POOR OF BRITAIN AND BELGIUM FUND.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15157, 22 December 1914, Page 9

POOR OF BRITAIN AND BELGIUM FUND.

Snhscrrpiiocs ma~ be forvrarced to tho 1 Jioncrcry treasurer, Mr F. li. Pyno (Messrs j Pyno and Co.); to the secretary. Mr C. M. , Parker 'Art Gallery}, or to ll» oSioo oi "The . Press." ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. i: s. d. < Amount previously acknowledged 40,403 1 3 ■ J.P.'e Magazice .. .. 10 0; Mana W<?st ißeJgiom) .. .. 1 0 0 ' Keinptliorne, Prosper ard Co. .. 10 0 0 Mrs F. V? Joknston (Bolgvum).. 20 0 0 1 J.K.P. (Bo'.gium) .. .. ."» 0 0 J.C.B. i 0 0 Wostport, per A. Leaner .. MO li 0 : Andrew Philpott (Belgium > .. 1 0 0 i J. ajjd G.M. (Belgium) .. .. 0 10 0 Anonymous .. .. .. 12 0 0 Aulsebrcok's enrp-k*rces .. 6 17 7 J.EJX COO Mia F. Hydo 1 0 0 I Pcndarves School concert .. 16 0 0 W.H.S. i 3 0 < Employees, Kaiap-od Woollen ] Company's ChxUtchuroli Fax- ' tcry (12th weekly donation).. 3 13 5 Proceeds i£ra G. C. Derrett's garden party, Hororata, p<T H. ■ K. "Wright £20 1c 10d, ea-.e. of sheep by Mr Eoylo £1 .. 22 1 10 . James Dean? (Homobiish), representing "J per cent, of groca proceeds of his wool clip Bold in Christchurch on 7th last... 5S 0 10 H. Ro-buiPoa (OpaT.-a) .. .. .5 0 0 J. J. Cony (Blenhoiin) .. 3i S 4 ' Lucy, Mary, and Frank Hogg (.Beleiuru) .. .. .. 3 0 0 Employees, Scoit Bros. .. S t 6 Soutih Canterbury, ptr J. Malin^ (Timanj) .. .. .. 0,5C0 0 0 Ashburtoa, per J. B. Christian 1,00>3 0 0 Total to dat-o . .. ... 4-1,273 13 1 JJ-Trs G. C. Perriti/ crgania«d a, garden party, [ vrhieli took place at her residence, "Spring Bank," llororati, oa December I 12th, in aid of the Britain and Belgium FuikL ilrc Dcrrett provided tea and rei frei'limejils free- A salo of work and Christ- | mac trso was bc-ld in oonnjexion with tiio feto, the Roods being by willing hclp^re lin tlia district, and tho Btftlle presided over by n, coiumitteo of ladies. The proceeds amounted to i"2O la lOd. The acknowledgment on Saturday's list cf £14 from the Christchurch TVaniwßy Board's offices, ehoiild liavo been from the Ohiisir church Tramway Board's officoxa. A SUBSTANTIAL EEMITTANCE. Yesterday Mr Parker, tho local Becretary, cent the following- letter to Mr It. W. ShallcraM, general secretary of the Poor of Great Britain and Belgium lie lief Fund, Wellington:—"l have much pleasure in onc'oeiuj* draft for £10,000, which my committee trusts his Eicoliencv the Governor vri'A remit by cable to the High Commissioner, London, beforo ChrietmaiS. Tins 13 tho second instnlinent from Canterbury, including Aehburton and South Canterbury, and my committee ; yrieJiee devoted to th« Fund for poor !in Britain and Ireland, and JESOOO to tho poor of Belgium. This latter nmount, I ; enmc, -tviil )jo handed by tho High Comuiissioner, to' the Belgian iiinLiter in London for distribution. Aβ tho Bank of New Zeivland is ao kind as to remit tn London free oi" exchange, tho only cost, will bo that of ca.biins, and I shall bo pleased to remit you I iii cheque as soor. ae you adviso nao of tho aißouut." -.CENEKOt'S WOOLGROWEBS. XTndor dnto of 10th met., Mr Jamee Deans, of Homobueh, wrote an foil own *jD Mr A. J. Bell, organiser of the Cantorbury branch o* tho Now Jisaljiiid Farmers' Union, and Mr 801 l forwnrded tho letter to Mr C. M. I Parker, txcrttary of tho ljiitain and Belgium Fund: —"I eeo l>y the papcis this morlii::j; that thero ie a amonsKt the iariEcra oi Canterbuiy each to givo a balo of v.-00l to tho Fund for tho poor of Great Britaiu and Belgium. The reason t Bin writing to you ie that while enpportius the principle of tho jjUt, 1 think that; v «asiiy worked way ol enabling a fanner to show hie patriotism would bo for ! h'.m to doruito a peroent«ge- oi tho proceeds of !m wool to the fund, and. I would augg«t that the omount bo 2J per cent. This is a very email amount fax an individual to give, but if it received anything like a general res.votwo would amount to a large emu of i»oViC-y. It would bo perfectly easy for thesso who were Riving to lot the firm who was fcllins for them take that an-ount off their wool cheque and hand it over to tho relief fund. I think the wool brokers in Christchurch would bo on.y 100 pleased to do Go, and it would saTe a lot of bother, ivlso it would give those vrlio hove ahead? Bold their wool a chanco to help in this way. I ha.vc dono so at any rate, and I hope this npp«al will bo largely responded to." KVIAPOI WOOLLEN TTOEKSBS* SUBSTANTIAL DONATION. V low yp*ks ago the employees of the Kaiapci Woolten Cornpeaye Christenurcb. factory decided k> ixh* up weekly voluntary ooatriuutious loword tho zoiioi of the pcoi- cl Great .Britain aud Belgium. Tfflia dceiro to aeeiet in tho aUviat.on of distrcsa caused by the war bra rceulted in a total cf £50 being h*nd«l to Mr F. 11. Pyno, the treasurer <i tho Food for Britain and. i>elp.uai Inind. Tie sum of £3 was e.lso collected and Kandtd ever to tba Htcatl7 DiKuster Fund.