FOR SAILORS' DEPENDANTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2794, 12 June 1916, Page 6

FOR SAILORS' DEPENDANTS

ANOTHER GENEROUS GIFT. The Prime Minister has received a cheque for .£SOO from Mrs. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, towards the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the sailors lost in" the North Sea_ battle.

On, Saturday next collections in ai<l of; the .dependants of those lost in the recent naval battle wijl be taken at Napier. and Hastings. ' The newspapers iJi both towns are opening funds, and a united effort 'will be mado to secure a big sum in tlie shortest possible space Oi time. By Telegraph—i'ress 4.ssc< if lic>n. ' \ Gisborne, June 11. The Gisborne "Times" opened a fund yesterday with ,£127 for . tho Navai Heroes' Dependants' Fund. SOUTH CANTERBURY MOVEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, June 10. A meeting of representatives of local bodies convened by tho Mayor decided to try and raise Jj, r iooo in South Canterbury for the immediate needs of the recently bereaved dependants of bluejackets, and- also to recommend to the Government that the Dominion provide of a million, half by subscription and half by subsidy, for tho dependants of the naval ineii who have been or may be deprived of breadwinners. The Commercial Travellers' Association, with a view to assisting the Patriotic movement towards raising funds to assist tho widows, orphans,'- and other dependants of the gallant heroes who have sacrificed their lives in the North Sea naval battle, have decided to hold a special art union. The prizes to be allotted have been presented by the members of the club and consist of six beautiful statuettes and a handsome enlargement of fi.M.S. New Zealand. Tito first and second prizes are bronze statuettes of Lord Kitchener, tho third prize ateo being a' statuette of Admiral Jellicoe. It JS worthy of note that tho total receipts are to bo handed over to the fund for'which the money is beiinr raised. s