctioneer's),. 89,600; Miss M. Farrell (Hinds and Mayfield districts), 83,531 ;.Miss E. Fletcher (retailers of Ashburton), 45,607. The total votes were 633,560, representing oyer £7800, of which votes representing £2700 odd . were put in during the last few minutes.prior to the closing of tho poll. The fete is'.boine continued in tho' Domain to-night, when the crowning of the" queen and a grand concert will eventuate. It is confidently 'anticipated that the total net receipts for the daywill reach- £14,000. The fete is under the Boyal patronage of King Albert of the Belgians. "THE DOMINION" LIST. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged... 24,116 1 8 K.A.B. ' . 1 0 0 •Total 24,117 1 3