BRUNNER RELIEF FUND.

Hastings Standard, Issue 19, 18 May 1896, Page 3

BRUNNER RELIEF FUND.

RESULT OF CONFERENCE

CONTRIBUTIONS

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Wellington, This day

With reference to the Brunner Relief Fund, the Conference has deckled jhrvt a careful investigation of the circumstances of the sufferers anil the state of their health generally should be made by Dr Macgregor, or failing him by some other officer, and after the receipt of such report that the allowance to be gtven to each of the recipients should be fixed 011 the average hereinafter set forth in the schedtde attached. That out of the fund a sum of £IOOO should be set aside fo» contingencies "which may arise, such amount to be expended by the Public Trustee, on the advice of the board, to meet the cost of funeral or other exceptional expenditure ; the balance of the fund to be invested with the Public Trustee so that the same may earn interest, and such interest and principle to be expended for the support of the sufferers in allowances to be made to widows and children is to be in the following relations, except where exceptional circumstances may exist:—Widows, 12s per week ; children, 4s each for the first two children, and 8s each for any additional child over that number. The lists include contributions as

Bringing total t0...£*24,384 0 0 Besides this amount the Melbourne contribution is yet to come to hand. On the 29th April the Age list had totalled close upon £6OO.

follows: — d. & s. Christchurch and districts 7366 2 2 Wellington „ 3497 12 7 Dunedin „ 2600 0 0 Auckland ,, 1600 0 0 Nelson „ 972 9 19 Napier „ 960 0 0 Post and Telegraph De11 partment 880 2 0 Brannerton 1150 0 New Plymouth 283 2 0 Gisborne 290 14 0 Beefton 463 0 0 Kumara 200 0 0 Westport 170 0 0 Blenheim 260 0 0 Oamaru 600 0 0 Picton 130 0 0 Invercargill 505 0 0 Thames 633 0 0 Greymouth 582 1 0 Wanganui 400 0 0 New South Wales 100 0 0 Kalgoorlic, W.A. 100 0 0