HOME OF COMPASSION

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 66, 10 December 1921, Page 3

HOME OF COMPASSION

REPORT OF CHAIRMAN, i The following additional amounts are acknowledged by tho Mother Aubert s Ajipeal Fund Committee:— Miss A. Kennedy, £2O; Mrs. McEvody. Xl5 55.; Messrs. Levin, and Co., Ltd., £lO 10s.; Miss A- C. Kennedy, Messrs.-Mag-nus, Sanderson, and Co., Ltd., Mrs. '1 Young’s "at home.” each .£10; Public Trustee interest, £5 6s. 9d.; Messrs. Devine and Crombie, Sir Joseph Ward, C. P Skerrctt, K.C., Messrs. Chapman, Skcr- .. rett. Trinp, and Blair, Messrs. Young, Neave, and Courtney, each £5 Ijs.; AV. G. Johnston, S. Kirkcaldic, each £5; Mrs. Pearce, £4; Mrs. D. Sullivan, £3 35.; Sir John Luke, G. Johnson, each £3; AL Burke, £2 55.; Dr. A. Robertson, J. I‘. Nixon, each £2 2s. The amounts received on Street Day from stalls and donations were as follow: —Thorndon and Kirkcaldie’s (Mrs. Gibbs and assistants), £209 10s. 10d.; Boulcott Street (Mrs. Gamble and assistants), £175 19s. lOd.; Courtenay Place (Mrs. Hughes and assistants), £llB 4s. ■id.; Post Office (Mrs. Carroll and assistants), £ll2 16s. 10d.; Bank of New Zealand (Mrs. Linklater and assistants), £9O 16s 4d.; Kelburn Tram (Mrs. Corrigan and assistants), £75 4s. lid.; Riddiford Street (Newtown ladies), £46 os. Bd.; Bank of New Zealand, Cuba Street (Mrs. Sidford and assistants), £32 11s. lid.; total, £B6l ss. Bd. , Before leaving New’Zealand for Europe, Mr. J. J. McGrath, chairman of the committee, sent the following letter to Mother Aubert at the Home of Compassion, Island Bay:— "Enclosed please find cheque for £2OOO, being thq proceeds of the recent appeal made for assistance to your work of charity in this city. I also send a statement showing the receipts and expenditure duly audited.

“The heartfelt thanks of the promoters of the appeal is hereby tendered to all who assisted in raising the amount. Where so many cheerfully helped, especially the ladies who arranged ‘at homes and other functions, the stall-holders, their assistants, and the generous public of Wellington, it would be impossible to thank all individually. I desire, however, to record our deep gratitude to the daily Press of the city for the generous extent to which their news columns were opened to help your nobls cause; this help was invaluable in tho success achieved. The secretary, Mrs. Gleeson, and her assistant and acting-treasurer, Miss Lucy Wynne, from the inauguration of the appeal daily worked many long hours with most commendable zeal and ability. They are solely responsible for the clerical and financial work of the appeal. "While ths result is a sufficient reward to all concerned, I venture to suggest that nil helpers, and especially these two ladies, will be remembered in tho prayers and works of your good Sisters and the occupants of your home The letter is accompanied by an auditor’s certificate, relating to the books kent by Mr. McGrath. It shows that the gross receipts to December 7 amounted to £2114 B J . Out of this amount there had been paid for expenses, properly vouched for. the sum of £lOB 17s. £2060 had been paid to Mothe.lLAubert, and there was a balance at the bank amounting’ to £5 11s. I