ART UNION PROFITS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1937, Page 4

ART UNION PROFITS

distribution of surplus. [PER PKESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, December 9. A Christmas allocation of surplus art union profits is being made by the Government to 'several institutions in the Dominion doing philanthropic work. The names of the bodies whose work will benefit in the distribution of the funds, which total £9400, and the amount allocated to each body, are: — r .

New- Zealand , Crippled Child- . ren Society • • • • • • Societies for the Protectibn of Women and Children — Auckland *3O Wellington Christchurch Dunedin 77 Auckland City Mission .. ■ • Open Door Mission, Auckland .. 100 New Zealand League for the Hard of Hearing 250 Wellington City Mission ■ • • • 250 St. Vincent de Paul Society (New Zealand Superior Council) • • 300 Citizens’ Day Nursery, Wellington •• 130 Men’s Mission House, Dunedin 50 Auckland Institute for the Care of Backward Shildren . ■ 100 Residential Nursery, Wellington - • • • 1 50 Red Cross Societies — Auckland 15 0 Wellington .. 150 Christchurch -• 150 Dunedin 15 0 Invercargill • 130 Auckland Sailors’ Home .. .. 150 Homes of Compassion, Island Bay and Silverstream . ■ 300 Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society— Auckland ... 100 Wellington , 100 Smith Family, Wellington .. 300 Children’s Rest Home, Dunedin 250 Auckland Hospital Auxiliary (general purposes.) . . . • 75 Mental Hospital work .. . . 75 Christchurch Unemployed Women’s and Girls’ Committee 50 Paumerston Nth. Hospital Auxiliary 50 St. Joseph’s Boys’ Home, Middleton, Christchurch. .. .. 100 Sunshine Haven campaign, Auckland 100 District Nursing Guild of St. John, Wellington 100 Waihi Miners’ Pensioners’ Association 75 Otago Centre, St. John Ambulance Association .. .. 200 Auckland Ladies’ Benevolent

• Society .. • 2 ®3 Roslyn District Nursing Association 50 Watersiders’ and Seamen’s Hospital Comforts Fund— Auckland ■. 50 Wellington 50 Lyttelton .- •> 50 St. Joseph’s Home, Auckland.. 250

Wanganui Men’s Shelter .. .. 50 Auckland Jewish Benevolent Society .. Citizens” Day Nursery, Dunedin . 150 Flying Angel Mission to Seamen, • . Auckland . • • • • • • • 100 Mothers’ Helpers’ Society, Wei lington 100 Hawke’s Bay branch, St. John Ambulance .... .. 100 Auckland Adult Deaf Society .. 150 Metropolitan City Relief Committee, Auckland .. .. 150 Thames Miners’ Pensioners’ As- r sociation .. ••< 75 Auckland Seventh Day Adventist Welfare League and Dor-

cas Society 50 New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association 250 Henry Brett Memorial Home, Auckland 250 St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Upper Hutt .. .. . I 150 Special relief not otherwise provided for: — Thames • • 75 Gisborne 75 Westport ' • 75 Greymouth 50 Christchurch (includes N ew k Brighton) 500 Dunedin 300 Invercargill 75 Stewart Island 50 Total • • 9400

‘‘There can be no question about the worthiness of the work among the people of the bodies allotted grants,” said the Minister for Internal Affairs (Hon. W. E. Parry). “With the knowledge that the money will be well spent, the Government is glad to have these surplus funds on hand to present to institutions.” The Minister mentioned that the special allocation now made was quite apart from the usual £5OOO paid from the profits of each art union conducted in New Zealand to mayoral relief fuhds.