DISTRESS FUND

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 6

DISTRESS FUND

FURTHER DONATIONS £7Bl 4s 3d IN HAMILTON LONDONERS’ HOUR OF TRIAL The fund which was opened by the Waikato Times for the relief of distress in London has mounted to £7Bl 4s 3d. Realising the urgency of the cause to which the fund will be devoted, many people in the Waikato have given generously, thus giving a recognition of the splendid spirit which has characterised the Londoners in their hours of trial and suffering. Day by day news of the attacks on London have circulated the world, but so calm are the civilians that little has been said regarding their reactions to the terrors which have been let loose upon them. In fact, it seems that in the English mind little need be said, for they are accepting the war and its attendant horrors in the true British spirit. However, although Londoners have not said a great deal about their troubles, their difficulties have been recognised in other fields of the Empire, and every possible measure has been taken to relieve the suffering and privation which must arise from the Nazi attacks, on civilians. Every day money is pouring into the Lord Mayor of London’s fund. The following donations to the Waikato Times fund are acknowledged:— £ s d Previously acknowledged 758 1 3 W. B. Young .. .. 10 0 0 A.M. 5 0 0 Hamilton Staff of Government Life Assurance 5 0 0 Mr and Mrs S. T. Godfrey 3 3 0 Total 781 4 3 FARMERS’ FUND AIRCRAFT FOR BRITAIN £7500 ACKOWLEDGED " I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd inst., enclosing a cheque for £7500 as a contribution from the suppliers and staff of your company to the aeroplane fund,” says the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, in a letter to Mr W. Marshall, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd. The Prime Minister on behalf of the Government thanked the donors for their very generous response to the appeal. He could assure them that the amount would be remitted to London as part of the £IOO,OOO already offered from New Zealand for the purchase of fighter aeroplanes. The dairy company’s fund was launched at the annual smoke concert of the committeemen on August 16. So enthusiastic was the response that the £7500 was given within a fortnight. ‘‘We should be most grateful if in forwarding the amount you would kindly indicate that it is a spontaneous expression of appreciation and admiration from the dairy farmer | suppliers and staff of this company I for the magnificent work of the Royal Air Force,” writes Mr Marshall in forwarding the cheque to the Prime Minister. CHEMISTS GIVE £1467 PURCHASE OF AMBULANCES (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sunday Pharmaceutical chemists throughout New Zealand have raised among themselves during the last few months £1467 for the purchase of two ambulances for service with the Expeditionary Force. The cheque for the amount was received by the secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board and has been forwarded by him to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Treasury has replied that the Army Department will be requested to arrange for the ambulances to be lettered or inscribed as a presentation from the pharmaceutical chemists of New Zealand. FUND IN AUCKLAND (By Telegrrapfi.—press Association; AUCKLAND, Monday The “ Heart-to-Heart ” fund opened two weeks ago for the relief of London civilians closed this afternoon with a total of £22,628. There are still numerous promised subscriptions to come. DOMINION TOTAL, £71,996 (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday The Dominion fund to purchase fighter planes for Britain totals £71,996, including Marlborough Patriotic Council, £1100; the Press, Christchurch, third and fourth instalments, £1777; New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company, Ltd., Waikato, £7500.