DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1916, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

OKATO.' (From. Our Own Correspondent).' A meetiyg of the Okato district committee wa| held in the'Hempton- Hall on Tuesday afternoon, there being present: Messrs W. J. Orav, C. Andrews and J. S. Fox (Okato); W. Honeyfield and H D. Moss (Tataraimaka) - ; L. Wells and W. H. Butler (iPuniho). Mr Fox was voted to the chair. The account sales of the recent auction were placed on the table, also the lists of subscriptions, The grand total reached the splendid sum of £5lO 4.5, which wan considered" most satisfactory, and wilj be handed to the Taranald Wounded Soldiers' Fund, " The committee expressed hearty thanks to Mr. New ton King and his staff of six men for the troulble taken to bring the sale to such a successful issue. Thanks were also accorded the donors of cash and goods. Mr. J. S. Fox was appointed the delegate to represent Okato, Tataraimaka and Puniho on the War Relief Association. Proceeds of .sale and. cash donation? were:—Okato: Sale proceeds '' £307, cash donations £2B fe Od; total," £33j5 fls Od. Tataraimaka: Sale£4s 44 cash £52 Is Od; total. £97 5s «d. Pu'niho: Sale, £O2 8s Od, cash £ls 0s Odj total, £77 9s; grand total,' £5lO 4s. As some of the cash donations' have not been published, a complete 'ist is now given:—Okato: A. Sanson ' £5, J. O'Connor £2, H. Hewitt £2 2s, Andrews Bros. £3 3s, N. O. Andrews J. L. Power £2, Rev. C. Addojibrooke £1 Is','f,."S. Hart" £1 Is. Mrs. Haylock £l, R. C. Larsen £l, H. L. Brcnnan . £l, E. Taft £l, W. "Squire £l, V. Membery £l, J. B. Knowles £l, E, Vincent £l, Norman Ward ss, L R. ,/ulian 10s, W. F. Burke 10s; F; J. Thomson ss, W. C. Franks ss, C. Andrews (motor fare) 4s, Winnie Haylock 1, W Simpson 2s.fid; total, £2B !)s Od. 'Puniho: Joe Lawn £3, Jerry (Maori) ss, subs, already published £ll 15s 6d; total, £ls Os Od. The following stock were omitted in the detailed list published Before: — Mr. P. R. Farnham 1 pig, Mrs. Mat. Hill 2 pigs, ducks and fowls, Mr, Joe Wilson 5 rabbits. ' TATARAIMAKA CASH. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

£ a d . 2 0 0 .■ 1 1 0 .-..1 .1 0 .■ 1 1 ,0 . 1 1 0 . 1 1 0 Mr. P. Hobv : . l n 0 Messrs. Burrell and Mallett . . l l 0 in 0 . ; in 0 . i i 0 . l n 0 .- 1 o 0 •: 1 1 0 •5 0 •■ 5 0 Mr. T. Collins . 1 1 0 Mr. Baglny , 1 1 0 10 0 . 2 0 0 . 2 2 0 . 2 2 0 . 1 1 0 . 3 3 0 Mr. Lacy 5 0 i 2 6 .' 1 1 (1 . 5 0 0 . 2 0 0 Mr. F.Jur.y > . i n 0 10 0, 5 0 r> 0 i !> .") 0 Mr, J. .T. Collins -.>.-, .: 5 5 0 . ; 1 0 0 . i n 0 • r > 0 Mr. B. Muvdock ...' '. in 0 Mr. T. Condon ' 10 0