NAVAL DEPENDANTS' FUND

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2845, 9 August 1916, Page 6

NAVAL DEPENDANTS' FUND

HOW MONEYS ARE ADMINISTERED. A list of donations to tho fund being raised for the dependants of the men who lost their Jives in tho great naval battle off tho coast of Jutland was read in the House yesterday by the Prime Minister. Following'were the details £ s. d. Auckland Navy .League North Sea Relief Fund (third instalment) 5000 0 0 Wellington Navy League (third instalment) 2600 0 0 Wairarapa Patriotic Association 1.349 0 6 New Plymouth Mayoress's Fund 720 0 0 West Coast War Contingent Fund, Greymouth... 501 6 0 Taihape (Ist instalment)... 400 0 0 Hawera (3rd instalment)... 300 0 0 Gore citizens 150 0 0 Wellington • ' Commercial Travellers and Ware- • housemen's Association (final instalment) 101 0 0 Foxton State School 95 10 0 Lady Liverpool and Red Cross Committee, Carterton 115 17 0 Mayor of Hawera (further instalment) 59 10 0 Eketahuna Patriotic Fund 27 2 0 Total 11,419 "5 6 Mr. Massey read, also, the following telegram which he had received from tho High Commissioner: —"With reference to your telegram, the Navy League informs me that Relief Committeo appointed by executive of league with power to administer subscriptions. Conditions are firstly no grant made to dependants entitled to assistance from State, understanding being that subscriptions to funds shall not relieve Imperial Government of full responsibility towards naval dopendants. Secondly,, subscriptions employed supplement State provisions and to meet cases of urgency where no assistance can be sent from official channels. Thirdly, fund administered free from all charges. Personnel, President of Navy League, Chairman; Duke Somerset, Lord Bcresford, Lord Sydenham, Admira] Freemantle, Briscoo, Tritton, committee; Hannon, secretary."