LONDON'S AGONY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 228, 25 September 1940, Page 8

LONDON'S AGONY

" HEART TO HEART."

"STAR'S ,, APPEAL.

NEXT MONDAY FINAL DAY.

' The homeless, the widowed, the 'Orphaned, the maimed and the blind, all the civilian victims of the Nazi "bombblitz," call to us, through the "Heart to Heart" Appeal, to tussist them in their suffering. Their call has not fallen on unsympathetic ears, for to-day, at noon, the "Auckland StarV fund had risen to £18,598.

Throughout the appeal the response by the people of Auckland hae been most generous. It has now been decided to close the "Heart to Heart" Appeal for British civilian victims of the bombing raids next Monday. All intending subscribers are, therefore, urged to make their donations this week. Those who wish to make a substantial donation, which will encourage others to give generously, are asked to forward their cheque immediately to the "Auckland Star," or to pay in the cash at the counter on the ground floor of the company's Shortland Street office.

Subscribers with smaller donation* are urged to give through the district runners' liete, which will be brought to completion on Thursday and Friday this week, so that full ackiiowlc<l,gmcnt may be made in this column next Saturday. Now that the fund is within a few days of closing, it is hoped that all who have not actually made the donation which they have mentally resolved to ;rive. will "act at once, to the end that the "Auckland Star" may rUMid a really substantial cheque to the British relief fund. Details of donations received by the "Auckland Star" up till noon to-day are: — Amount previously acknowledged 18,015 11 11 . Secondary Schools Music Festival Committee 10 ° ° ° Auckland Travel Club (Inc.) 50 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wohlmann ... 45 0 0 Staff of John Burns and Co.. Ltd. . 26 3 6 Invincible Cash and Carry Stores. Ltd. ** Horace Bull. Ltd 25 0 0 Warnock Bros.. Ltd 25 0 0 "Auckland Star" Staff (3rd contributton) 23 17 9 A. H. Johnstone 21 0 0 Cassrels Manufacturing Co.. Ltd. .. 20 0 0 Mrs. J. B. Macfarlane 20 0 0 "Auckland Star" Literary Staff 19 0 0 C. V. Mark 15 0 0 Miss Ada Sayegh 11 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. S. KUppel 10 10 0 X.Y.Z 10 10 0 St. Andrews Society. Auckland . . 10 0 0 Sliver Fern Social Club 10 0 0 Staffs. N.Z. Dry Cleaning Co.. Ltd.. and N.Z. Laundry Co.. Ltd 5 16 6 Mr. and Mrs. I. Massey 5 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Massey 5 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Foreman 5 5 0 Mrs. E.F.C. CPortsmouth) 5 0 0 A. W. H. and E. Tomes 5 0 0 Mr. Blaclernan 5 0 0 E.A.C. 5 0 0 Mrs. W. Fisher 5 0 0 Barbara and Grahame Donald 5 0 0 Mrs. Bout 5 0 0 A.R 5 0 0 Heart-to-Heart 4 4 0 Two Homles 3 0 0 Gerrard and Hop 3 0 0

£2 10 -: A.G.Z. £2 s': Three West London Girls. £2 2 : Mrs. M. J. McHalgh. Bridge Eight (Papakura). Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Wark. £2: A.J.C.. Mr. and Mrs. A. Sidle. An Englishwoman. G.L.O. £1 11 : Ttsh and Hugh. £1 7 6: Millord School Children. £11: Doris and Jack. Mrs. Allen MacKenzie. Officers and Members of Loyal Parnell Lodge No. 4750. £1: Pensioner. Homle. D. J. Irwin. J. Patterson. C. W. Grace. H.J.L., A. Francis. E. Braithwait*. C. W. Thompson. Homey. E.J.C.. Frank Needham. Two Old Pensioners. Anonymous. 10/: E. Stobbs. Leila Robertson. 8.M.R.. The Girls, Sympathetic. CharLig Cross. Old Pensioner. Donations of less than 10, each totalled £1 5,. GRAND TOTAL £1£,598 6/2