NEARLY £7OOO

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 85, 4 January 1940, Page 6

NEARLY £7OOO

National Patriotic Fund Donations SUBSTANTIAL SUMS Donations received recently by the National Patriotic Fund Board in Wellington swell considerably the funds previously acknowledged, the total for general patriotic purposes being now nearly £7OOO. These donations are separate and apart and in addition to the contributions received by the board through the patriotic seal campaign. The list includes some substantial contributions from provincial patriotic councils, business firms, and individuals. The Governor-General, Lord Galway, has forwarded a donation of £250, the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., has sent a cheque for £l6OO, the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., a cheque for 1200, several business firms have given. £lOO each and Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand has given £-•>. a notable contribution is that by the Todd family, Wellington. Mr and Mrs Charles Todd have given £lOO, and eight other members of their family have given between them £l3OO, making a total contribution of £2300. in addition to the general donations, a contribution of £5OO has been reeved from the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council for the New, Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, in recognition of the gallant part played by 11.M.5. Achilles in the naval action against the German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee. The list is as follows:—

£ S. d. previouslv acliUO'VVledged • • .1991 16 0 The Royal' Empire Society . 10 10 0 National Bank of Now Zeaion>ii r.t<] 250 0 0 Evans Atlas Roller Flour ami Oatmeal Milling Vo. . 100 0 0 Alex Harvey ami Sons, Etd. -O 0 0 0 D • 1-1 • 11 ipip . , • The Automobile Association 50 0 (w • • • • • • •* John Newton ami >Son, ctu. 100 0 0 * Dr. and Mrs. Crosbie ..... 20 0 0 C and A. Odlin Timber and 20 0 — , ) National Cash Register Co. - 0 Post and Telegraph Hept. 0 \v eiiiU'obvu ; • • ■ 10 0 0 N.Z. Fisheries, X»td 10 10 0 1lemin-g ami Co. ..•••••• JU 0 0 Smith and; Smith, Ltd 100 0 0 S. Oppenheimer and Co. .. 10 10 0 tj 0. JL’jlCllLJJU'dUUl • ’ Oppenheimer Casing Co., 10 10 0 Marlborough Provincial Fat10 0 riotic Council 0 6 •J Otago Provincial Patriotic 190 0 0 Southland Provincial Pat91 u . n oil 0 0 The -Waikato Independent” 3 0 Mr, ami -Mrs. Charles Todd: . 1000 0 0 Mr. Charles P. Todld 250 0 0 Mr. Desmond) Henry Todd 250 0 0 2'50 0 0 Air. Andrew Todd 250 0 0 Dr Kathle° n Todid . 100 0 0 100 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Whyte 100 0 0 Kinross White His Excellency, Viscount 20 250 0 0 0 0 Galway • Union Steamship Co. oi 1000 / l,id 0 0 Sir Harry Battanbee 0 0 £6696 8 6 Donation to Now Zealand Division Royal iNuvy, in recognition OI Navy action, HALS. Achilles: — £ d. 8. Auckland Provincial Patrie500 tic Council 0 0 Sick and wounded fund:— £ s. d. Previously acknowledged .. 72 11 11