THE WAR FUNDS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15773, 14 December 1916, Page 11

THE WAR FUNDS.

"THE PRESS" LISTS. " ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. BELGIUM FUND. - -.is. d. Amount previously acknowledged 3314 7 1 L.W. .. •• •• 0 5 0 Total to date .. •• £3214 12 1 SERBIAN FUND. £ e. d. 'Amount previously acknowledged 3161 10 1 " •• 050 Total to date ■ .• •• £3161 15 1 RED CROSS FUND. ;■ £ b. d. Amount previously acknowledged 63b 2 0 . pr. .. .. •• 050 vi Total to date ' .. £638 7 0 •j, RED CROSS FUND. -ORDER OF ST. JOHN AND BRITISH . ■ RED CROSS SOCIETY. /Additional subscriptions:—Domett Branch itcomlorto), monthly, sa; Sydenham Metho<dist Church (proceeds of collection at Kev. .Val Trigge's Mission) (material), £1; Sumiier 1 ■Bed Cross Committed (conrforte), monthly, lOs; Halawell Branch, (comforts), 6s; Mm iTodhunter (for Enquiry Bureau), £1 Os 6d; ffit&aru Red Cross (comforts for returned ' j,BoMiers), monthly, —1; Hokitika St. , Ambulance Association (comforts for returned (bldifin), monthly, ss; Mrs G. Jameson (Enquiry Bureau), £5; lira Abbott (comforts), '#1; L.H. (comforts), ss; proceeds of Carlolon. and Bennetts social, per Carleton School £8 3s. . The Ladies' Committee acknowledges with tiunks reoeipt of gifts in kind from the following:—Otira Red Cross (per Mrs Linkliter), Done Red Cross (per Mrs Harrison), ; Riccartoa Banch (per Mra Luttrell), Southbridge Red Cross (per Miss H. Lewis), Bugby street Branch, Training College, Mrs M. Hobba, Home and Empire League (Geraldiue), Irwell Branch, Greenpark Branch, >T«mpl«ton Branch, Lyttelton Branch (per ■Mis Radcliffe), Fendalton C.D.C., Avonside Branch, Mrs H. P. Hill, the Prefects of the Girls' High School. Comforts arc acknowledged from the fol- » lowing;— Miss Boulnois, Mrs J. *C. Robert- *®, Mrs H. Moore, Domett Red Cross (per ■Jlrs Chads), Mrs F. D. Childs, Avonside .'Bed Cross Monday night class, and tha Avonside Mothers' Union. •V SOUTHBRIDGE. The gross takings in connexion 'with tho . St. James's Bed Cross Guild bazaar, held at * Southbridge last Thursday, amount to about j , £115, with some small sums 6till to come in. It is exoectcd that the net proceeds will reach £-110. The ladies are highly pleased with the result, for the money will enable them to carry on their gocd work for some time without making a further appeal. The name of Mrs Piper was inadver--1 tcntly omitted from the published list of stallholders. The winner of the sheep weightEnessing was llr J. S. Halliday, who put in 1171b, the correct weight. Mr A. Appleton *«« second with 1181b. The ladies proved to be the best judges in the pig weight-guees- ' i n S- The porker scaled 35Jlb, and Mrs Piper, Miss Glanville, and Master H. Collier estimated its weight as 351b, while Mesdames Appleton and Rit-chie and Miss B. Ritchie P u t in. 37;Jlb. The competitions are to be drawn at a social on Friday evening. LYTTELTON. The Lyttelton Men's Bandage Brigade has ceased operations in the meantime, and at a meeting of members last week it was re- , Ported that tho receipts since November, •nv°' ® ecsm ber, 1916, bad been £50 9s 6d. The .expenditure on material had amounted *0 £12 is lOd, leaving a credit balance of £7 ."a Bd. It was decided to allocate tho sur"plse between the Navy League Fund and «e Red Cress Society. ARANUI. , _ A pu£ic meeting was held in the Aranui Sehoolrown, Breeze's road, on Monday, in 1 v connexion with the carnival to be held in "bruary for the Red Cross and Lady Liver* BSfeUPgw Funds. Mr Burton was voted to the mstwajn live candidates went to tho ballot

