HEART TO HEART APPEAL

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 220, 16 September 1940, Page 7

HEART TO HEART APPEAL

For Stricken Londoners Fund To Be Raised For The Wounded And The Homeless Two Days' Donations Total £6624 IT has been decided that the appeal for fund* to relieve the plight el aufferera by the blitzkrieg on London, as announced in our columns of Saturday hut, ahall be known aa the Heart to Heart Appeal The u an, Lj £ orthy T nd . ? e H cho,en - T1 »« "ufferings of London, relentleaaly bombed day and night by an army of mats murderers, devastated by every type of aerial warfare conceivable, from thousand-pound air torpedo to machine-gun bullet, appeal to the hearts of all. It should be made clear that the money contributed to the fund, up to the amount that ia necessary to meet the Auckland Provincial Council, quota to the £100,000 that wa. promptly remitted to London mH be uaed for the purpose of immediate relief. If ever there wa* a case where time ia the essence of the contract, thia ia one. The destitute, maimed and bereaved in London in their thouaanda needed to be assured that hearts as far away as New Zealand bled for them. M, ♦ ori « ine, * , °Jj'° oo wi » obvioualy be but a fraction of the money hat this cause will call for. and any amount subscribed to the fund above the quota will be ear-marked for suffering in Great Britain

The province i. divided into zone, for purpose, of collection, and *IIT jTj e C J ea L that mn Y mone y» remitted to the "Star" fund The sum of £250 was donated by the Auckland Tran.port Board e Th^ toV Mr * thftt h' PuWiC W 5 W " L h the B-.«l to contribute .ccordinK to it. mean.. He suggested that the sum .hould be «50 in order to ascertain the reaction of the member, to the propo.al. *" m ° roer to Mr. J. A. C. Allum .aid quick action was neces.ary. He wa. sure member, would agree to the sum suggested. Mr tHe BO * rd WiH * UPP ° rt the P r °P° Ba l '00 per cent," raid "I think it a, fine gesture on your part." said Mr.. M. Dreaver, addressing the chairman. "It fall, to my lot to introduce it." said Mr. Nagle. "We are all one ,n sentiment. He added that the people of London would be heartened to know that other part, of the Empire were with them at this trying time. Mr. Allum; That is so. The motion was unanimously carried. ~ ft,*!!!- 1 F Q m i to - dey , the totol ««» subscribed wa. £6623 19/6. of which £5068 19/6 wa. donated since the "Star" opened the fund on Saturday, Each day throughout the campaign for fund, the list of donations will be acknowledge in these columns, Details of the donation* received by the "Auckland Star ,, up till 1 p.m. to-day are:— Amount previously acknowledged 1555 6 0° ''Auckland Star" 6t Christchurch "Star-Sun" 2000 0 0 Auckland Saving. Bank 2000 0 0 Auckland Transport Board 250 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Anderson 200 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ferguson 200 0 0 Mr.. Salwyn Upton 150 0 0 Mrs. L. B. Lambert 50 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brett 25 0 0 Captain and Mrs. C. C. Plunket 25 0 0 Mr. Joseph Sayegh 25 0 0 Mr. Oscar Mcßrine 20 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kingston 15 15 0 The Bishop of Auckland and Mrs. Simkin 10 10 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cook 10 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Wolfe 10 0 0 Mrs. M. J. Grove . 10 0 0 Kotiro .' JO 0 0 1855 E.R 10 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wilson 5 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Daw.on 5 0 0 Mrs. Digby Cardale 5 0 0 Mr. A. E. Warren 5 0 0 Wharne 5 0 0 £3 3/: Mr. Reg. Elcoat. £2 2/: Cymru, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Crookes, jun., Mr. and Mrs. F. T. A. Williams. £1 6/: Mt. Roskill Tennis Club. £11/: J.J.L.. Surfdale. Mr. S. Fowler. £1: A.S.R.. Mary. Welshie. 8.8.. Newport. Mr. and Mr.. James Langabeer, Mrs. and Mis. O'Brien. E.G. 10/: Mr. G. F. Reid. Pooh. E.S.W. Total donations of individual amounts below 10/: 2/6.