MRS. THOMPSON CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2602, 20 August 1878, Page 3

MRS. THOMPSON CASE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star).§l Sir, —Words cannot express my deep gratitude to those persons who have so generously ■responded to my appeals for this poor family. Their liberality has exceeded my most sanguine expectations. One day sixty subscriptions out of the hundred and fifteen received by me, were paid to me on the (street, and yesterday they came in so profusely that I had to decline several. It deserves to be mentioned that a gentleman called to give me a cheque for whatever balance was required, and was surprised to learn that only £3 3s 6d was needed. I regret he will not allow his name to be published. The total amount paid was £50 11s, including net receipts from the lecture, and this morning I paid Owen and Graham £45 for passages, and gay Mrs Thompson the balance. In reply to enquiries I may say that the £37 collected on board the steamer last month was retained by the passengers, as the captain Avould not accept it for the passage. By publishing the following subscriptions you will oblige, and I must confess that without your generous aid (always accorded in these matters) we could not have raised this money :—Burton andßirme, ss; Ge». Holdship, 10s; J.H., ss; "Jesus loves me," 18s ; Sympathy, 7s; E. A 5s ; B. Gittos, 2s 6d ; Mr Kemp, 3s ; If: A. White, 20s; W., 10s; Friend, £3 3s 66. ; collected by Mrs T. Macffarlane, £3 10s; collected by Miss Amanda Good, £2 6s. — Yours, &c, F. G. Ewington. pg, The-Ladies Benevolent Society had promised £3 towards the passage money, but as Mrs Thompson will not be in needy circumstances in America, and has a surplus of £5 11s, the ladies considered it their duty to withhold their £3 for the

poor of Auckland. Mrs Thompson quite approved of this course.—F.G.E.

THANKS,

(To the Editor of the Star.) • Sir —Will you please allow me to express my' sinccrest thanks to the many kind citizens here who have befriended me in my extremity. When Mr Ewington handed me this morning a receipt for £45 for our passage home, and £5 11s for little necessaries, I felt quite overcome with emotions of gratification, and if ever I can send anything to help the benevolent institutions here I will do eo.—Yours, &c, Maria Thompson. -