QUAKE FUNDS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 154, 26 March 1931, Page 11

QUAKE FUNDS

PREMIER’S LIST £257,626 Additional Donations The Prime Minister’s fund for earthquake relief totalled £257,626 up to last evening. The largest donation yesterday was £lOOO from the Hawera committee. The Mayor’s list aggregated £38,813 yesterday afternoon. It Included a donation of £224 from the Lyall Bay relief committee. This committee was very successful in. its local appeal, and had free use of the Katea Hall and assistance from the picture theatre. Following are details of the funds up to date, with yesterday’s donations: — Prime Minister’s Fund .... 257,636 The Mayor’s list 88,813 Red Cross list 4,764 “Evening Post” list 4,829 “The Dominion” list 2,164 PRIME MINISTER’S FUND

The amount of £5230 previously acknowledged aa a receipt from the Melbourne “Argus” should have read as follows:— New Zealand Association, Melbourne, £630; Melbourne “Argus,” £4600. THE MAYOR’S LIST

FUND IN LONDON Total Now Nearly £50,000 Loudon, March 24. The New Zealand Earthquake Fund is now £46,760, including £5OO given by the Rhodes Trust.

£ 8 d Previously acknowledged .... 236,232 12 5 Greytown Borough Council ... 25 0 0 Clerk Ellesmere County Council Clerk HaurakI Plains County 53 11 8 Council 22 18 6 Staff Defence Department .... 4 6 0 Amounts received by postmasters Oromahoe Natives and children 140 8 10 of the Native School The Metropolitan Permanent Building and Investment So3 8 0 ciety, Wellington Hawera Earthquake Relief 105 0 0 Committee 1000 0 0 The People of Cook Islands .. 7 13 7 Viscountess Wolseley Exchange on cheques of Eng5 5 0 Ush contributors Pupils of Judgeford School, 4 13 11 Pahautanui 2 2 0 T Total .......... £257,626 13 11

£ Previously acknowledged .... 3S.541 4 7 Per Lyall Bay Progressive Assoclatlon 224 10 8 Proceeds entertainment Day’s Bay, per R. W. Pomare .... 7 0 0 Miss H. R. Blake, Kent, England 10 0 0 Ladies* Croquet Qlub, Khandallah Q 5 0 Reikorangl School picnic fund 4 0 0 Pupils Marsden School entertainment 23 2 s Children’s private concert, Pukerua Bay 1 0 0 Total £38,813 2 6 RED CROSS FUND • £ e d Previously acknowledged . 4754 14 2 Klritaki School children . 3 0 0 “Rendesvous Ramblers" ....... 6 12 0 Total £4764 3 2