Swelling Patriotic Funds

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 3, 4 January 1940, Page 6

Swelling Patriotic Funds

Substantial Individual Contributions WELLINGTON FAMILY GIVES £2300 Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Jan. IV Donations received recently by the National Patriotic Fund Board in Wellington swell considerably the funds previously acknowledged, the total for general patriotic purposes being now nearly £7OOO. These donations are separata and apart, and are in addition to contributions received by the board through the patriotic seal campaign. The list contains somo substantial contributions from provincial patriotic councils, business firms and individuals. The Governor-General has forwarded a donation of £250, the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., has sent a cheque for £3OOO, the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., a cheque for £250, several business firms have given £IOO each, and Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand, has given £25. A notable contribution is that by tho Todd family of Wellington. Mr. and { Mrs. Charles Todd have given £IOOO and eight other members of their family have given between them £I3OO, making their total contribution £2300. In addition to general donations a contribution of £SOO has been received from the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council lor the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in recognition of the gallant part played by the Achilles in the naval action against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec.