HOSPITAL SHIP FUND

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 2 September 1915, Page 2

HOSPITAL SHIP FUND

TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND

Since my last announcement regarding the Hospital Ship Fund- I desire' to inform the public that in accordance with the views expressed afr the meeting held at Government- House. Wellington, ou 29th July, I hav6 disbursed £ following amounts :—

1. For comforts for sick and wounded in Egypt, £1,000.

2. To the High Commissioner for New Zealand to be devoted to the Mount Felix Hospital for New Zealanders at Walton-on-Thames, in response to *n appeal for £10,000 made by the High Commissioner and Lord Plunkett on behalf of the New Zealand Association m Great Britain, £5,000 (I propose to send the remaining £5,000 shortly). 3. To the High Commissioner and Lord Plunkett for tobacco and newspapers for the sick and wounded at Malta and the Dardanelles, £150

4. For comforts for the sick and wounded at Trentham, £615 10s 6d. £500 F°r No< 1 BaSe Hospital at E«yPt.

£27,640 9s 6d, or £22,640 9s 6d rfter the second £5,000 has been sent to the High Commissioner. .

The total expenditure up to date, W eluding the equipment of the HoSp&j^ • fehip, has been £21,065 10s 6d, and^ V acco^ance with the advice tended ib | meat the above-mentioned meethw" T V Propose to keep in hand a^sum^^ tt £10 '6oofor— *«-!<*.; ; Liverpool, Governor,