THE WAR FUNDS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15939, 28 June 1917, Page 9

THE WAR FUNDS.

"THE PRESS" LISTS. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. Serbian" FUXD. £ e. d. Fairlie Ladies' Catering Committee (per Mr Krncat Macdonald, hen. sec.) .. .. •• 211 10 0 EEI> CROSS FUND. NEW BRIGHTON. There was a Larf» attendant of members at the weekly meeting' of.the i»ew lirißliton Tied Cross on Tuesday aftornoon. Mies Tabart and other members of the Plunkct Societv a.ttcnde'l f-nd go-vo intcroetjng addresses about the work of the Society, showin? thff xtrpent need of a baby hospital for Christchurch. Donation* were received from those present towards this object, amounting to .£0 16s Cd. Arrangements were made for tho ladies to canvans the borough for .a«*i stance, end it was decided to hold a 3 „ale in the first week in July m «ud of the hospital fund, Mrs Booby 1o be in charge. Tho committee acknowledges » largo parcel of magazines (toszl tho W.C.T.U. and the loan of a eewinsr machine for the period ot the war from Mrs J. Buxton. Sixtv-fiwi articles of clotbinp, etc.. and two largo boxes of books and magazines were forward od to the Central Depot, Chxistchnrch. RED CROSS SALES DEPOT. The week-end sola of herne-made food cupplies, etfc, will tajpe place at tho depot. Cathedral square, to-morrow night and Saturday morning. The sale will be in ohargw of the ladies of the New JtJri?hlan Bed Cross Branch, who will on offer a larje variety o! cookcd fooda, cakes, pies, ctc„ also eggs, butter, cheese, bacon, poultry, fancy bread, jams, preserves. chntncy, picklee, fruit, vegetables, *i>d cut flowfcrs. t. The Depot Committee asks hcraeehotoenj to look through their belongings and. send iu to the depot anything of a saleable nature which they can do without, awl bo bolp the Bc-d Close Fund. .