PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2618, 13 November 1915, Page 6

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. His Worship the Mayor acknowledges tho following:— , £ b. d, Amount previously acknowledged 4831 3 5 J. W. Brown (monthly contribution) i 0 0 Mrs. Rowntreo 10 0 Total 4833 3 5 Credit balance in hand to this date 230 14 6 . Mayor's Belgian fund. His Worship tho Mayor .acknowledges tho following:— _ ' ■■"£ B. d. Amount previously •. acknow- \ ledged '4480 8 10 Employees Gear Co., SGtli Instalment 7 io 6 E.-'C. Samerton, 9th instalment' 110 Total 4489 0 4 XMAS SHILLING GIFT FUND. . The following, are the latest donations to the Christmas Shilling Gift Fund of tho Associated^Amateur Sports:— £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged . '522 18 6| Staff, Government Statistician 011 0 ■Ber-Miss Cam' Clark 14 0 Per Mrs. Teesdale 13 8 Mrs. Nicholson ; . 0 5 0 Martin Kennedy'.... 4 20' 0 0 Philip Myers 2 2 0 John Myers / 22 0 Otorohanga; par W. J. Worthfnßton ; 7 4 0 ■ Total 557 7 11J SAILORS' COMFORTS FUND. The local branch secretary of the Navy League acknowledges further donations to tno Sailors' Comforts Fund as follows:— Previously acknowledged' 3G 19* "o rhorndon Normal School ......... 4 9 6 Northland School " (including 50 per cent, subscriptions) Z 2 9 Collection by A. F. Wiren:— "Weil-wishers," £2 25.: "A.P.W.," iils. ; "A.W.8.," 10s.; YoungiTripe. 215.;"E.T.N." 2s. Bd.; "A.G.," • 2s. Gd.; "G.E.5.," 2s. 6d. 5 1 G P. , Palmer, ..' 0 7 e Telegraph Workshops 0 10 G Miss L. Mary Willis (Greatford) 110 Jlr. Sydney Joliuston 20 0 0 Lady Kelburn '.. 10 0 0 Mrs. (Judge) Hosking 5 0 0 Per Miss Gracie Moncrioff ...... 19 0 Per Mr. IL S. Wright 0 8 0 A. 1 Hughan (Roiigokokaho)' 0 3 G Mrs. R. A. Edwin 1 0 0 Mrs. Gorton (Bulls) 10 0 Mrs. Riddick J 050 "E.P." ' 026 Miss M. E. Davy 0 5 0 Collected by Ift. C. S. Smith:— Bristol Piano Co., 215,; "5.M.," 10s.; "T.5.R.," 10s.; "H.F. Von H.," 10s. 6d.; "C.R.5.," 10s.; "M.J.8.," 125.; "W. 5.," 55.; "D.1U1.," ss.'; "J.C.," 55.; "A,M.5.," 55.; "5.A.A.," 55.; Mrs. Chatficld, 2s. 6d 5 10

Total to date £100 5 9 'A bank draft (free of exchange) for a first instalment of jSJIOO was sent by tho 'Frisco mail" yesterday to tho Contra! Navy League Executive' in London. Tho special "Sailors' Comforts" Committee will expend tho amount to tho very best advantage on Christmas gifts for tho bluejackets and mine-sweepers in tho North Sea, Mediterranean, and elsewhere. No _ duty is charged on tho tobacco, and various big wholesale Anna are supplying these and other goods at bare cost. In view of the large number of men to be supplied with present, further donations are required. A second instalment is to bo sent in about a fortnight.