FAR EAST RELIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 119, 16 November 1937, Page 4

FAR EAST RELIEF

LOWER HUTT RED CROSS

EFFORT

The Lower Hutt branch of -the Hed Cross Society has so far collected the sum ,of £81 7s. Id on behalf of the Far East Relief Fund. The various units of the. St. John Ambulance Society are selling stamps on. behalf of the fund, but the proceeds-'from these sales, will-be accounted for-by the St. John Ambulance Association in Wellington. Members of the..Lower Hutt Chinese community have also been making a collection. ' The Lower-Hutt branch of the Red Cross Society is organising a . street and shop day on Friday, and donations of produce, cakes, jams, etc., may be left at the principal stall at the King George Theatre on Friday: morning. Mrs. Choy Kum, of Petone, and Mrs. M.' Upton are organising a dance to be held in the. ftorticultural Hall on Wednesday, November 24; this will be attended by the Chinese Consul ahd his wife, Mr: and Mrs. Feng .Wang... Mrs, L. Yen has six ■ handsome prizes for novelty dances, and there will be a series of ballets. The proceeds'from'the dance will- go through the Red' Cross fund for'the.purchase of .medical supplies for the Far East. . The, following ' contributions to the fund have been received:—Mr. and Mrs. -'p. A. Ewen,' £10; Lower' Hutt Red Cross Society, £10; Mrs.'Vivian Riddiford, £5 ss; Mr. J.- W. Andrews, Mr. John Mitchell, and Mr. William Brown, £5 each; Mr. J. Clulow, Mrs. 3. J. Reich, and retiring collection, Hutt Methodist Church, £4 each; the Hon. W. and Mrs. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. C. Odlin, and. Stevens Motors Ltd., £2 2s each; Horlor' Motor Haulers Ltd., Mrs. S. L. Sanderson,'. £2 each; retiring collection, Lower Hutt Baptist Church, £1 19s 4d; proceeds Civic Band. Sunday concert, £1 15s 3d; Mr. B. L. Hammond, Hutt Croquet Club, Woburn Croquet Club, £1 Is each; Mr. R. C. Kebbell, Mr! J. Brasell, A.D., £1 each; Miss Douglas and S. Hart, 10s' each; primary, department,' Knqx Sunday School,' 9s;. Mrs. Ballantine, Mrs. and Miss Jones, and Mrs. Wardrupi'sen., 5s each; Worker,'2s 6d; S.D., 2s; sale ol stamps', £4 10s. Total, £81 7s Id.