RELIEF OF OVERSEAS POOR

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1914, Page 5

RELIEF OF OVERSEAS POOR

The objects of the Poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium Relief / Fund are to provide by voluntary contributions from the people of New food, clothing, and general assistance for those in distress in Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium, as a result of the war. Mr. Lan Duncan, of Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., is hon. treasurer, of the fund, and Mr. William Pryor (National Mutual Buildings) is hon. secretary to the Wellington branch. Mr. R. W. Shallcrass, of the New Zealand Sports Protection League, is general secretary for New Zealand. Subscriptions may be sent to either of the secretaries, while gifts of clothing, etc.., should be addressed to the committee, and delivered to the nearest receiving depot. Lists of receiving depots will be supplied on application to the Wellington secretary ('phone 2347). SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED.

Tho amount of £34 acknowledged recently in the name of the Wellington Motor and Cycle Traders should appear as the balance of the Wellington Motor and Cycle Traders' dinner find. , BULLS BRANCH LIST. Mr. R. A. Wilson and shareholders Rangitikei Dairy Company, £50 each; Presbyterian Church B*azaar, £35; Dalrymple Estate, £22; R. Brown, £20; A. Brown, £10; T. R. Willis, £5 19s 6d; T. H. Green (sale of two heifers), £5 2b; Mrs. W. Tricker, Mrs. J. Tricker, J. G. Wilson (additional), £5 each; Mrs. Dalrmyple, £4 4s; Middlemiss and M'Clymont (sale of pig), £3 19s 6d ; E. G. M'Dermott (sale of pig), £3 2s ; Mrs. Middlemiss (sale of rooster), £3 4s; Jones and M'Gregor, ' Ltd., Ralfe and Archer, and J. P. Mansell, £3 3s each : J. Mason and Gray Bros., £3 each: Ellis Bros., H. Wilson, L. M. Travorner, J. B. Gaisford, and W. H. Hoskinif, £2 2s each; A. W. Amon and Miss T. R. Dalrymple, £2 each; Mr. C. E. Vile (sale of heifer), £4 10s; W. Kearney, G. D. Flower, H. Edwards, J. Young, G. H. Archer, Duncan M'Lean, W. Doughty, Charles Ellery, and Frank Ellery, £1 Is each; Master Philip Doughty (sale of sheep), £1 0s 3d; W. A. Doughty, Mrs. Ellis, J. B. Johnstone, Fred Morton, Mrs. A. Richardson, Unknown, R. Klatt, J. Fitzgerald, K. W. Dalrymple, J. K. Richards, E. R. Hubner, Mrs. Hubner, C/ H. Thorby, W. R. Franke, T. Allen, A. Bourne, A. Marshall, J. Wesson, W. B. Clark, Mrs. M'Dermott (pet lambs), H. W Lampp, and W. Young, £1 each; E. Blake, 10s 6d; Mrs. Goodall (sale of flowers), 15s; Mrs. Woodford, sen., Miss Ellis, Mrs. J. B. Johnstone, J Doyle, W. ' Simpkin, A. A. M'Laren, T. Timmins, and C. J. Hart, 10s each ; Miss Ivy Nicholson, 6s; James Balls, Miss Taylor, C Forrest, Mrs. Scott, D. Bell Mrs. D. Bell, P. Richardson, T. W. Richardson, Miss V Richardson, Miss P. Richardson, Miss M. Richardson, W. Goile, and Finigan Equita, 5s each ; Miss Austin, 3s ; Miss Swainson (sale of flowers), 4s; H. Fisher, Masters D., Jack, and Colin Johnstone, Miss Peggy Johnstone, Miss Tni Brown, and P. Dewar, 2s 6d each; Rev. J. Blackburn (sale of eggs), 13s 9d ; Mrs. G. Carter (sale of eggs), ss; F. Beran (sale of eggs), 3s 4d;— total, £306 2s lOd. The following gifts have been received : From Misses Myra and Polly Richardson, 1 yearling steer ; Miss May Richardson, 1 fat wether; Duncan Fraser, 1 fat bullock; Nelson Scott, 1 fat sheep. Parcels of clothing have been received from Mesdames Doughty, R. Henderson, W. Monks, J. M.' Broughton, C. M. Broughton, F. J. Watson, G. Carter, G. Gifford, W. Parish, Mrs. Nicholson sen., Mrs. Ellis, and Mrs Burne, sen., Misses Ellis, Moxham, Dalrymple and D. Fraser, and Mr J. G. Wilson. — 1.

Previously acknowledged ... £2659 17 9 Bulls Branch of Fund (as per list appended) ... 300 0 0 Dr. Agnes Bennett 5 5 0 Norman Kirkcaldie 25 0 0 VV. H. Huthwaite, Otaki ... 2 2 0 Brooklyn Pres. Church ... 10 0 0 Ashhurst Patriotic Committee 40 0 0 Proceeds sale honey ... 1 16 0 S.Y.Z 10 0 Proceeds " social " held at Tiraumea (per Mrs. J. P. Luke, Mayoress) ... 150 0 0 Mrs. and Miss Barry ;.. 50 0 0 D. S. Patrick 5 5 0 F.NM 110 F. W. Rowley 110 sth Standard Club, Clydequay School (per Mrs. J. P. Luke) 6 14 Wellington Gas Co., Ltd. 50 0 0 Total £3307 19 1