RELIEF FOR AIR RAID VICTIMS

Southland Times, Issue 24242, 27 September 1940, Page 4

RELIEF FOR AIR RAID VICTIMS

SOUTHLAND FUND NOW EXCEEDS £lOOO

CHEQUE OF £5OO FROM TRADERS’ COMMITTEE

The Southland fund for the relief of distress among London air raid victims now exceeds £lOOO. Subscriptions yesterday amounted to £609/19/-, and this brought the total to £1039/13/6. In the two days since The Southland Times launched its special appeal the total has been raised from £258/9/1, an increase of £7Bl/4/5.

Yesterday’s subscriptions included a cheque for £5OO received by the secretary of the Southland Provincial Patriotic Council (Mr W. F. Sturman) from the Invercargill Traders’ Patriotic Committee. This sum represents a portion of the total amount raised by the committee as a result of the mystery packet and gala day which it held in July. Subscriptions to The Southland Times fund yesterday amounted to £46/7/and the totals now are :—

SOUTHLAND TIMES FUND Following are the subscriptions received at The Southland Times office: —

PROVINCIAL FUND The following subscriptions were received by Mr Sturman yesterday:— £ s d

PLAYHOUSE TO BE RAFFLED A wonderful and unusual plaything is to be the first prize in a raffle to be conducted by the Invercargill Traders’ Patriotic Committee, which is organizing a lucky packet and gala day for November’ 1 in aid of the fund for the relief of distress among London airraid victims. The prize is a children’s playhouse in the form of a miniature bungalow, and it is of such a size that three or four children could easily enjoy an afternoon tea party in its living room.

The house was made by the staff of the joinery factory of Calder Mackay Ltd., Invercargill, who worked at the job in their spare time, and the necessary materials weijp supplied by the firm. Shop assistants in the employ of the firm decorated the interior of the bungalow.

The dimensions of the house are 16 feet in length, 8 feet in width and 9 feet in height. The living room, which has a ceiling 5 feet in height, is tastefully papered. In addition there are a bedroom and a kitchen enamelled and equipped in the most approved modern style. The house is lit by electricity supplied by a battery so placed as to be out of the reach of children.

The playhouse was originally offered to the Southland Fighter Aeroplane Committee, but the fund to provide fighter aeroplanes for Britain was fully subscribed before arrangements could be made to make use of the gift.

The Southland Times Fund 197 Provincial Fund 842 TOTAL 1039

£ S d Sir Robert Anderson 100 0 0 D. Cuthbertson 25 0 0 Eustace Russell. 10 0 0 M. J. Royds 5 5 0 Mr and Mrs R. M. Royds 5 0 0 C.M. 2 0 0 G. McKay 1 0 0 J. L. McL. 1 0 0 “Anon” 1 0 0 A.K.T. 0 10 0 C. White-Parsons 5 0 0 H. E. Russell 5 0 0 V.M.M. 5 0 0 William Buick 1 0 0 Mr and Mrs W. F. Young 2 0 O' Mrs A. Williams 1 0 0 Mrs Bowie 1 0 0 Anonymous 1 0 0 “Lochaber" 10 0 0 M.C. 1 0 0 John Douglas (Fairfax) it 10 0 A. 0 5 0 A.A. 2 2 0 Anonymous 1 0 0 L. A. Calder (Winton-Otapiri R.D.) 5 0 0 Limehills Women’s Institute 1 0 0 Mr and Mrs T. A. Morgan (Centre Bush) 2 0 0 Gwen and Glyn 0 10 0 TOTAL 197 2 o

ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED 278 19 6 Invercargill Traders' Committee 500 0 0 Fleming and Company Ltd. 25 0 0 Georgetown Ladies’ Committee 12 0 0 Mr and Mrs Ivon Wilson 5 0 0 Mrs D. J. Wesney 5 0 0 J. R. Martin 2 2 0 R.W. 0 10 0 Contributions received by Southland Daily News 14 0 0 TOTAL 842 11 6