THE McCARTHY FUND.
; ♦ A particularly distressing case of weed wos recently discovered in Timaru, the father of a famiJy having been suddenly bereft of his eight some eight months ago by an accident. His wife struggled bravely to keep tlie home together by going out washing, but littto by Httlo the furniture went to provide ba.ro neoosaitieß, until very little was left. There are three children in the family, and: at Christmastimo on, an© particular occasion thero was not even a crust in tho house. Sinco thci pitiable facts were made known., subscriptions h«vo been raised in aid of tine unfortunate people, and their beJplees children., and tno effort thus fax has met •with oonsidcntble success. Wo have to acknowledge the following amounts cent in to this office:— Already acknowledge*! £100 8s; A. I. Rattray £3 3s, J.J.T. £1, Mr E. C. Clark £1, Mr M. J. Miflor (Lyttelton) £1, Anonymous £1, R.S.N. us. M. B. Witham CLyttetton) ss, per J.L.V. £1 18s (J.L.V. £1, T.H. 2s 6d, FJSt. 2<? 6d, R.O.S, 2s 6d, A.T. 2s, F.M. 2s Gd, F.W.R. 2s 6d, J.D.B. 2s 6,-1, E.M. Is); total to date £118 19s.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13151, 25 June 1908, Page 7
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