AUCKLAND FUND

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6

AUCKLAND FUND

QUARTER MILLION EFFORT. POSITION AT A GLANCE. Collection! to date .... £K19,858 Disbursements 23.486 Balance la hand 116,371 Fund aima at 250.000 Still wanted 133,629 The totnl amount raised in oaah or promises finrr th<" carniv.il appeal iraj launched no« sUndu at £40.912. The amounts of t/>oo nnd over so fir donnted to the fund arc as fol!o\£: — New Zoal.md Iniqjiinee Co £7jOO South British Insurance Co .">OOO The Auckland Gas lo iOOO CampbellEhn-nlned lo 2000 Auckland Farmers' Krrrzttij; Company 2000 C, H." Wikon . lOX) WiUoni Portland Cement Co. ~ 1000 1.. P. Nathan and < o 1000 Ley land O'Bnen Timber To. !000 Brett Pnntiag and Publishing Co. ICOO J. H. I pton 1000 WiUon and Hortnn .. 1 WOO Milne and Cbnyoc. Ltd 1000 Macky. Logan'*ud Caldwell 100.1 Oeorjj.> BaHv 10CO Winstonc Ltd. ]oto Smith and t aughry WOO Wm. Elliot .VW Archibald Hark and Pons .V>o G«o. Elliot . 500 V. J. Larnrr -V>o The Northern Roll*r Mills 500 John Burne and Co. 500 Isaac Bayly ">OO John F. E*en 500 Tbomaj Peacock .VK) C. V. Houghtou 500 The following donations were announced to-dsv.— £. t- d W. Woo.iham . . . 5 S 0 ilrs. J. M.-LaObn. Ptucar row Av<nie Ml txlon . -f>o 0 O M. .\. U.IU . 200 0 0 lU-»iceit> »' (ape Ruoa»Tiy . H2 2 8 .1. P. Hooton ion o o R. C. farr > W 0 0 W. Frater and Son* . . TO I) n Prnt-rrdit Iwturc by J. Clegs 20 17 0 Pro«'<-<Ni!» of (-ale of ecven tramway hhiu-r* given by Mr and Mrs Walter Jack man. Ora-kei Road. Rra»«i 10 0 0 Fortnightly euberription (Bth) Puianiru s'.ait and employpw and perraanrnt way emplornn of th# Taupo Totara Timhf-r Co. Ltd. . c 13 c IJ.G. . .- 5 ° n W. Knight. King* Rea*l, Moun; Ed*n 5 0 0 Alfred Reynolds ... ■ "' 0 0 New Ze&lajid Farmers' Union, MoT-riiMville branch n l-"> n Salvation Army 0 3 6 COMMITTEE AOTTVITXXS. SOLDIERS' QUEEN". ( \ mrotinc of thi- UdiM , fommittrr „.», hrld at thr rooms of Mi-sr*. and Tauflhrv. Ltd.. verterday. ( olon.l G. U. S. Pattrrnon prMml«-d. and n plaini'd tbr mrthod of worUinp. Th<- la4ipa fl.Ytrd Mrs, llumr i wifrof Lieut-Colonrl llumr, O.r. tho district. a« preeident. Mm. T. 11. Da*»on \<rr prr-sidf-nt. and Mien* Ruth VVhyt* and Aiokin joint n(H-rrUrir.« and It was drcidrd to hold A further mrrting at 10.30 a,.m. on WednesdayThr rt«-\itivr' rnmnuttPP Wt la*t pvpninp. folonr>l Pa4.Ur»on prrstdinj;. Many dotall* «orr arranprd. and a fur th.-r" mrrting rftll<-d for WVdnroday at 5.15 p.m. A HINT TO ••?POFU>." .V meeting of thr rnpirrjinnt*tivos of the Tarioim Bports bodies will br hrld in thr nhambor of Oommcrcp at R this rvoninp. Thr hiumrai of tho merlins will bf to elect eommitteo* and to finally M-lci-t the dports bodins , qury>n. It is t,ope<l that every "eport" will atteml the meetinp. and not Ir.nc Ihr arrange inrnts to a few. DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS. CANVASSING COiQIITTEE MEETS. The committee of the Auckland Patriotic Associatiou — the hody which has been elected to undertaken the work ol organising an appeal for direct contributions to the Patriotic Fund—met yesterday at the To«n Hall under tlie chairmanship of the Hon. Geo. Fotvl.K it. «a.« derided to add the member* of the i .• > Council, of the suburban local h0.1,r-. n.nd a number of other gentlemen to the committee A report from a tubrommitter recommended that the Chamber of Commerce lie the headquarter*, of the committee and thnt the executive i.f the Ufrociation be requested to make a clear statement as to the principloe and Hvs-tenv under which relief ie to be adminii-U-red from the funiin The lo |.r 1 uithl the orpaiiication of the c'i>rn!ry district* j and tn uiMfe Mr, K. A. !:nr.a.;H<- t<. l undertake tho ho-nomry »ecretary»hip uf tllC COl'irri'top.

