PATRIOTIC HINDS

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1940, Page 2

PATRIOTIC HINDS

DONATIONS IN GREY COUNTY. Following is a list of donations from firms and residents in the Grey County, to the fund being conducted by the Grey County Council: — West Coast Transport,. Ltd. £l3 10/-. ’ . . . Ruru School Children’s Picnic Fund £5. ' ■ « Totara Flat: Mr. and Mrs. T. Dudley £lO, Thomas Lees £5, Doig Bros. £5, John Brown £2/2/-, Loftus McVicar 10/-, J. Curtin 10/-, L. Wilson 10/-, John Kennedy £2, Jim Kennedy £5, Patrick Kennedy £l, W, MeVicar £5, McDonnell Bros. £5, H. Symes 10/-, D.P. and P. Hamer £5 '5/-. ~ ■ Blackball: R. Clark £l, J. G. Quinn £5, Harry Quinn £l/1?-, Mrs. H. J. Campbell £5/5/-,' Haisty and Co. £2 2/-, D. Burt and Sons £3, Miss J. Fitzgerald £l/1/-, H. J. L. Barry £1 1/-, N. M. Waldron £l, Mrs. McGregor £l, L. Ellsmore £l, L. Kinsella £l, A. Knowles 10/-, Dumpleton Bros. 10/6, H. McLuskie 5/-, Mrs. McGuigan 5/-, Dr. Alyward 5/-. Gladstone: W. T. Ogilvie £lO/10/-, J.‘Keller £l. Barrytown: Mr. N. White £l, Miss M. Lewis 10/-, Mr. P. Lewis. £l, K. Webb 10/-, H. Martin £l, T. E. Kennedy £l, J. Dennehy £l, D. Dennehy, junr. £l, D. Dennehy, senr. £l, F. Dennehy 10/-, J. J. Bourke £l, J. Ryall £l, Miss J. Ryall £l, D. Ryall, junr. 10/-, J. Lewis £l, J. Gilbert £l, G. Morris £l, R. Dunford 10/-, T. Maloney 10/-, R. Gillespie 5/-, Miss G. Manderson 5/-, Charles Cargill 2/6. Rotomanu: F. N. Whitmore £l. Atarau: W. Liddell £l. Te Kinga: A. Robinson £l. Matai: T. S. Craig £l. Nelson Creek: W. McLaughlin £1 1/ Arnold Sawmill Employees £2 17/6. Paroa Social Committee £5/10/-. Inchbonnie Social Committee £7 10/-. Ahaura Social Committee £29/18/6. New Forest Mill (special) £2/5/-. South Beach Sawmill Employees £2/1,7/-. / Patara Sawmill Employees £l/2/6. Dobson Sawmill Employees 12/6. The foregoing donations total £176 19/-. In addition, the following are making fortnightly payments for the duration of the war to the Grey County Council patriotic scheme: South Beach, Patara, and Dobson sawmill employees* £3/1/-, Lake Brunner sawmill employees £6/10/-, New Forest sawmill employees £4/10/-, Jack Bros, sawmill .employees £3/9/6, Hahn Bros, sawmill employees £1 3/9, Kopara sawmill employees £2 11/11, Atarau sawmill owners and employees £l, Randal Creek owners and employees £3/12/-, White’s Electric gold dredging crew £5, Eadie Bros. 14/-, Eadie Bros, employees 8/-, Grey County employees £4/6/9, Kopara Sub Committee £l/18/9, Miss Heenan (Barrytown) 2/6, W. H. Blunt (Barrytown) 2/6, T. Cargill (Barrytown) 2/6, J. Orr 2/6, G. Blair 5/-, J. Higgins 10/6. The total received for these payments amounts to £B6/19/9 to date. RED CROSS FUND. Further donations to the Red Cross and St. John Sick and Wounded Fund include two amounts from Cobden: — Peter Frederick 6/-, Mrs. W. Mason 10/-. GREYMOUTH PATRIOTIC APPEAL. Help is required for our soldiers and their dependents. Donations may be forwarded to the “Star” Office, or to Mr. F. H. Denton, Town Clerk, who will issue all official receipts. £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 1872 17 6 Greymouth Branch, Amalgamated Society Railway Servants 4 9 9 “Sympathiser” 5 0 0 Total 1882 7 3 SICK AND WOUNDED FUND. WELLINGTON, June 12. 1 A total of £283,000 had been collected for the Sick and Wounded Fund by to-night. Wellington still tops the list with £63,000. Canterbury is next with £6OO less, and Otago is third with £50,000. The advent of Italy into the war has made the need for funds even more urgent. The organisers hope to raise at last £500,000 before the fund is closed. MOCK COURT. HAMILTON, June 13. At the mock Court proceedings, at Hamilton, yesterday, in which there were a judge, policemen, and assistants, all women members of the local Patriotic Committee, the large sum of £1250 was raised for the Sick and Wounded Fund, the fines ranging from nominal amounts to £5O, in two instances.