OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1918, Page 1

OVERSEAS TOBACCO FUND.

DECEMBER COLLECTIONS

Amount previously acknowledged £2O 5s 6d. County Office list: —V R. St George, A Reed, Dr Holloway, W.R, each 10s; WIS Williams, W Jones, each 20s; G Haussuiann los 6d ; ex-Constable Stewart 10s ; W Patrick 40s ; Hokitika Fire Brigade, the Nightingales, (nine) i2s; J S Lang, Evans family, Mrs B, J N Nalder, J Peake, R.R, each ss; W Braddon, Mac, each 4s; Mrs Wilson 3s; Neta Shearer 3s 6d ; Nellie Jones, M., B Ward, J Staines, Mrs Simpson, V Ross, Mrs Ross, Mrs R Fane, Mrs A Chesnev, Miss Shearer, Mrs Bennett, R M Brown, Smoker, each 2S 6d ; a Friend, Mis J Woolhouse, Mrs Phillips, each 2s ; Mrs A C Reynolds is 6d ; Milkier family ss;. A H Richards, Mrs Yasta, Fan Evans each is ; total £l2 14s. Goldsborough list, per Mesdames Atkinson and Routhanßed Jacks Chinamen ss, D Bncliaiian 2s 6d, G Routhan, A Atkinson, S Havill, C Howard, J Reedy, ,S Honey, G Linklater, J Roberts, J Goodwin, E Spencer, each 2s; P'lla Blackmun, J Sliivas, each is 6d ; C Webster, E Steele, a smoker. J Reed}-, D Biddington, S Stewart, D Hanrahan, C Gibbs, Mrs Cox, Mrs Fitzgerald, V Poppovitch. R Roberts, A Yocasovitch, D Beban, P Arnericli, McCallum, J Higgs, P Martini, M Fitzgerald, each is: total £2 9s 6d.

Bank of New South Wales list: A W Yarrall, T R Hickson each ss, J B Ward 3s, Ouong Chong On 6s, Mrs J B Ward, J Jarman, each 2s 6. N Warren, M Dee, M Flouston, R A Harcourt, W A A Harcourt, Mrs- G Lang, Geo Linklater, J S Merewether, each 2s ; total £2. National Banklist P RStewart, F Williams, H Norman, E J Gale, W Meharry, F Preston, H A Thompson, each 2s 6d, G Lang ss, D Clark 2s, C Stewart is; total £1 5s 6d. Bank of New Zealand list: —J J Clarke ss, W Smith, Mrs G Diedrichs, J Cameron, J Stevensen, J A and \V .Scott each 2s 6d; total Collected by Cyril Marshall: Mrs J H Fleming, C Marshall each is, M G Marshall 4s : total 6s. Collected by Jessie Brown :—W Farrar 2s 6, W Westbrook 2s, Mrs Ballinger, W Shannon, Maisie Reynolds. W E Williams, Mrs Barrowmnn each is, Mrs T Brown 2S. D Sim 6d; total 12s. Collected by Alex Aitken Mrs Gooch 4s, Wm Follev, A M Wilson, Alex Aitken, R Powell, each 2s 6, P B F'raser, B Williams, I) Stevenson, each 2S, I Aitken, G Aitken, G Reynolds, G Stevenson, G W King, E King each is, A Aitken, G Aitken. K Aitken, M F Reynolds, E FI Wetliev, D Stevenson, A Stevenson, I) .Stevenson, J Stevenson, M King, each 6d : total

Post Office collections :—A E McGregor ss, W J Pratt 2s 6d, G King, D Stapleton, GJ Powley, E M Davies, P Baigent, J J Coyle, L L Hills. O Y Huston each is ; total 15s 6. Ross collections, per Misses Myrtle Anderson and Jessie Hargreaves :—Stayer 20s, Karnbach, M Move, Grimmond, Winchester, Myrtle Anderson, each 2s, Miss Connor, H Anderson, E Mitchell, I Phillips, FI McMullen, B Rvan, Chapman, Parera, McKay, J Muir, Peebles, Barney, each is, FI Phillips is 6d, Skiu-the-goat and Misery 3d each ; total £2 4s.

Waitalia list, per Mr McGregor : J McGregor, J H Cropper each ss, J Trembath, J Trembath junr., C Urquhart, C Lafferty, H H Rankin, J B Martin, G Reynolds, W Anderson each 2s, J Davidson, N Davidson,, K McGowan, J Trembath. Andrew ,Scott, Robert Douglas, J Douglas, W Ellis, G Henderson, John Muhvain, S G Ferguson, Mrs Chinn, each as6d, Jas Anderson 3s, M Black is: total Stafford list, per Mr Saiullo : H. W. Sa utile, Airs San die, J. Mnndy, Mrs Mundy. Mrs Pimpernell, Miss Linklater, each 1/. Total 6/. Okarito list, per Mr J. \Y. Thomson :

Jas. W. Thomson 2/6, J. F. Butler, C. Gibb, T. Nolan, W. Searle, junr., A. Cooper, each 2/ ; M. Murphy, T. Thomson, J. R. "Wallace, J.C., "W • Vincent, T. Cron, W. fecott, W. Ritchie, J. Walsh, J. Green, J. Friend, J. Watt, Bert Watt, Mrs Watt, T. Butler, B. Baskin, each 1/. Total £1 8/6. Savings Bank list : J. C. Macfarlane 5/ ; Mrs J. Lloyd, \Vm. Wilson, A. Atkinson, J. S. Thompson, Mrs F. Parker, R. Heslan, M. Little, each 2/6; M. C. Ryan, A. Meharry, C. Macfarlane. John Roberts, each 2/ ; -Mrs ffm. Smith -1/ ;L. Palmer, Lake, each 1/. Total £1 16/6. Overseas Club box, 10/2. Lady Liverpool Depot, 4/. Total for month, £52 11/2. Grand total to date for three years’ collections, £1,00” 11/'L It will he seen that the amount asked for for December lias been exceeded hv £7 11/11. The total for the month has been exceeded only on one occasion, iu January, 1916, when £os was raised. The result is an excellent one and very creditable to all concerned. The Overseas Club desires to extend thanks to all donors and collectors, and to the press for useful publicity given. The collections will be continued throughout the present month and onward, and lists are deposited at various offices and in the county centres. Further liberal sup-port-is invited.