READY RESPONSE

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 112, 5 February 1931, Page 10

READY RESPONSE

Many Donations Already

The Prime Minister has received advice that his Excellency the GovernorGeneral (Lord Bledisloe) will contribute £lOO to any appeal the Government might make for relief funds. The directors of the Bank of New Zealand have given £2500 toward the relief of the sufferers by the earthquake disaster. _ , , A donation of £lOOO has been made to the earthquake relief funds by New Zealand Breweries. Lady Myers has donated £5O, and the Timaru Druids £5 5/-. Wellington Speedways Ltd. at a meeting yesterday decided to donate 50gns. to the fund. ■ James Smith’s Ltd. has forwarded £lOO worth of children’s clothing to be distributed free among deserving cases in the stricken area. \ The Wellington branch of the Hotel Workers’ Federation last evening decided to donate £lOO for the relief of hotel workers in the Napier and Hastings districts. The president of the federation, Mrs. I. E. Davies, and the president of the New Zealand Federation of Hotel Workers, Mr. J. Colgate, were requested to visit Napier and Hastings and help in promoting relief measures. Mr. A. Wilson, manager of the Grand Opera House, yesterday received the following ’cablegram from Mr. Beaumont Smith, managing director of J. 0. Williamson Films, from Sydney: ‘Cabled Prime Minister donating £lOO for earthquake sufferers. Please pay cheque.” The officers of the Education Department, Wellington, have subscribed for the relief of sufferers from the earthquake the sum of £5O. which includes £25 voted for the purpose by the department’s Recreation Club Committee out of funds that were being held for the purpose of the annual staff picnic. The money is being handed by an officer of the department to one of the relief organisations in Napier to be used in providing immediate relief. The department’s boys’ home. Austin Street, donated £1 of the sum mentioned from its sports fund. Tim superintendent of the Presbyterian Social Service Association, Mr. G. B. Stephenson, has received generous donations of clothing from the following firms Messrs. Macky, Logan and Caldwell Ltd.. Snrgood. Son and Ewen Ltd., Ross and Glendining Ltd., and James Smith Ltd. (including £lOO worth of clothing). Mr. Stephenson proceeded yesterday afternoon to the devastated area with these goods. Subscriptions received by "The Dominion” for the relief of distress in the earthquake area are acknowledged as under: — £ s. <1-

RED CROSS FUND The following donations have been received by the Red Cross Society for the distress fund. The society is in direct touch with the position in the stricken Urea, and is, therefore, able to gauge and handle the extent of relief necessary. Further donations should be forwarded to the secretary of the Red Cross So-

Previously acknowledged 210 0 0 Mr. B. Sutherland f j A * 100 0 0 0 0 Mn .T. M. Struthers, Christchurch Rev. M. W. P. Lascelles 10 0 0 10 10 0 Mrs. F. D. Kean 10 10 0 Mr. F. D. Kean 10 10 0 p 0 10 0 ji] S 5 0 0 5 0 0 Zealand! a Printing Co 1 1 0 0 0 j M 1 0 0 0 A p 0 0 R.M 2 0 0 Miss Florence Sutton ........... 5 0 0 Total 380 8 0

ciety, Box 009, Wellington :— £ s. d. F T Clarke , 10 10 o M|rs nnd Mrs. Adams .. 10 0 o F. L. Young , 5 (1 0 Miss McGil-Brown . 5 0 0 ■ Sympathiser . 1 0 0 J A PH miner 2 0 0 jklCK. I. Ballinger .............. 2 0 0 M A. Edwards I.... 5 5 0 D. G. Clark i o o AV H Morton 5 0 <0 Anonymous ....... 2 0 0 Miss Reid ... 10 0 Mrs. C. F. Miller 2 2 0 Miss Ewart 1 0 o Mothers' Club. Tarnnnki Street.. r> o o 2 0 0 Anon ymous 0 5 0 Mrs McCree 5 0 0 CB.S ■ 3 0 0 Miss Trlckor 0 "• <) Total US i u