QUAKE FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 148, 19 March 1931, Page 11

QUAKE FUNDS

Government List £236,292 FURTHER DONATIONS Principal additions yesterday to the Prime Minister’s fund in connection with the Hawke’s Bay earthquake disaster were amounts collected by postmasters and remittances from Putaruru and Waverley. The total stands now at £238/292/3/2. In round figures, the main lists showed the following totals last evening:— £ Prime Minister’s list 236,292 The Mayor’s list 38,212 Red Cross list . 4,674 “Evening Post” list 4,820 “Dominion” list 2,052 Details of latest contributions are as follow :— PRIME MINISTER’S FUND

DONATION TO NURSES Dominion Special Service. Wanganui, March 18. Members of the Wanganui branch of the Trained Nurses’ Association and the nursing and masseuse staff of the Wanganui Public Hospital have forwarded £3a to the secretary-general, Wellington, for the benefit of nurses who were present in Hawke’s Bay at the time of the recent earthquake disaster. STEADY INCREASE Residents Returning OVER 6000 TO DATE By Telegraph —Presa Association. Napier, March 18. The steady increase .in returning residents has brought the number to over 6000 During the past week 660 people registered, against 200 during the previous week. Of last week s total 572 are former residents and 88 are nonThe school attendances are increasing rapidly. It is officially stated that the unemployed men in Napier at present total 125. Citizens camped at Nelson Park number 505, compared with 719 a week ago. Some of these tent dwellers are living, at the Park pending putting their homes in order, some of which arc far from habitable. t , . Provision has been completed for uO patients at the new temporary hospital on the old site on Hospital Hill. Accommodation for nurses has been provided at the McHardy Maternity Home. MUST STILL WALK Napier’s Tram Service RESTORATION QUESTION Napier, Alarch 18. “Is it likely that the Napier trams will be put into operation again?” was a question asked of Commissioner J. S. Barton, S.M., this motpiing. “It is not in sight,” he replied. _ We are not considering it. I investigated the department’s accounts and learned that the service appeared to be losing about £lOO per week. We are not prepared to pour that amount out from our resources every week. When the population reaches that size where transport is needed, a service will come through private enterprise. Until then walking will continue to be only one of the minor discomforts which must be faced.” The Napier tramways had four miles of track with nine ears running a tenminute service to Port Ahuriri, and two portions of lines on the flats. A staff of 24 was fully employed. The capital cost when the venture started in 1913 was £158,341, which was raised in several loans, many of which will not expire for severul years. REBUILDING PLANS Three Experts Appointed In connection with the rehabilitation of Napier, the Government has appointed three experts, Messrs. A. Dinnie (resilient engineer. Public Works), C. Furner and 11. C. Gayford, who will keep in close touch with Professor Cull's expert building committee. These officials will lie appointed borough surveyors, and in this connection will have much important work to do.

£ a d Previously acknowledged .... 235,467 17 8 Town Clerk, Martinborough .... 30 19 0 Town Clerk, Putaruru 123 8 0 His Worship the Mayor, Weilington 85 7 0 Staff, Department of Agriculture, Auckland 3 0 0 Staff. Lands and Survey Department, South Auckland district 7 6 6 Staff, Audit Office 8 8 4 Staff, Head Office, Stamp Duties Department 4 12 0 Amounts collected by postmastors 310 14 10 Staff, Lands and Deeds Registry Office, Auckland 1 12 6 Director, School of Mines, Thames o o 0 Ohura Town Board, Ohura .... 4 8 9 Trustees of the Earthquake Relief Fund, Waverley 216 11 1 Waverley Presbyterian Church, Waverley 0 10 0 The Reliance Electrical Wire Company, London 5 5 0 Mr. Kowland D. Thorby, Oakland, California 20 0 6 Total £236,292 3 2 THE MAYOR’S LIST £ s d Previously acknowledged .... 37,442 9 8 Staff Hutcheson, Bowman and Johnson, Ltd., third instalment 7 15 7 Picnic fund, Hataitai School children 5 0 0 International Correspondence Schools (N.2;), Ltd 26 5 0 Anon 1 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Arcus o o 0 Staff of J. L. Arcus 4 9 6 Employees tallow and manure department, Wellington Meat Export Co., Ltd 7 8 0 “Tattersall” 500 0 0 K. I. Lawrence 0 o 0 Khandallah School children .... 10 0 0 Per Bishop of Wellington, bejng amount of offertories at the following churches: — St. Mark’s 40 0 0 Roseneath 21 1 0 Brooklyn .... 16 1 Khandallah 14 12 4 Wadestown 8 13 J Total £38,212 2 5 The acknowledgment of £65/4/8 in yesterday’s “Dominion,” collected for the Mayor’s list by Mrs. P. J. Nathan, contained the following:—H. W. Moss, Ltd., £6/17/-: A. H. Mlles and Co., £6/0/9: Goldberg Advertising Agency, Ltd., and staff, £38/6/11; C. M. Banks, Ltd., staff, £14. RED CROSS LIST £ s d Previously acknowledged 4673 1 0 10 1 Mrs. Yates Engine-drivers, Firemen and Cleaners, Wellington branch . 0 14 6 Total £4674 5 7