£lßl FROM RUATORIA
RED CROSS APPfeAL SHOP DAY YIELDS £llß SICK AND WOUNDED FUND The joint district council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society to-day received from its sub-committee in Ruaforia a list of donations and other contributions to the sick and wounded fund totalling £lßl 2s 5d., The . Ruatorin organisation has been particularly active, and has received excellent support from European and Maori residents alike. Some of . the personal donations have, been small, but these have helped substantially to swell the list, which represents the first instalment of the sub-committee’s effort. A shop day held in the township yielded £llß. of which £2O was credited to the Maori list in acknowledgment of sterling help given in stocking the shop and in disposing of the goods. Sums of 5s and more are acknowledged as under:—
Intending donors to the sick and wounded fund are reminded that contributions .may be left at the office of J. J. Macdonald and Son, Limited, 81 Lowe street, where acknowledgment will be made on the official receipt forms of the joint council.
European Residents £ s d Ruatoria Shop Day . . 98 14 2 Mr. & Mrs G. E. Cotterill .. 10 0 0 A. J. H. Kirkham .. 10 0 0 Kaharau Church collection 7 17 4 Mrs. K. S. Williams . • 5 0 0 Wairigakia station employees 4 0 0 B. C. Watkins 3 3 0 Mrs. J. H. Tapiin 2 0 0 J. Garner 1 ! 0 Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Sherifr 1 0 0 Moore 1 0 0 H. M. Akers 1 0 0 J. D. Williams .... 1 0 0 Collection per P. G. Burton 18 1 Collection per J. H. Tapiin 14 0 D. Kirkham 10 0 Miss M. Foote .. • .. 10 0 Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Brown 10 0 J. E, Morrissey 10 0 W. Mcodv 10 0 •I. R. Arnold 10 0 W. L. Wheller 10 0 A. Sullivan 5 0 D. Sherning 5 0 W. Arnold . 5 0 II. Burris' 7 G I-I. G. Burnett 5 0 Mrs. H. G. Burnett . . 5 0 R. H. Wicksteed . . . . 1 0 0 E. Garth 5 0 M. Gunn 5 0 Mrs. M. Smith 6 0 H. Boyce .. 10 0 Maori Residents £ s d Maori share in shop dav .. 20 0 0 Whare Erilci .. 1 0 0 R. Kirikiri .. 1 0 0 G. Ward ... 1 0 0 B. Campbell 10 0 Miss P. Tekiro 6 0 Miss M. Poutu 5 0 Miss Te Runa 3 0 S. Moekie 5 0 H. Fulford 5 0 Miss L. Grace 5 0
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 5
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