for th© honour of Queen, and Mies Nenker■viU© was successful, Miss Donald and Sirs Christian acted as scrutineers. LINWOOD. • At the annual meeting of the Linwood Men's Red Cross Fund, Mr F. H. Mathews presided. The report stated that 61.000 articles had been made up. The receipts had been £346 0s Bd, and there was a balance in hand of £113 12s 5cL Mr F. H. Mathews was re-elected chairman, and Mr \Y. H. Davidson secretary and treasurer.

RED CROSS SALES DEPOT.

The week-end salo of liome-made food supplies, etc., will tako place a.t the Depot, Cathedral square, to-morrow night and on Saturday morning. The sale will b© in charge of the Misses A. Bullen, K. Anderson, and V. and O. Watkins >v who will have on offer culinary delicacies of all sorts, also meat, bacon, egge, butter, jams, groceriee, sv.ee :s, fruit, vegetables, flowers, bedding-out plants and cut flowers.

Ca3h donations have boon roceived from Mrs 11. Gardiner (art union) £1 14s, Mrs H. McC. Tipping 10s, Mrs Percy Johnson £2, Cafe do Paris (collected) per Mr A. ltose £1.

Tbo Canterbury Automobile Association, which has undertaken the running of the Red Cross Sales Depot on Friday and Saturday, 22nd and 23rd inst., is appealing to ita members and others for gifts pf meat, poultry, butter, fruit, and other caleable goods, to be disposed of on behalf of the Red Cross Funds.

CANTERBURY PATRIOTIC FUND.

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE. Tlis executive of tli-e Canterbury Patriotic Fund met afterncpn, the Mayor (Mr H. Holland) presiding. Upon the recommendation of the Applications Committee it was resolved to urge the Advisory Boaid to bring under the notico of tho Government tho peoessity for increasing the grant to discharged soldiers for clothes from 30s to £5. It was also resolved to request tho Advisory Board to urge upon the Defence Department that no soldier in indifferent health shall b e discharged until his case is enquired into and decided upon by the Pensions Board. The Applications Committee reported that, having considered tho request that a written guarantee bo given the Recruiting Office in respect to payment of tho funds' scale to men enlisting who have more than three children, resolved that no euch guarantee be given* The Y.M.C.A. appealed for assistance towards its trench "comforts fund. It "was decided to grant £50. Mr H. B. Soieneßß gave notice of motioji that £50 per month be given to this fund for six months.

BELGIUM FUND.

RAJKGIORA In connexion with the Salvation. Army Belgian We«k at Rangiora an entertainment ■was held last evening in the Institute Hall. Th© attendance was not large, and tho Mayor (Mr C. I. Jennings) occupied the chair. The programme consisted of vocal and instrumental items and recitations, whioh were given by Misses Skilling, Kaye, Jiuck]»y M. Young, and Dalziel, the Rev. W. H. ■Howes, Messrs C. Keir, J. McKenzie, J. Whitohouee, S. Roesiter, the Rangiora Orchestra, and the Presbyterian Church Choir. Mrs C. E„ 801 l and Miss G. Rogers played the acoompaniments. A cake presented by Mr J. Whitehouse was auctioned by the Mayor, realising £1 ss. Adjutant Buttimore announced the financial result of the Salvation Army's effort in the district to be upwards of £17.

Y.M.C.A. TRENCH COMFORTS FUND.

The general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. acknowledge® receipt of the following additional subscriptions:—Miss A. B. Cox ss, Miss E. Marsh £1, Mr Boyd (Hutment) £1, Mrs. R. H. Malyon (Hutment) £5.