McGEEGOR FUND CLOSED

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21858, 11 August 1936, Page 16

McGEEGOR FUND CLOSED

TOTAL MORE THAN £SOOO NO EXPENSES INCURRED [THE PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, August 10. The McGregor National Fund, raised to assist the dependents of Squadron Leader.M. C. McGregor, of Palmerston North, who died following an accident with the aeroplane he was flying at Rongotai, has now closed, the total amount received being £5149 15s, with a sum of £ls yet to be forwaded from Wairarapa. It is claimed that the raising of this money is unique, as the gross amount is also the net amount. There were no expenses of any kind and every penny subscribed goes to the fund. Postages, telegrams, clerical work, and everything else were given by members of the committee, in addition to their services, and the associated banks made Ell transactions free of exchange. The terms of the deed of trust will be made as wide as possible on the discretionary powers of the trustees, to allow a portion of the capital fund to be available for family emergencies. The committee has recommended that the Guardian Trust Company be trustee with Mrs McGregor; Mr H. C. Walker to be advisory trustee (representing the committee), with any other advisory trustees nominated by Mrs McGregor. The response to the appeal was nation wide, headed by a grant of £SOO frcm the Government. Among the individual contributions was one from England by Wing Commander S. Grant-Dalton, formerly Controller of: Civil Aviation and officer commanding the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The district contributions were:— Wellington, £1609 11s Id (including Government grant); Manawatu, £789 16s 2d; Auckland, £639 2s 3d; Canterbury, £491 19s lOd; Otago, £395 los; Hawke's Bay, £324 8s 2d; Southland, £291 3s 2d; Wairarapa, £118; Marlborough and Nelson, £ll4 3s 3d; Waikato, £ll2 2s 9d; WestjCoast, £llO 11s; Taranaki, £Bl 15s 9d; Wanganui, £63 4s 3d; Poverty Bay, 10s 6d; overseas, £7 8s 10d.