ALMOST £l500

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21205, 30 August 1940, Page 6

ALMOST £lsoo

AEROPLANE DONATIONS HAMILTON MAYOR’S FUND PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS With donations received since yesterday, the fund opened by the Mayor of Hamilton, Mr H. D. Caro, last week toward the provision of fighter aeroplanes for Great Britain stands at £I4BO 10s 6d. The time factor in raising the money has been stressed by the Mayor, and the public has come forward generously to subscribe to this means of recognising the services of Empire airmen. Donations are being received by the Town Clerk and at the Waikato Times Office. The following donations are ac-

WOMEN’S FIGHTER FUND The New Zealand women’s fighter fund in Hamilton stands at £7B, the latest donations being as follows:

£30,000 DONATION MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD PLACE OF SERVICE OPEN (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday A unanimous decision to donate £30,000 of the accumulated funds for the purchase of aeroplanes as a gesture of appreciation of the services of the Royal Air Force was reached at the annual meeting of the electoral committee of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board today. The question of where the aeroplanes should serve is to be left to the Meat Board in collaboration with the New Zealand and Imperial authorities. SAMOAN NATIVES’ GIFT (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday Information has been received by radio-telegraph from the Administrator of Western Samoa that the natives of Fakaofu, in the Tokelau group, have presented £IOO to the Samoan war effort to assist in purchasing an aeroplane.

knowledged:— £ s d Previously acknowledged 1372 19 9 Ibbotson Bros 25 0 0 A. Totman 21 0 0 Staff, Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (Hn.) 20 0 0 Dr. & Mrs H. E. Harris 10 10 0 Armstrong Motors, Ltd. 10 10 0 Dr. & Mrs C. B. Gilberd 5 5 0 Mrs Broughton 5 0 0 Trio Sisters 3 3 0 G. M. Seabrook 2 2 0 C.G.R., P.M., Anon, £1 each 3 0 0 A Year’s Savings 15 .9 I.G., Harwood Street, 10s each 1 0 0 Miss A. Davies 5 0 1480 10 6

£ s d Previously acknowledged . 59 0 0 Mrs Broughton 5 0 0 A. Hamer 5 0 0 Lyceum Club Sewing Circle 5 0 0 Mrs E. J. Mears 3 0 0 B 78 0 0