SPITFIRE FUND GIFTS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1940, Page 6

SPITFIRE FUND GIFTS

tahora women's work taranaki total grows wellington 1ncident Enthusiasm for the Spitfire gift fund is not confined to the more closely settled areas and a cheque for £18 8s has been received by the Daily News from Tahora. This handsome sum for a country district was raised at a dance arranged by a women's committee. In their own way these country women, who raised the money by their own endeavours showed a spirit of admiration for the Royal Air Force comparable with that of the man who walked into ths Evening Post office at Wellington and asked one of the clerks, "How much does a Spitfire cost?" "Oh, about £5000, ' replied the cletk, thinking he was just making a casual inquiry. The man went to the writing desk ,and returned with a cheque for £5000 with an instruction that the contribution was to be anonymous, with an acknowledgment only to "S." Taranaki Total £1735. The Tahora contribution and many others, including the Rugby day proceeds, have not yet been received by the treasurer of the Taranaki fund and are therefore not included in the total of £1735 4s lOd. District totals yesterday were: —

The Southland and Auckland lists have now closed with a total of more than £50,000 between them and Hawkes Bay is rapidly reaching its allocation of £6500. The allocation for Napier and Hastings is £3770 of which about £3000 is in sight. Wellington's total is substantially in exdfess of £10,000. Lord Beaverbrook. Minister in Charge of Aircraft Production, announced that he had already received £4,080,102 for the purchase of aircraft, of which £3,420.018 had been received from abroad. Latest Contributions. Acknowledgements at New Plymouth

New Plymouth 1250 5 10 Hawera 372 17 0 Waitara 13 0 Eltham - 25 9 0

yesterday were:— £ S. d. Previously acknowledged 1054 14 4 N.P. Borough Council 100 0 9 Mrs. S.F.H. 10 0 An Aussie 110 S. Adams 10 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ashton 2 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Dale 5 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. Corbett 2 0 0 "Tariki Hydro Boys' Concert" 10 0 Mr. E. J. Reid . 10 10 0 Anon ' 100 S.H. Wickstead 5 0 0 Mrs. J. White 1 1 0 G. Bedwell 10 0 Mrs. F. W. Cook 10 0 Mrs. Holmes 5 0 0 E. B. Maddock 110 "Widow" ■ v 10 0 Anon ' 200 Mrs. H. A. McCleland 110 "A.R." 10 0 Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Curtis 5 5 0 JVIiss K. Humphries 10 0 Mrs. E. L. Humphries 10 0 Hugh Franklyn Jackson 2 2 0 Mr. and Mrs. W. Cardiff 110 Miss V. Dawson (proceeds of sale of lead toys) 110 Messrs. R. and C. Moore 2 2 0 Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hill 2 2 0 Miss Randolph Smith 5 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. L. Hedges 110 Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mander 2 2 0 Darby and Hannan Ltd. 6 6 0 Mr. and Mrs. G. Pearce 10 0 0 M. E. Macrae 3 0 0 J. E. Hawes 5 0 0 Staff of St. A. and B. 1 10 0 Sundry 206 Total £1250 5 10