THE WAR FUNDS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15731, 26 October 1916, Page 11

THE WAR FUNDS.

« THE PRESS " LISTS. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. BELGIUM FUND. ' £ 6. d. Amount previously acknowledged 3077 8 1 Hia W. Bennington, monthly .. 10 0 Total to date .. .. £'3078 8 1 RED CROSS FUND. £ s. d. Amount previously acknowledged 605 410 Proceeds of patriotic ahoot held by Chrietchurch. Gun Club .. 12 5 4 *Total to date .. .. £617 10 2

"OUR DAY" APPEAL.

"TSS PRESS" LIST. i B. d. Amount previously acknowledged 554 12 1 GJI. ... 110 Total to date .. .. £555 13 1 BED CROSS FUND LIST. Amount previously acknowledged, £6396 10s 8d; Okains Bay School childmn. 12a; Greendale School (per Mrs Ingley), 7a; Halkett Red Cross Branch, £3 3s; proceeds of concert by sixth etandard girls, Greendale School, 8s; Miss At. Pratt, £1; Mrs Beauchamp Lane, £5; Bcauchamp Lone, £10; "Webley, Sons and Gofton, £5 ss; Neill and Co., £3 sa; "W\ E. Munday and Sons,- £10; Duncan, £5; Methven Red Cross Branch (including £1 from Mis S. Smith, Methven), £16 19a 6d; Canterbury Carpenters' and Joiners' Union (per C. Goodoall) further donation, £1 Is; Hon. H. F. WigTarn, £25. Total to date, £6485 lis 2d.

RED CROSS FUND. ORDER OF ST. JOHN AND BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. - (For sick and wounded soldiers at tho varicua hospitals whero ' Now Zealanders are lying). ■ ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mrs Bassett 10s, Mrs D'Oyloy £2, Mrs Rusaell Webb 4s, Miss Annie P. "Webb £1, Mrs Secretan 10a, Miss M. Pratt £1, Mrs pill 103, Miss A. Gerard £50, E. Edwards IBs; United Bowling Club (proceeds of progressive doubles, Labour Day) £2 14s, Mrs ilnuion (Weedons) 2s 6d. Ah amount was acknowledged in error from Mrs McVinnie aa 2s 6d, instead of 10s.

The Ladies' Committee .acknowledges with thanks the reccipt of gifts in kind from tho followingA Friend, Sumner Branch. Robinson's Bay Branch, Don© School, Scargill Branch, Catholic Branoh, French Farm children, Belfast Branch, Hornby-Islington Branch, AVaddington, Hororata Branch, Mrs Svtncs. lie Bon's Bay, Waipara (per Miss Baker), Waiau-Ainuri (per Mrs Rinaldi), Prchbleton Red Cross, Governor's - Bay Red Cross. Amberley Branch, Lower Fcndalton Retl Cross, Merivalo Branch, Mrs Inman, Mis F. King, Mrs Alfred Brown. Sumner Branch. Hockey Players, Southbridge District High School, Secondary Department (per Martha McGill), Spotswood and Parnassus Branch, Mies Burgess, the C.D.C. Bandage Class, Avonside Branch, Springfield and Russell's- Flat, Mrs Loomes, the Men's , Amberley Branch, Mis Inman and Mrs Hay. KIR Willi. '. The annual meeting of the Kirwe© Ladies' Red Cross Society was held' in the Courfcenay A. and P. Association's roams, Mrs G. T. Robertson presiding over an attendance of 25 members. The resignation of A&s Shuttleworth, owing to her leaving the district, was received • with regret. Mrs S. Shockman was elected a member. The- election of- officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: —President, Mrs 6. T. Robertson (re-elected); treasurer, Mrs A. E. Moffatt (re-elected); secretory, Mrs Christopherson. 'A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mea- ' .. dames Robertson, Moffatt, and McNae for the j' energetic way in which they had carried | out their duties during the past year, v ,It was agreed that this month's subscripty: lions should go to the Lady Liverpool Fund, :« and that, the sum of £5 be spent in mates' rial for. the month's work. ,1 Donations were received as follows:—Mrs i- McEee, 1 pair knee pads and body'belt; Mrs | ; > Mosgrave, 1- pair mittens and 1 pair socka. i There' was a good attendance .at the ' WMkly bandage class, about 30 members *Wng present. A largo number of bandagw were made and passed by the superin- . tendent. V :.J On Monday evening a Christchurch party, <t "The Barnstormers," gave ft most enjoyable concert in the Agricultural Hall which l wis well filled by a large and enthusiastic %■ "■ ndienoe. At the conolnsion of the concert, dancing -was indulged in, the ladies of the *•••' «u«toot providing supper. The music for ■Ine daßco was supplied gratuitously by Meaduoies Christopherson and Moffatt, Misses Chris topherson and Mee, and Mr J. W. Bel- • _ s grave, It is estimated that ■ the total proceeds will be about £10.

RANGIORA. L«st evening Mrs Reay's concert party aim Kaiapoi gave an entertainment in the Institute Hall, Rangiora, in aid of the Red Queen in the Rangiora Show Queen •"rtion. The hall wa6 crowded. The party • introduced by the Hon. D. Buddo, M.P., vn vas well reoeived. The Mayor (Mr C. I. thanked Mrs Reay for the excellent ■uUclauiment provided, and apologised for of the Queen (Miss Ounirigham) to ill-health.

