PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 7

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

MAYOR'S (NEW) BELGIAN FUND. £ a. d. Amount previously acknowledged 1867 12 0 W.' Crabtree and Sons (7th instalment) 1 13 0 SV. M. Simcox (monthly instalment) 116 Proceeds sale of 3 ducks do-. nated. by C. E. Sharman, Levin 2 5 0 Staff Wellington Harbour Board (2nd instal.) 18 2 6 Max Eichelbaum 10 0 0 P.W.D. Survey Camp, The. Gorge 0 15 0 Miss Jenkitfs, Newtown Infant School 0 S 0 "E.M.P." \ 0 2 6 1901 16 6 POOR OF CREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND BELGIAN RELIEF FUND. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 46,560 15 10 W. Crabtree and Sons and employees (,6th instal.) 1 10 0 "The Bottle" ! 0 3 6 Employees of Munt, Cottrell and Co. (7th instal.) 316 9 ' Mr. Knapp, Waverley (per Mr. Jno. Muir) 0 10 0 Stratford' Branch of fund 200 0 0 Total 45,766 16 1 Note.—Any further contributions should be forwarded to His Worship the Mayor's Committee, through Mr. R. S. Shallcrass, Harcourt's Buildings, Lambton Quay. THE "DOMINION" LISTS. £ a. d. Previously acknowledged 24,116 1 3 Sir J. G. Wilson, Bulls (monthly contribution) 5 0 0 Total ' 24,121 1 3 HAWKE'S BAY EFFORTS. (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) Napier, May 2. The Hastings Belgian Relief Fund now amounts to £4144. The East Coast Bowling Centre has given £20 7s. 3d. to the Belgian Relief Fund. ■ Sir J. G. Wilson, of Bulls, writes: "Please find cheque for May contribution to Belgian fund. Alas! How little - wo can do for this poor nation, whose , people have been pillaged, murdered, outraged, and now their soldiers poisoned." 1 The Hon. O. J. Johnston, Consul- ■ General for Belgium, has received the • following from the Belgian Consul in ' Sydney, under data April 16:—"Dear 1 Sir and Colleague,—l am asked by my ' Government to express to you, the au- > thorities, and the people of New Zea- ■ land, the heartfelt appreciation of His 3 Majesty King Albert, and Her Ma- ' jesty Queen Elizabeth, for their mag- ' nificent help to Belgium. I would ask ! you, dear Sir and Colleague, to have this wish kindly conveyed to the author- > itics and the people of the Dominion ■ of Now Zealand.—l am, Dear Sir and • Colleague, yours faithfully, (Sgn.) Wattaeuw, Consul for Belgium,"