PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 June 1940, Page 3

PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE

MEETING AT GREYMOUTH The Greymouth Patriotic Committee met yesterday afternoon, at the Borough Council Chambers, there being present: The Mayor (Mr. F. A. Kitchingham), Messrs. J. W. Greenslade, W. Meldrum, T. P. Ryan, F. W. Baillie, A. H. McKane, P. J. McLean, G. Mitchell, F. H. Denton, and W. H. Parfitt (secretary). A motion of thanks was passed to United Sawmills, Te Kinga, for their donation of timber for the erection of the Patriotic Committee’s shop. Mr. Ryan reported that he had the arrangements for the shop site in hand. The selling of tickets for the raffle for a chesterfield suite to-morrow week was left to the women’s committee. Mr. McLean’s offer to donate a pedigree bull for a raffle was accepted with thanks.

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 2018 12 4 P. Willelts 110 Greymouth Club .... 550 £2024 18 4 RED CROSS SOCIETY.

The house to house collection has increased this fund from £270/12/6, already acknowledged, to £463/19/3. The present list is made up-of 680 donations, and it is impracticable through space restrictions, to publish the names of donors of less than 10/-. Contributions of 10/- and over were made by: Mrs. C. McKechnie 10/-, Mr. Larcombe 10/-, R. N. Stewart £5. A. W. Mackley £l. J. R. Leitch’ £5. Mrs. Hamilton 10/6, A. Wise} 10/-, Mrs. Knight £l, Mrs. Butters! 10/-, Mr. Cairney 10/6, Mrs. Kane 10/-, Mrs. Herring 10/-, Anon. 10/-, Miss Godso 10/-, Mrs. Ashby 10/-,. Mrs. Kibble 10/-, Mrs. Thomas 10/-, Mrs. Henry 10/-, Mr. Armstrong 10/-, Mr: Wickes 10/-, Mr. Hill 10/-, Anon. 10/-, Mrs. E. R. Moss 10/-,, Mrs. F. Lawn 10/-, Mr. Absalom 10/-, Mr. B. Denton 10/-, Mrs. F. H. Denton 10/-, Mrs. F. Strong 10/-, R. E. Jones £l, Mr. R. Palmer £l/1/-, W. Vallance £l, J. Baird 10/-, J. Pitman £3, G. Jacobs £5, M. Jacobs £3, J. T. Jacobs £l, H. J. Jacobs £l,

F. R. Whitmore £l, John Ryan £l, J. Graham £l, M. Jacobs £l, Miss Jacobs £l, W. T. Jacobs £l,-F. G. Frankpitt £5/5/-, S. Stewart £2/ 2/-, A-. Baty £l/0/6, Eunice Baty £l, F. Horan £l, Joseph Horan £l, C. Horan £l/1/-,G. Horan £l/1/-, J. Horan £l, H. Birchfield £l, Snow Flake Ice Cream Co. £lO, G. B. Saunders £6/6/-, A. Frankpitt £l/ 1/-, W. Horan 13/-, J. Thompson 11/-, G. S. McGallon £l/1/-, F. Baird 10/-, J. Humphries £l, L. Harvey £l, P. Ronchi 10/-, Maurice Murray 10/-, McGregors Ltd., 10/-, Hempseed £l/1/-, J- Collins 10/-, F. Thom £l, C. Larcombe 10/-, J. .Chapman £l, Dr. Brokenshire £l, Mr. McVicar 11/-, T. R. Hogg £2, C. C. Mosley £l, F. Marshall 10/-, R. Bartlett 10/-, N. French 12/6, K. Kent 10/-, S. Hocking 10/-, D. Becker 10/-, A. Kane 10/-, E. Allen 10/-, ■Stan Tomlinson 10/-, W. Stephens -£l, Taffy Jones 10/-, D. Douglas 10/-, J. A. McEwin £2, H. Gordon £l, T. Beckworth 10/-, F. Kittenberg £l, D. Ferguson £l, Mrs. Galbraith 10/-, Peake 10/-, Miss Wilson 10/-, Mrs. Poole 10/-.