SICK AND WOUNDED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20262, 1 June 1940, Page 11

SICK AND WOUNDED

RESPONSE TO APPEAL FURTHER £l3l RECEIVED DISTRICT TOTAL £1239 • Since yesterday’s list of additional donations to the sick and wounded fund was published, the district joint committee of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society has received a further £l3l in amounts ranging from £25 to 10s. The position of’ the fund at noon to-

In the list supplied to the Herald yesterday by the joint district committee there should have appeared the donation of £5 given by S Mrs. W. Jones, Waimata. This sum was taken into account in making up yesterday’s progress total, but was not credited in the official list. FUND REACHES £134,000 (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The sick and wounded district fund totalled about £134,000 last night. The district returns are: Auckland, £28,000; Wellington, £31,000; Canterbury, £24,600; Dunedin, £18,000; Gisborne, £1100; Hawke’s Bay, £11,400; Taranaki, £6000; Blenheim, £700; West Coast, £800; Palmerston North, £8000; Wanganui, £3200. Miscellaneous receipts take the figures to about £134,000. POWER BOARD GIFT The Poverty Bay Electric-Power Board to-day authorised a donation of £SO to the sick and wounded fund. The chairman, Mr. F. R. Ball, explained that in accordance with an earlier decision of the board the gift would have to be paid through the Provincial Patriotic Council.

day was as under: — £ s d Previously acknowledged 1108 3 8 W. A. Barton 25 0 0 Mr. & Mrs. J. C. N. Thomas 20 0 0 J S. Allan and Sons .. 15 0 0 Thos. Todd 10 10 0 T. G. Seymour (S. Aust.) 10 0 0 A. H. Wall 10 0 0 Miss Laura E. Tucker .. 10 0 0 Hampton’s, Ltd. .. 5 5 0 J A. McLeod 5 5 0 Mr. and Mrs. Athol Allan 5 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Rees Allan 5 0 0 Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Barwick 5 0 0 Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Hardy .. 2 2 0 E. L. Jones, Patutahi .. 2 0 0 Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Caesar .. 1 1 0 P. Williams, Patutahi .. 10 0 Total to date £1239 3 8