PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2485, 11 June 1915, Page 7

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

i 4 HOSPITAL SHIP LIST TO CLOSE ON JUNE 23 LATEST CONTRIBUTIONS His Excellency the Governor yesterday made the following statement ill regard to the Hospital Ship Fund:— "In view of the splendid response which has been accorded all over the Dominion to my appeal for equipping the Hospital Ship which will shortly depart Irom the shores of New Zealaud, 1 think the timo has arrived when a date should bo given for closing this i'uud. 1 should Lie glad, therefore, if no further contributions were sent to the Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs after Wednesday, June 23. "As soon as all expenses connected with the Hospital Ship have been paid, I propose to place the surplus money on deposft at the Bank of New Zealand, and to utilise it for purposes which in any way affect the well-being of our sick and wounded, whether by the replenishment of comforts for the Hospital Ship, base hospitals, stationary hospitals, or convalescent homes. Further donations received by the Under-Secretary, Deportment of Internal Affairs, towards the New. Zealand Hospital Ship Fund are;— £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 27,861 7 1 Subscriptions received through ilon. Dr. Collins :— H. E. Nicholls, Queon's Wharf Offices 5 5 0 Mrs. Miriam E. Moore, 11akuri, Pahiatua 5 0 0 Mrs. Harry Juriss, 42 Webb Street, Wellington 0 10 0 Digby Stilborn, i'enui 10 0 0 "C." 1 0 0 Sydney Dix, per Agnes Dix, Hillcrest, Xarori 5 0 0 "Pills" 1 1 (j Per Mrs, Bareroft, Stoney- ' croft, Hastings 53 17 0 Per Mrs. Bareroft, Stoneyoroft, Hastings 31 10 6 Per Dr. F. L. Bareroft, Stoneycroft, Hastings 418 15 9 Mrs. Bert Brown, Hautaua Square, Lower Hutt 10 0 Amount colleoted by His Worship the Mayor of Wellington 368 3 1 "Bay of Plenty Times'" collections 141 0 3 Per llartinborough Ladies' Patriotic Leaguo:— Mrs. Benjamin 0 5 0 Mrs. M'Dougall 2 2 0 Mrs. F. M'Leod 5 0 0 Mrs. Young 0 5 0 "X." .'... 2 2 0 P. Neilson, ''Eparaima," Mustcrton 0 10 0 C. Johnson, "Eparaima," Masterton 0 10 0 Nelson Bed Cross Fuud 147 4 6 Mrs. Edward Butter, Riversdale, Southland 6 0 0 Mrs. A. M'Leod and daughter, Wellington 5 0 0 Ladies' branch Mt. Benger Patriotic Committee 7 0 0 Utiku residents, per T. A. Dandolph 16 0 6 Vacuum Oil Co. Pty., Ltd., Wellington 21 0 0 Collected by Mayor of New Plymouth (including .£215 from Inglewood Patriotic Committee) 242 18 0 Proceeds of street collection and sale of produce, organised by Hesdames Baddeley, M'Dowell, Reid-Mackay, and Mason, per Dannevirke Patriotic Fund 215 10 8 .£29,616 17 8 His Worship the Mayor acknowledges the following:— S, s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 367 11 7 John Dakers Froud 0 10 0 Total 3GB 1 7 Donations received by the Hon. Dr. Col. lins yesterday are: —Mrs. L. W. Petcheil, Rivorton, 1 pair bed sox, 2 pair 6 day sox, 6 draw sheets; Jlrb. Thome George, Auckland, 5 paiTS blankets; Mr 6. Digby Best, 1 box bandages and swabs, 1 box surgical dressings; Mrs. Laroartino Dwan, Nairn Street, Wellington, 6 pairs pyjamas; Mr. W. Moore, storekeeper, Carterton, 2 doz. pairs woollen sox; Eparaima 5 pairs handknitted sox; Mre. Gerald Hull, 3 pairs bed sox; Mrs. Macquarie, Nelson, 1 muffler; Mrs. J. Massey, 12 pillow cases, 2 face cloths; Mrs. W. M'Cauley, Tokaanu,. 3 pairs jjyjamas, 3 sheets, 6 pillow slips, 3 aoz. pieces tape; Mrs. C. T. H. Brown, Khandallah, 2 small feather pillows with slips; Mrs. Jack Strang, Palmereton North, 1 pair bed sox, 1 large box bandages, 1 large parcel of large bandages; John A. Fraser, 1 box books; Mrs. Coull, Hotel Windsor, box of 500 bandages; Mrs. Vincent and Miss Sedcole, Levin, 13 pairs bed sox; Mrs. J. AV. Wallace, Halswell Street, 3.pairs sox; Miss C. W. Christie, Halswell Street, 4 pairs sox; Mrs. A.'E. Judge, Mangaonoho, 1 pair pillow slips, 1 pair faoo towels, 1 pair sot, 1 pair, bed sox, 1 piece for bandages, 2 tapes, 2 cottons, 1 doz. buttons; Airs. Arthur Pitcher, Mangaonoho, 1 pair bed sox. 2 yards madapolam and cotton, some old linen; Mrs. Ball, Mangaonoho, 1 pair bath towels. £709 FROM ASHBURTON. (By Teleerapn.—Prtsp Association.) Ashburton, June 10. The "Guardian" list in connection with the New Zealand Hospital Ship Fund was closed to-day. the sum of -E709 9s. Id. being remitted to His Excellency the Governor. WOUNDED SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' AND DEPENDENTS' FUND. His Worship the Mayor acknowledges the following:— X i d. Amount previously acknowledged 7360 9 8 C.E. 1 0 0 Prooeeds sale of bale of fungus, donated by W. Wells, Port Gore, Hikoekoea 317 0 Remount Depot, 6th List (Collected by J. Whiteman, T. Edwards, and Phil D. Davis, Upper Hutt) 10 0 0 Miss E. Hanix 10 0 Total 7376 6 8 The Directors of the Scoullar Company, Ltd., in accordance with a resolution passed by tho shareholders at their annual meeting on Monday last, have voted a contribution of £100 to tho Mayor's Fund for Wounded Soldiers and Saiiors. ANAESTHETIC EMERGENCY FUND. Donations received by the Hon. Dr. Collins yesterday are:— X s. d. "Morphine" ; 110 Mr. D. Cameron, To Maire 10 0 Per Mrs. Bareroft, Hastings 1 10 0 "C." 1 0 0 Charles M. Luke 110 Thompson Bros., Ltd 50 0 0 Mrs. Sydney Dix 2 0 0 MAYOR'S (NEW) BELGIAN FUND. £ e. d. Amount previously acknowledged 3085 12 3 Ohiujjaiti School children 10 0 0 Nursing Staff, Wellington Hospital (fourth monthly instalment) ~ 8 3 0 -123103 15 3 MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. •C s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 3880 0 8 . Balance, proceeds collected by tho Sports and Entertainment Committee 12 9 9 ' -C 3892 10 5 NATIONAL CARNIVAL FUND. The following amounts have been received to date by Mr. .Tas. M'lntosh, treasurer of tb£ New Zealand Patriotic ' Society, Wellington branch:— ! -£ s, d. I Amount previously acknowledged 2722 7 2 Harbour Board employees' collections 19 0 1 ' P*»«nt Slip tiflplnjw' wilts. Howt i,41 3