HELPING THE WOUNDED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 300, 28 May 1915, Page 4

HELPING THE WOUNDED.

HOSPITAL SHIP FUND. DAILY NEWS LIST OVER £4OO. For the equipment of the New Zealand hospital ship dWOI IDs (id has now been sent to the Daily News fund, il>ut we want the list to reach £.500 by next Tuesday. Your donatiun should lie sent to-day, for the time is short and the money is urgently required. Up till Yesterday i'olO 1 lis- 3d had been contributed to tie. Stratford fund, and the Ilawera fund is now £224 4s. Eltham is also playing its part, and at a performance given by the Princess Picture Company a .ium of / £2O was realised for the fund. The. Daily News list is:— Previously acknowledged ..v. 398 8 0 Mrs. A. 11. Condon (Awakino) 2 0 0 "Aurora," second donation .. 110 A. Roarer, second donation .. 010 0 Total £4Ol 10 0 TWO USEFUL GIFTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The. New Zealand Furniture Trades Industrial Union of Employers, who held their annual meeting here yesterday, decided to offer to the Government 4f)o kapok mattresses required for the equipment of the hospital ship. The value of the gift is about £SOO. The offer of the New Zealand Power Boat Association to present one of the motor boats required for the Dominion's hospital ship has been accepted. Tile association also offered to man the launch, but the Governor states this is opposed to tho regulations. The cost of the launch with complete equipment will bo probably .£3.50.