The Late Floods.

Hastings Standard, Issue 315, 6 May 1897, Page 2

The Late Floods.

W THE RELIEF FUND, Mr J. Collinge begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the follow - amounts towards the fund : —Hastings Fire Brigade, £2 2s; Mr A. M'Rae, £1 Is ; Mr Morrison, 10s ; "A Friend," 2s ; Olrig station, £2O ; Olrig station hands, £9 15s, £5 5s of which two amounts to go to the widows and orphans fund. Parcels of clothing are acknowledged from S. Johnson (Waipawa) and " W.N.T." The employees of the Wellington Harbor Board have contributed £l9 16s to the fund. The Evening Post list now amounts to £212 14s 6d. The Wellington City Council list has reached £315 18s lid. The .Nelson subscription totals £BB Is to date. The following further donations have been received by the Mayor of Napier :—Masterton, £IOO ; Wellington, additional, £6O; S. H. Gollan, £SO; Feilding, additional, £BO 8s; South British Insurance Company, £l2 12s; Te Apiti station employees (flood relief £6 7s, widows and orphans £5), £ll 7s; John Beatson, £10; Patoka station manager and employees, £6 7s ; Moawhango, per Ellis Bros, and Valder, £7 3s 6d; Waipukurau sacred concert, promoted by Mr Mark Pritchard, £4 14s ; Ormondville district school, teachers and children, £3 15s 8d ; Thomas Whitelaw, £3 3s ; J. M. Crerar and Sons, £2 lQs ; Webster and Stuart, Hastings (widows and orphans' fund) £2 2s ; Thomas Hall, Napier, £2 2s ; R. W. Berney, £2 ; J. B. Fielder, £1 Is; C. H. A. Hunt, £1 Is ; O'Rourke and Sons, £1 Is ; Miss Spencer, Maketu, £1 ; R. Brathwaite, Hastings, widows and orphans. 10s; C. Elm, 10s. W r aipawa subscriptions : —Mr E. H. Lee has received £3O 17s from Mr G. H. Saxby, St. Lawrence station, subscription to Floods Relief Fund. Mr Standley received a cheque from Mr R. Harding for £26 3s 6d and one from Mrs Herriek for £ll.