PATRIOTIC FUND

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22909, 4 January 1940, Page 6

PATRIOTIC FUND

RESPONSE TO SEAU CAMPAIGN

THOUSANDS OF REPLIES RECEIVED

DONATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, January 3. When- the office of the National Patriotic Fund Board in Wellington opened to-day after the holidays it received four large bags of mail from the post office containing on a rough estimate 16,000 replies from subscribers in all parts of the Dominion to the ceal campaign inaugurated by the board to raise money to provide comforts for the armed forces and the mercantile marine. These letters, which were held during the holidays by the postal authorities under instructions from the secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board, have been added to the large volume of replies received in the week before the office closed for the holidays. It is difficult to make any accurate estimate of the numbers from the tightly-packed bundles; but there are 50,000 letters at least* waiting to be opened. A start is to be made with the work at the beginning of .next week. Though the time was short between the inauguration of the campaign and the intervention of the holiday period, the response by the public was good. Appreciation of this already has been expressed, and reference also has been made by officers of the National Patriotic Fund organisation to another gratifying feature, the fact that many persons sent more than the value of the seals, and others ordered further supplies.

DONATIONS TO FUND

TOTAL NOW NEARLY £7OOO

SOME SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

(rRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, January 3. Donations received recently by the National Patriotic Fund Board in Wellington swell considerably the ! funds previously acknowledged, the total for general patriotic purposes being now nearly £7OOO. These donations are separate and apart, and in addition to contributions received by the board through the patriotic seal campaign. The list contains some substantial contributions from provincial patriotic councils, business firms, and individuals. The Governor-General has forwarded a donation of £250, the Union Steam Ship Company of New ; Zealand, Ltd.. has sent a cheque for £IOOO, and the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., a cheque for £250. Several business firms have given £IOO each, and Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand, has given £25. A notable contribution is that by the Todd family, Wellington. Mr and Mrs Charles Todd have given £IOOO, and eight other members of their family have given between them £I3OO, making a total contribution of £2300. . • In addition to general donations, a contribution of £SOO has been received from the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council for the New Zealand division of the Royal Navy, in recognition of the gallant-part played by H.M.S. Achilles in a naval action against the German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee. The list follows: *

Donation to the New Zealand Division of the .Royal Navy, in recognition of the action of H.M.S. Achilles, Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council, £SOO. , "' Sick ana Wounded Fund, previously acknowledged, £72 lis lid.

£ s. d. Previously acknowledged 1991 16 0 The Royal Empire Society 10 10 0 National Bank of N.Z., Ltd. 250 0 0 Evans .Atlas Roller Flour and Milling- Co. lOO o o Alex. Harvey and Sons, Ltd. 25 0 0 L. H. Tripp 25 0 0 The Automobile Association (Wellington) 50 0 0 John -Newton and Son. Ltd. ' 100 0 0 Mrs V, Gaston 5 0 0 Dr. and Mrs Crosbie 20 0 0 C. arid R. Odlin Timber and Hardware Co. 20 0 0 T.. A. Hunter 5 0 0 National Cash Register Co. 2 2 0 Post and Telegraph Department (Wellington) 2 0 0 T. Bunting 10 0 0 N.Z. Fisheries, Ltd. 10 10 0 Fleming and Co. 50 0 0 Smith and Smith, Ltd. .. 100 0 0 S. Oppenheimer arid Co. 10 10 0 S. EichelbaUm 5 5 0 Oppenheimer Casing Co., Ltd. 10 10 0 Marlborough Provincial Patriotic Council .. 10 0 0 F. B. Anderson 2 2 6 Otago Provincial Patriotic Council 190 0 0 Southland Provincial Patriotic Council 91 0 0 The "Waikato Independent" - 5 3 0 Mr and Mrs Charles Todd 1000 0 0 Mr Charles P. Todd 250 0 0 Mr Desmond Henry Todd 250 0 0 Mr Bryan Todd . 250 0 0 Mr Andrew Todd ' 250 0 0 Dr. Kathleen Todd 100 0 0 Mrs Moyra Todd, 100 0 0 Mr and Mrs R. A. Whyte 100 0 '0 Kinross White .» .. ' ~ 20 0 0 His Excellency Viscount Galway. 250 0 0 Union Steam Ship Co. of N.2., Ltd. 1000 0 0 Total '.' ..'. ■ .. 6696 8 6