The Stoke Orphanage.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 29, 16 July 1903, Page 17

The Stoke Orphanage.

We beer to acknowledge the following earns entrusted to us for the Stoke Orphanage :—: — £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... ... 71 11 0 Mr. P. McCarthy (Mountaineer Hotel, Queanatown) ... ... 2 0 0 Mr. Ml. Charles (Liemore) ... ... 10 0 Mr. O. O'Reil'y (Waverley) ... ... 2 6 In addition to the subscriptions received by us and published in our columns, the following donations for the Stoke Orphanage Fund are' hereby thankfully acknowledged by the Rev. George Mahony, S.M., Nelson ;—; — Westport Band Concert, £6 4s 7d ; Mrs. Beech ((Ohariu), £6 ; Monsignor O'Reilly (Thames), £5 ; Mrs. Hughes (Nelson), £5; Leaper Bros. (Nelson), £4; Nelson Rugby Union, £3 ; Mr. Sidney Hay ward (ex-pupil), £3 ; Father Goggan (Leeston), £2 2s ; Mrs. Wells (Wellington), £1 ; Mr. Hall (Nelson), £1 ; Mr. John Kirkpatrick (Stratford), £1 ; Mrs. C. Knapp (Nelson), 10s ; smafller amounts, 7s 6d. In addition to the amounts already acknowledged the following in smaller sums have been received from Nelson, 15s 6d ; Wellington, 5s ; Masterton, £8 12s 9d. The sufferers by the disastrous fire thank most sincerely the above generous donors. There is still a large sum required, and the Orphans feel confident that their friends throughout the Colonies will rally round them and give them means to re-erect as soon as possible their New Orphanage. (To be continued.)