OVER HALF GREY TOTAL IN HAND FOR CHILDREN’S APPEAL

Grey River Argus, 5 June 1948, Page 2

OVER HALF GREY TOTAL IN HAND FOR CHILDREN’S APPEAL

More than half of GreymouthL quota of £5OOO for the United Nations’ Appeal for Needy Children has been reached, total subscriptions up to last evening being £2662 19s 7d. A notable contribution yesterday was the donation of over £24 made by the master and crew of the Kakapo at present in port. The latest list is: Previously acknowledged £2560 6s sd, Chapel Street Friend £5 ss, M. Daly £3 3s, staif of Stratiord ano Biair (South Beach) £lB, C. and D. Blair £3 10s, staff Westland Breweries £4 16s 6d, pupils and staff Greymouth Technical High School, final instalment £3O (making a total of £l5O from this school), Frank Duffy £2, Anonymous £l, H. R. Price £1 10s, Karoro Bowling Club £2 2s, H. Price £l, master .officers, and crew, s.s. Kakapo £24 14s Bd, Riversdale Dairy Coy., Ltd. £o; donations of under £l, £l2; total donations £2662 19s 7d.

SUBSTANTIAL SUM FROM GREY COUNTY

With a number of substantial donations from groups of workers and others, the Grey County appeal for needy children has now reached over £751. Latest county donations acknowledged are: Previously acknowledged £494 6s lOd; R. Hornby (Ruru) £l, Anonymous £2, Anonymous £lO 10s, Miss M. McLaughlin (Ngahere) £l, Mr W. McLaughlin (Ngahere) £2 2s, Horan Family (Coal Creek) £lO 10s, Molly and Patrick Hill £1 Is, Arahura Gold Dredging Ltd. £lO, Employees, New Forest Sawmilling Coy. £lO 15s 3d, Mr and Mrs W. Clayton, Ahaura £5, Ngahere Gold Dredging Ltd, £25, Mr and Mrs J. Hines (Te Kinga) £l, Mr and Mrs R. V. G[asson (Blackball) £2, Anonymous £3, Children and Residents of Nelson Creek £l7 10s, Mr F. Blewman (Stillwater) £2, Mr and Mrs L. A. Shuttleworth (Atarau) £2, E.A.W. £l, Employees Grey County Council £29 10s 3d, Karoro-South Beach collection (pei- Mrs Rose) £8 ss, Teachers and Children, Blackball School, £6, Employees of Balderston and Party £lO, Employees Blackball State Mine £39 Is Id, Blackball Women’s Committee (per Mrs R. H. Dumpleton) second amount, £l6 18s lid; Westland Snowflake Ice Cream Ltd. £5, Employees of Ogilvie and Co. (second amount) £l2 6s 6d, Mr and Mrs John Brown and family (Totara Flat) £2 2s 6d, Messrs Doig Bros (Totara Flat) £2, Messrs McDonnell Bros (Totara Flat) £2, Mr John Curtain (Totara Flat) £l, Mr Thos. Dudley (Totara Flat) £l., Mr W. Begg (Totara Flat) £l, Mr F. W. Campbell (Totara Flat) £l, Mr P. Hamer (Totara Flat) £1; donations under £l, £1 ss, Te Kinga collections (per Mrs Kerr) £9 16s; total £751 0s 4d. INANGAHUA DONATIONS Previously acknowledged £B6 10s 3d, N. Bontno £l. J. J. uoghlan xi is, Joyce Coghlan los, Ikamatua school children xo 13s, Mirfin Bros. £5 os 6a, A. B. Watson £2, Anonymous jab, urey Electric Power Board £l5, E. S. Woodford lUs, W. King £2 2s, J. D. O’Regan £l, employees uronaciun Timbers £9 17s, Cronadun Timbers, Ltd. 15 ss, W. R. Watson £1 15s, Mr and Mrs Kay Patterson £2, Mrs E. Kearns £2. inangahua Progress League £5, Mr and Mrs W. J. Humphries £5, Mrs D. Absalom £l, Rev. B. Machelie £l, T. A. Dellaca. Kiel. to Js, Mr and Mrs W. ri. bells £x xs, P. and i. loepi stall £2 15s, Anonymous £2, Cronadun school children £6, Reefton Volunteer Fire Brigade £lu, Convent School, Reef ton £1 6s 9d. Ferndale Coal Mining Syndicate employees £2O; totai £202 6s 6d.

N.Z. APPEAL REACHES £175,000

P.A. WELLINGTON, June 4. The total of the United Nations Appeal for Children reached £1(5,000 on Thursday night, said the Dominion Appeal Organiser, Mr R. Malcolm, today. Hp added that yesterday’s contributions direct to Wellington headquarters amounted to £2130.

Tha Consul for Greece, Mr T. E. Y. Seddon, accompanied by the Vice-Con-sul, Mr S. Garland, to-day handed in £4BO for the appeal funu. The money, said Mr Malcolm, was collected through the Greek organisation in Wellington by a committee set up as recently as May 23. Funds were still being collected throughout the country, he continued. A telegram from the Chatham Islands reported that the amount to date is £4OO. The Dunedin schoolboy, Kenneth Clydesdale, who opened the appeal in his home town just over a month ago, has completed his New Zealand tour, and will return to Dunedin from Wellington by air to-morrow. Kenneth has given 63 public addresses, mostly to theatre audiences, workers’ meetings, and on the air.