RED CROSS SALES . DEPOT. *eek-end sale of food supplies, etc., place at the depot, Cathedral *WM#» to-morrow night, and on Saturday ttonung. Tho salo will b© in charge of the Afeman Catholic Ladies' Bed Cross Guild, no- will have on offer large varieties' of *■*«•> PM, fancy bread, jams, preserves, »tt Homemade delicacies of all descriptions, ' . mutton » bacon, batter, egga, • vegetables, oats, wheat, bed-<™g-out plants, and cot flowers. donations have been received as folv vn-"^ o^ 3 ' social given at Kaituna W. F. Parkinson, £38; Mrs J. A. S. Wait. "•Anonymous, £1 Is. at . 'k® depot ask that those 4 ? lC3 J . a , t the wc ®k-end sales return the dishes, otherwise a great ttnnecea3ary expense is incurred

SAILOR HEROES' FUND.

NAVY LEAGUE LIST. /*' it 1 ??™ 4 . Pjwoualy acknowledged, £22.810 4.' V-. Friend, 2s 6d; employees of Mr ' : *l" "T* ■™ L _Musgrove (2 weeks overtime), ' , J p L Y: A - M * M us grove, £1; ;■ 5 Simpkinson. (Ashley), £5 se; .Alfred 33SL (^Sbnrton )' £ 2 2e 6d; Rev. Stanley muaaa (Pleaaant Point), £2 2b; Mrs Weld,

£1; proceeds of concert at Weedona (per J. J. Curragh), £92; Christchurch Technical College (proceeds of 2 performances of "The 1 rojan Women," organised by the past and Senior Students' Association), per Hiss E. Carter, £23; Mrs 'Andrew (Waimate) ss. Total to date, £22,939 14s 4d.

LADY LIVERPOOL FUND

Cash Donations:—Citizens' Dcfcnco Band (per Mr S. Is. Robinson), proceeds of collection, £1 7s. Gifts hi Kind—Opawa School, Sheffield Branch, Itangiora Borough School and the •Soutlibrook Sohool children, New Brighton W.C.T.U. (per Mrs lN'icholls), Akaroa Branch (per Mrs Le Lievre), Lynton Downs School, Kaikoura (per Miss Beattie), Springfield, Russell's Flat and Kowai Bush Guild. West Christchfirch School, Lyttelton D.n. School (per Miss Gray), Miss Packer, Mrs Peacock, Mrs Mcßeth, Mr Henry Wood, Mrs Recce, Templeton Branch (per Mrs Fox), "Lakeside," Mrs A. Duncan, Miss A. Howden, Charlie Welch (Belfast School), Mrs Brown, J. 8., Miss Mr Nat Woods, Miss King Spencer, Missee E. and C. Packer, Mrs F. E. Hyman, Woolaton School (extra), Girls' Club, St. Peter's. Riccarton; Mr R. C. Bishop, Mrs J. Alfred Brown, Miss Ridley, Waimate Branch (per Miss Dailey), Okute Valley School (Christmas g>fts from school children), per Mr Joll; N.Z. Paper Mills, Dunedin; Anonymous. Marshland Branch (per Misa Dunlop), Missr H. L. Hay, Mrs T. E. Chisnall, Mrs Duncan, Linwood-Dalling-ton Soldiers' Aid (per Miss Ffitch), Mies Haytor.

VICTORIA LEAGUE.

MOTOR AMBULANCE FUND. Contributions hare been received from— Mrs A. M. Jameson, £1; Mrs Neave, £5; lira Tescbcmaker, £1; Mrs Pitman, £1; Mr and Mrs Carey Hill, £2; Mrs Andrew Anderson, £1; Mrs Walter Bean. £1 Is; Miss Elworthy, £2 2s.

Further contributions will be gratefully received and acknowledged by Mrs Elworthy, 71 Fapanui road.

- % CATHEDRAL v. CHURCH MUSIC. ♦ DISCUSSION IN THE SYNOD. In the second portion of the report presented by tho Select Committee appointed to consider the question of "Fellowship in tho Church," certain suggestions as to the popularisation of church services wero embodied in a number of resolutions placed beforo the Synod. Among them wero two dealing with the -re-arrangement of services, and especially the question of music in tho churches. Theso were as follows: — Clause O.—That while anthems or formal settings of the Canticles may well be sung by tho ehoir on proper occasions, the whole. of the music should be, as a rule, of such a character that all the congregation can join in it.

' Clause P.—That tho choral portions of morning and evening prayer (i.e., from "O Lord, open Thou "to the third collect), and similarly 'the choral sections of other services, may properly/be sun? or intoned; but all other prayers whatsoever, especially those in which the people join, should be said in a natural voice.

Dean Carrington, in moving the resolutions, said that 'there was a special stylo of music required for the Cathedral and the services therein. It had always been recognised that the musical services of the Cathedral, as the centre" of the diocese, should be of a different nature to thos e in the churches. Ho had therefore to tell them what they must do in those churches, irrespective of what he did in tho Cathedral. (Laughter.) The Prayer Book stated that all the whatsoever, except those in which the people join, should be said in a natural voice. This was in the sixteenth century, and if they had been given in a natural voice then they would have been sung, for then, said the Dean, England was a musical nation. There was nothing more annoying nowadays than tho dead monotone of a preacher. It only harrowed the ears of the people. The most musical tone of a congregation was the natural tone. This was recognised everywhere, and the natural tone was the basis of all Maori songs. The weary monotones were not at all musical. He spoke of services based on "G," and smded: "Don't let us crucify ourselves on 6."

The president broke in with an outburst against the artificial singing which took place in so many churches. He stated &at he had been in places where the prayers had been intoned, or rather, bleated, and the commandments had also been given .with increasing slowness—out of honest reverence—but far too slowly altogether. The Kyries, when sung, were sung wrongly, and the simple spontaneous joining in of the congregation in the responses was entirely lost. The monotone in many a church had killed tho congregational responses. The clauses were carried.