• MOVIE " DAT. GO TO THE PiCTI'RE- OCTOBER 20. Practically the whole of the propnrtor» of thr picture theatre* in the city and suburbs have offered to give, the takings of their theatre* on October 20 toward? thr carnival effort. Messrs. .J. K. MarMahon, I. Hayward, V. Duncan. .). MacDonaW, •'. Alexander, (J. NigTo and R. Pctrr»<-n have been appointed to tin- Picture Theatre Day eubcommittee of tin- Patriotic -rtrganieing Committee, and thr committee hae born authorised t<. invite the a.s»i»tancc nf the whole of tin- picture theatre* ill tlic Aurklanil Military District. It. is proponed to sell universal tickets at a shilling ench. nvailable for any nf the theatre.-, and it was reported to the meeting that the wholf of the employees of the theatres participating ill the movement had promised their assistance and hnd undertaken to guc a full day's wages toward* tlu> fund. TEA AT THE ANZAC. < IVK I.EAfiIK'S S( HEME lhimU U) the '/nncTiHis "fiVr of the proprietor* (if Kverybodyj Theatre, to place the lirM and second tloor of their theatre at the disposal .1 the Civic league for two months, this organisation has born able to propound a novel scheme in connection with the Queen i arnival On Friday afternoon the Mayoress fMrs. .1. H. linnfoni will open the premises a* the Anzac Tearooms, and the entire profits will hi' credited to tlfe Red Oro»s candidal.- The chairman of the Patriotic Association I Mr. fieorjje Elliot i ha* also acn-ici that the whole of the money collected from true source shall h* handed to thr Women's Patn otic Committee tn be used m the rare of Boldiers' uivos and children 'Ihe League will appoint a number of volunteer waitresses, *nd me.mbpre will contribute cakes, bread, scones, and flowers as ttv'll a? miscellaneous articles for a jumble sale The Farmers' I nion has promised produce, and fittings and furnUhinpi have be.>n promised by vanoue firms in the rity. The floor ahovo tho tearoom will be used a.« a committee room in connection with the Red Cross Queen'o campaign Invitation* tn he pre-ent at the openinp ce.-emonv are being sent to the memhere of the City Council, of the Women's and Men'» Patriotic fommittwj, and of other patriotic associations. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. COLN'TRV SrBJECT* ENTHUSIASTIC. I 'Bj Teic;r;ph —Own I. "rrespondont c HAMILTON, thus dajA larye meeting of representatives of various Patriotic Nuietifs in the Waikatoand King Country, held at Hamilton thts njormnp. decided to support the Auckland Queen Carnival scheme, and to I select and support the queen of the,' :>outh. Representatives were present I from Hamilton Frankton, Cambridge.'! Te Avramutu 7e Kuiti. and Npaniawah ia . The greaU-bt enthusiasm M»* shown in the proposal. THE HOSPITAL SHIP. ARTICLED STILL \\ ANTED. The Auckland Women , *. Patriotic As-! vi H,,5,:.v engaged in as s emblin X ! the goods required for thf equipment of toe second \e« Zealand Hosp.tal Sh.p ! and most of the article* required aro| now in hand. There are ,til| a ( cw - li nM wanu-d. however, a, given below. The' pood* arc being packed at the Town Hall by Mr. Chapman, of Messrs. Ser-I pood. i>on and Ewcn. and »i|| lx> dispatched about October loth. They are' due in Wellington on October 20th. The' cash donation of 1400 will be remitted to the Governor as noon as the CeneraJ 1 Committee; of the Patriotic Association' has approved of the vote. The follow-' ing articles are s ti!l required:—Drawl sheeu. 350; quiJts . Bolton sheetingl,' 300; bed jackets. "200; day shirts, 400 ; : flannel Union vest*, 300; flannel drawers.' 150; flannel .Iressuijfgowns. 2HO : flamiel, wai ß mo »le<;ve*». 17.V; hair-! hrushee. l."> 0, tape ihlar-k sad white).' l.V); packets of worsted. .V) : unlimited' quantity of surgical towels and bandages. SOLDIEHS" CLTTB. FAREWELL TO THE .-i-EYENTHS. The farewell to be given in the Aiick-, land Soldiers' Cluh to the. members of the Seventh Reinforcements on leave in j Auckland, originally fixed to be held tomorrow night, will take place to-night| on account r>: .>tlicr functions clashing, the first arrangement.