STARVING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14326, 11 April 1912, Page 7

STARVING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

"TH_ PRESS" RELIEF FUND

FOUR AIORE DAYS.

' "Tiie Press" Relief Fund for the I benefit of the unfortunate sufferers j"lrom the British coal t strike profited yesterday by some £70, and the total j amount subscribed to date now stands jat £430 odd. | A'cstcrday's subscriptions included a I handsome one. of nearly £20 from the ' St. Andrew's congregation aud Sunday I school. The manager of the Canterbury Ale.it Company has received the following letter from Air Robert Anderson, of Carew:— -, l approve very heartily of the plan to help <the starving people of Londonr"and wish to give two fat sheep." AVe. trust that Air Anderson's example may bo followed jby other farmers. j We have to remind our renders that I the Fund clo.ses on Saturday, and to ] urge those who intend lo contribute to do so without delay. The following additional subscriptions in aid ot the above havo been received at, the Christchurch office of "Tiie Pre.*-";— £ s d Previously acknowledged 350 3 7J Edgeware Road AVcsley Church --- ... I 1G U Employees P. and D. Duncan ... ... 8 10 0 H. A. B 1 1 0 W. B. 0 5 0 Alatron Jubilee Home (E. AY. and .Ai. P.) ... 0 0 II G. and G- ... ... 0 2 0 A. A. D 0 10 0 AA*. H. Hnrgroaves ... 3 3 0 AY. 11. ... ... 0 10 0 Ardee ... ... 0 2 G L. AI. 1 0 5 0 N. K. ... ... 0 2 G St. Andrew's Church and Sunday School Offcrtorv in aid ot fund ' ... ... 19 2 S Carl vie Works (supplementary) ... ... 018 0 L. Al. and H. AI. ... 2 0 0 Airs Cloguie ... ... 010 0 jP. Al. " ... ... 0 3 0 IF. AI. W. ... ... 2 2 0 j Anonvmotis ... ... 0 5 0 R. AL C. G. ... ... 010 0 AY. T. G. ... ... 0 2 6 A. C. ... ... 1 10 0 AL AL ... ... 010 0 AI. Al. F. ... ... 010 0 I. C. ... ... 0 10 0 T. T. 0 5 0 Grace 0 2 0 A. E. H. ... ... 0 5 0 E. E. D 0 5 0 M. D. D. ... ... 0 5 0 U. F. D 0 2 6 AI. 0 2 0 E. E. G. ... ... 0 10 0 A. and A. T. G. ... _ 0 0 F. AY. A. ... ... 0 5 0 E. C. ... ... 10 0 L.AI. 0 2 G Sympathy --- ... 010 0 Pupils Afiss Olds' School 1 1 0 E. L. B 0 5 0 Edith ... ... 0 5 0 B. L. 0 10 6 G. AY. P. ... ... I 0 0 Friend ... --- 0 2 0 Al. AL E., 0 2 0 Per C. AY. Duncombe Oxford :— H. E. AYaterman ... 0 5 0 .Mrs Markhara ... 0 4 0 Uramac ... ... 110 Leithe ... ... 0 5 0 Nancy ... ... 0 5 0 A'isitor ... ... 10 0 Sympathy ...s ... 0 2 G X. Y. _ 0 1 0 Head Office Staff Christchurch Aleat Co., Ltd. 5 16 fi Brightonitc ... --- 0 4 0 TI. O. ... ... 0 2 6 F. J. R 5 0 0 Orari 1 0 0 Mrs Corbet. Alavfield ... 0 5 fi Mr R. Cleland ... 0 2 0 Anonymous ... ... 0 1. fi T. A." ... ... 1 1 0 A. A. 5 0 G. C. 0 5 0 Total on Christchurch Office list ... 421 17 6J Received at the Ashburton Agency of "The Press":— Previously acknowledged 5 011 Mrs Ellen Tubb. Templeton ... ... 0 5 0 J. G., Templeton ... 0 10 Total Ashburton Office "5 611 Kaiapoi Agency:— Previously acknowledged 017 6 Rangiora Agency:— Previously acknowledged 010 0 Lyttelton .Agency:— Previously acknowledged 2 5 0 Grand total of "Tho Press" Fund to date £430 16 11", <PRK«S ASSOCIATION TEL EG RAM.*. GISBORNE, April 10. The "Poverty Bay Herald" closed its striko distress list to-day with £290 17s 6d. The "Gisborne Times" forwarded £76 los od to-day.