THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2643, 14 December 1915, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS

• -h — £14,639 RAISED BY COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. A meeting of the Commercial Travellers' ■ Queen Carnival Committee was held last evening. The .balance-sheet of the committee was . presented- Mr. P. W. Man- : ton, who presided, said that the result was' one the club could be proud of, and : that' Wellington might be proud to have ■ in- its precincts an institution which could do so well. Much as the travellers had already done,' sacrifices should yet be made for the sufferers in. Belgium, Poland, ' and Serbia. The balance-sheet, which was approved, showed a net profit of .£11,639 9s. Details tpero 6et out as follow Expenses and Total goods received, purchased. ' £ s. d. i s. d. Mock Court 1,006 8 2- 102 210 Donations 2,733 17 6 Collections 83 18 3 0 5 0 Auctions 389 13 3 —— Sales (flowers, ete.) SO-J 6 4 85 15 11 Section of land and sundries 49 i i 36 7i> Entertainments ... 725 9 3 479 7 4 Motor-car 1,850 18 0 24 4 4 Art union 1,894 14 7 115 5' 2 Raffles 733 210 39 5 0 ■ Club art union ... 306 2 6 2 8 9 Badges 150 15 2 28 8 3 Wauganui trip ... 2,005 0 0 • 109 17 8 Palmorston trips... 561 4 0 41 010 Sale of voting-books 209 8; 3 41 0 lo' Hospital ship 75 7 11 ' _< , 1,064 8 9 General expenses 111 10 . 7 ' . , , ' . M. o ™ 10 * 1.175 19 4 Received • by His Worship the Mayor for our credit ... .1,825 4 4 Received by treasurer N.Z. Pat. Soc. for our credit ... 710 7 8 . .15,615 2 4 1,175 19 i Eefund Kotorua trip, " ctc ;.. fls 6 0 Contributed by guarantors 185 0 0 JG15.815 8 i ,61,175 19 4 MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. His Worship the Mayor acknowledges the following:— ■ . Amount previously acknow- - s "^' ledged 4589 8 4 C. R. Smith (jsonthly) 10 0 Staff, Wel'gton Harbour. Board ' (26th instalment) 0 2 0 , i4B9 ° W 4' Credit balance in hand at this date, <£76. WOUNDED SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' AND DEPENDENTS' FUND, His Worship the ■ Mayor acknowledges the following Amount previously acknow- 8 ledged 14,620 18 3 Miramar Golf-house War Fund 270 0 0 Staff, Gordon &. Gotch Pty., Ltd. (14th and. 15th instalments) 5 19 3 Staff, Wel'gton Harbour, Board (13th instalment) 6 7 0 Wellington South Senior Cadet Drum and Fife Band 10 0 ' 4 6