THE LIVERPOOL FUND.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 167, 20 August 1914, Page 8

THE LIVERPOOL FUND.

GIFTS IN KIND. ; The following gifts in kind have been received: — Akaroa-women, ;>2 "housewives." Little River women, per Mrs ,J. F. Buchanan, 17 shirts; per Mrs Montgomery, ;10 "housewives." Kaituna women, 50 shirts. A few Spreydon friends, 2 dozen "holdalls," 50 "housewives. '' Akavoa Boy Scouts, 15 dozen socks. Durham Street ~ Methodist women, 56 "holdalls," 326 "housewives." Riecarton Borough, 4 caps, 18 cholera belts. West Melton (school children and women), H 7 "housewives." Waikari women. 1G cholera

E. v Senior. The ladies' also want ! a purchaser for a-sewing machine, the proceeds of the sale to go to the Liverpool Fuhd. ; The ladies have decided to stop sewing, but if there is need they will resume. The following additional donations have been received: —H. Adley £l- - Mrs Pidgeon 8/9 (collected), Mrs Fisher £1 1/-, Mrs Hamilton 5/-, Mrs Rowe £1 1/-. PIPES AND TOBACCO. The following additional contributions have been received by Mr C. M. Parker* towards the pipe and tobacco fund: Messrs F. A. Cook, A. Francis, H. Ardley, L. Munns, R. Nash, R. A. Campbell, H. Hulston, Ray and Finney, H. Donovan, D. Benjamin, Ltd., Fletcher, Humphreys, Ltd., and anonymous. Messrs Fletcher, Humphreys have given 500 cigars to the fund organised by Mr •Parker,"and Messrs.Benjamin one gross of pipes. Over 900 pipes have now been collected. POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. The following additional contributions have been promised for the Poor of Great Britain and Ireland Relief Fund, —

Messrs Strange and Co., Ltd., have offered to attend to the packing o.' any clothing for shipment to the Ljineland. Messrs T. ll.' Green and Co. have offered to cure any porkers, free of

EMPIRE FUND. The following donations have been received at the Sumner Borough Council Chambers:—Mrs E. Joyce £1 1/-, Miss Joyce £1 1/-. EXPORT OF FOODSTUFFS. CAUTION ADVISED. r Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 20. The New Zealand Trade Commissioner at San Francisco, reporting at the end of June, advises caution in the export of eggs and butter to the States. Large stocks of each are being stored. It is reported that 16,229,000 pounds of butter have accumulated; also 2,269,000 cases of eggs.

.;-,i. DONATIONS POURING IN * ELLESMERE DISTRICT. £ s. d. Doyleston (per Mrs Rennie) 4 17 6 Lakeside (per Mrs Overton) 16 0 0 Irwell and Ellesmere (per Mrs Gardiner) 17 3 6 Brookside (per Miss Scott and Mesdames Cunning26 0 3 Leeston (per Mrs Jones) . . 16 14 OP Southbridge (per Miss Willis) 62 15 10 . DUNSANDEL. Per the Rev. Swanson-Reid 3 14 0 OPAWA. Per Mrs G. J. Smith and 15 5 3 Mrs Tisdall 30 7 Mrs G. Scott 4 2 0 Messrs Scott Bros 20 0 0 2 7 9 LYTTELTON. Collections, per .Miss Just .. 110 6 0 HEATHCOTE VALLEY. Per Mrs Holdswor"th 9 15 6 Per Mrs G. W. Russell 5 1 0 Girls'Friendly Society (Bur1 10 0 Collected Bur wood 0 10 0 Mrs S. Hurst Scager .. 0 7 6 0 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Collected by Mrs Cyrus Wil2 8 6

£ s. d. Previously acknowledged 3781 15 2 Mr W. l'illiott 5 0 0 Major Percy Johnson , 10 0 0 Captain A. C. Robinson 3 t> 0 Miss Jocelyn Pyne 3 0 0 Mr C. G. Dalgety 100 0 0 Christ's College Offertories 9 11 10 Mr Frank Peter 5 0 0 Mrs Reid (Oamaru) 10 11 0 Miss A. J. Reid (Oamaru) 5 1 0 5 0 0 Mrs 1*3. H. Chapman 2 0 0 Wairewa County . . 50 0 0 Total to date £3990 2 0