PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2439, 19 April 1915, Page 6

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

£137,972 FOR THE BELGIANS ' COLLECTIONS TO DATE (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Chrlstcburch, April 17. In an interview to-day, tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes, Postmaster-General, said that since the beginninc of the war tie total amount of cash sent to the Bolgian Fund amounted to £132,972, and the value of Roods and produce was £65,000, so that up to the present New Zealand has sent cash and goods and produce equal to £30,000 per month. For the poor of Great Britain and Ireland, the cash sent totalled £38,295, and tho goods and produce was valued at £100,000. CHRISTCHURCH FESTIVAL. Chrlstchurch, April 17. The harvest festival, organised in aid of the Belgian Fund, was held to-day and was attended by an enormous gathering of people from all parts of Canterbury. The Queen of the Festival Competition, which has been in progress for some weeks past, came to a. conclusion to-day, and the result was announced at 4.30 o'clock after a. most strenuous counting on the part of the tellers. The final resolved itself into a duel between Nurse Maude (the Tramways candidate), and Miss E. Alien (nominee of Waipara County). The rosult was: Nurse Maude (Tramways), l:_ Miss E. Allen (Waipara County). 2; Miss Elsie Michell 3. The order of other,candidates was:. Miss A. Bramley (New Zealand Fanners' Cooperative), 4; Mrs. R. 0. Duncan (Sports), 5; Miss M. Nichol (Commercial Travellers), 6; Miss C. Stevenson (Combined Pictures), 7; Miss V. Cooke (Combined Drapers). 8: Miss 0. Thorpe (Foresters), 9; Miss L. French (Combined Factories), 10: Miss D. Nottingham (Hnlswell). 11; Nurse A. M. Johnson (Red Cross Nurses). 12. The votes recorded were: Nurso Maude. 291.446; Miss Allen, 268.497; Miss Masefield. 26.346. The total of the votes recorded was 2.383,153. the total value being £] 1.536. The announcement of the result was received with the wildest cheering on th» part of the enormous crowd. It is expected that tho festival will produce £30,000. WANGANUI STREET COLLECTION. Wanganul, April 18.' The Wanganui Nursing League holds an annual street collection for funds, but this year devoted its energies to the assistance of the Belgian Fund. The collection took place on Saturday, and totalled £529. COVERNMENT PATRIOTIC FUND. The following additional donations have been received by the Treasury:— £ e. d. Kaimiro School Children, Inglewood 5 0 0 Pongaroa War Fund (proceeds of entertainment held at Rakanui, "Pongaroa, 6 2 6 Norsewood Dairy Co., per secretary, Wellington 60 0 0 H. Hume, Tinakori Road, : Wellington ' ' 1 1 0 "THE DOMINION" WAR FUNDi £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 1979 10 fi Mr. Markwald, of the firms Markwald and Co., London, and Markwald, Son and Ross, Wellington... 150 0 0 Total 2129 10 6 MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 3800 5 8 Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sargent (9th instalment) ... 12 0 3800 17 8 MAYOR'S (NEW) BELGIAN FUND. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 1527 1 1 Levin Ladies' Patriotic Committee (3rd monthly instalment) 18 0 0 Manakau School, in lieu of I picnic £12 Is. 6d., proceeds social £2 9s. 6d. ... 14 11 0 Mrs. R. C. Hammerton. (2nd monthly instalment) 1 1 0 Proceeds concert organised by Misses Kitty and Olive Smith (per Mayor of Karori) 10 12 6 Proceeds sacred concert (Tho "Messiah"), Taranaki St. and St. John's Churches (per H. Bemple White) ... 23 19 3 Proceeds Sale of Work organised by Misses Florrie Pitkowsky and Gracie Law .640 Proceeds- entertainment organised by Mrs. F. Whiteman and Miss Greig 81 6 Jackson and Son, Vogeltown, proceeds 4th sale of begonia blooms 1 3 6 £1610 13 10 THE "DOMINION" LIST. . £ s. d. Previously acknowledged ... 23,891 15 6 J.W.S. : 3 0 0 Adam Gordon, Wailtanae (sale of calf, per N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. 1 10 0 L.S.W 10 0 M.E.B 10 0 G.M.K 0 5 0 Total £23,898 10 6 The sum of £23 19s. 3d. has been handed ,to the Mayor for the Belgian Relief Fund as the result of the recent productions of "The Messiah" by (lie combined choirs of St._ John's Presbyterian and the Taranaki Street Methodist Churches. JUVENILE BAZAARS. Several juvenile bazaars have been held at Petone recently in aid of the Belgian Fund, which has been considerably augmented as a result. Last Saturday afternoon Misses Boyd, Jones, and Chesterman held a successful function at 79 Fitzherbert Street, which was opened by the Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan). Trade was brisk, and the youthful promoters are to be congratulated on their efforts, which resulted in a profit of £5, to be handed over to the fund. The total amount raised at Petone by bazaars such as this is about' £20.