Radio Concert

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 34, 6 March 1931, Page 6

Radio Concert

Earthquake Ri Relief Fund "THE sum of se ha’s been handed. to the Mayor’s Fund. for Barthquake Relief as-a result of ‘the concert given in the Town Hall. on Monday, February 23, by a number of leading Wellington professional and amateur musicians and entertainers. The gross proceeds were £72/10/-, and expenses £25/2/6. . Of the expenses, advertising in two daily newspapers accounted for £23/5/-. . Im. response to the appeal made by Mis Worship the Mayor at the concert, and broadcast by -2¥.A, the following sums have been received by the "Radio Record" and handed to the Mayor’s Fund :- S.P. 2G 6/-, Mrs. Beaurefaire :5 im. Mrs.-H, G. L. Gray 10/-, Mr. A. Baker 10/6, B.M.B: 10/-, ©. Hunger a 6d., T.J.H. 2/6, S. W. Strong 5/-, 5/-, "A Family of Listeners" Py J. Fair 10/-,-D. Cody £1/1/-, W. S. Wauchop £1/1/-, F. Ashley 2/6, K. A. Dixon 2/6, "Listener-in" 2/6, A. L. Kirk £1, G. Kirk 10/-; Freda Goodall 8/-, Lily Kana: 5/-, Collected by Mrs. F. Chase’ £2, "Listener-in." Wainiat 15/-,. The "L" Family 10/-, "Qistener" £1, F. T. Clarke 5/-, Mrs. Russell: 2/6. Total, £15/4/6..- . In addition to the foregoing, donations were made to the funds of the concert as. follows :- Two Listeners 7/6, Anonymous 5/-, H. Henry 5/-, D.N.K. 1/-, Listener-in, Northland 6/-, Northcote Church 2/6, J. Fletcher 6/-, A ‘Radio Family 11/6, Khandallah List 10/-, Mr. and’ Mrs, 4 C, Meule £1, W. M. Dawson M. HE. lott £1/1/-, Chas. Proctor £1 1/-, A. D. Paisley £1/1/-, Listener-in 7/-, Mrs. P. Fleming 5/-, O.W.R. 8/-. N forwarding contributions: to this fund some listeners wrote very interestingly. Probably the most: interesting letter was from Mrs, F. Chase, Ruatahuna.. She wrote that she has a tea and luncheon.rooms half way between Rotorua .and Wairoa,, and also has the only radio set in. the settlement, which consists almost -entirely of Maoris, there being, only three school-teachers, two: missionaries and herself in the total of white epople. An open invitation was given to the settlement to listen to the transmission of the concert from the Town Hall. for the Relief Fund, .and there was quite a good.attendance. As a result of passing round. the hat, she was able to forward £2.. "The Maoris here," Mrs. Chase writes, "are . very, poor, but they gave what, they coul() in many cases only a penny, but it wa given with a good spirit." . Mrs. Chas mentioned that she had daughters in Wairoa who suffered heavy losses in the earthquake, so that she felt she must help as much as she could: