FOR BRITAIN AND BELGIUM.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16646, 3 September 1914, Page 9

FOR BRITAIN AND BELGIUM.

ADDITIONAL DONATIONS TO RELIEF FUND. The objects of tho .Poor of Great Britain and ire.a..<l htl.ot Jbund are to piovute by Vu.lul.ur> cuiuriouti..ns a ampll act ot meat, prouut-u, cK-uuiitf, ana so 011, tor those in cusuess in ureal iintaui and Ireland, as a retuit of tho war. buDScnpiions may be forwarded to the hoi.orary tioasurer, Mr F. H. Pyiie,.' at Messrs i J yne and co.'s, or to the joint sec.etaues, Messrß U. M. Parker, at the Art Gallery, and ±l. K hollars, at tne oporiß Protection League Omoe. Contubutions wilt bo teceived aiso at the " Lytic. ton 'limes " Office.

The Lord Kitchener gladioli bulbs which have bean donated to frho Poor of Great Britain and Ireland and Be.igium Relief Fund by Mr W. A. Carpenter have oome to hand, and may bo obtained from Mr Charles M. Parker (Art Gallery), together with two other vanotios, for the sum of 2s 6d At the Addington Saleyards yesterday two sheep presented by Mr F. R. H. Gardiner (Purau) were so.d by Messrs Pyne and Co., Uio proceeds to be donated to the British and BolfTian Food Fund, and sheep was re-sold no less than thirty-fivo times, local butchers being the principal buyers, at 20a to 455.

TO PROVIDE CLOTHING. MEETING OF LADIES. A meeting in connection with the Poor of Great Britain, Ireland and Belgium Relief Fund was held in the Agricultural and Pastoral Association's room yesterday afternoon, about fifty .ndies being present. Dr E. G. Levinge explained that the meeting jbad been called for the purposo of forming a ladies" committee to take in hand the organisation of the clothing part of ' the fund. On the motion of Mrs F. H. Pyne, seconded by Mrs Beauohamp _ Lane, it was reBolvea—" That it is desirable to .co-operate

in the movement of providing clothing, eto.i for the Poor of Great Britain, Ireland and Belgium Relief Fund and •in other ways, and that a committee be set up for that purpose." On the motion of the chairman the following were elected to the general committee: Mesdamca Ho. land, Wigram, Pyre, Boyle, Allen, Stewart, Lane,. Moore, Ballin, Dalgety, Smith, Clark, Smitheon, Nairn, Pratt and Gould, and Misses Tabart and Smith and Sister Edith, with power to add to their number. A vote of thanks was passed to DrLovingo, who left tho chair. On the motion of Mrs Wigram, seconded by Mrß Boyle, Mrs Beauchamp Lane was ap-poi'-tcd to preside • ' Mrs Pratt was elected honorary secretary, and the meeting then went into committee to discuss the general organisation and ap--pointment of sub-commit'.ees. New and old clothisig material wiM be received by the following ladies, as well as at tho depots:—Mcsdames B. Lane, A. Boylo, F H; Pyne, H. Wigram, W. Mcoro,. G. Gculd, R. Allen and C. Dalgoty, Sister Edith, and Miss R. Tabart.. Donations may be sent to Mrs F. Pratt, 177, Bcaley Avenue. CHURCH RELIEF. SPECIAL APPEAL ON OCTOBER i.\ At a meeting of "the B"hop and: e'ergy of Christchurch he"d on Friday to consider the appeal being made for the re'.ief of the dsti.tuto in Great Britain, Ireland and Belgium it was decided to submit the following; proposals to the, vicars and churchwardens of all the parishes or parochial districts in tho diocese: — "That the appeal for the Church Mission Fund arranged for October: 4 sbculd be postponed; that the vicars and churchwardens of all parishes and parochial districts in Christchurch should bo aslcd to unite in giving the full offerings of all services on October 4 to tho Relief Fund; and that the Bishop should be requested to communicate with the bishops of ihe province and invite their co-operation." ".-..■ •. -.,.,,.'. HANMER DISTRICT. A hare drive has been arranged to take place on tho river-bed and paddocks at the back of St He ens homestead on Sunday next. The hares shot are to be sent to the freezer and thence shipped Homo in aid of the fund for the poor of Great Britain. RAKGIORA, . The following additional subrcrintioriß hayv been rccived in Ransriora -towards, the Food for Britain and Ireland Fund:— ' £ ». d. P. B. Glasgow . . . . 5 0 0 OK. . , . . . . 0 5 0 H. Cobden Cos .... 0 10 0 E. H. Skinner , . . . 0 5 0 G. J. Taylor ~ . , . 10 0 R.N. . . . . ..*'•', 010 - 0 W. H. Leech . ... . 2 0 0 A meeting of Ipd'es is to be held at the Bo"ou~h Counri 1 Chn bers to-m-rrow afternoon to form a ""rking bee to make clcthin'-. for the poor of B.itain. . MOUNT. SOMFRS. A meeting convened hv Mr J. P. P'-te" - wa» held in the ha'l, Mount when it was decided to form a fund for the relief of t'*o poor of Great Britain Ireland and B->'ginm A committee was aprWnted. with Mr J. Hood as chairman, to make arrangements for oanvas»inr the district and to hold a concert on September 11. NEARLY eir*n IN WELLINGTON. [Prn Prw=r A SRoriATTON.] WELLINGTON, September 2. The Wellington fund for providing food for the ,no'-ir of f'-mt Brit," l 'n and B" l; i'''-i- i'"' no'" near'y £ r (YY) in - cosh and kind. It is' probable that the executive of the Prince of Wa'e* Fn-d in London will be asked to superintend the application of the money to the purposes named. BEG!AN RELIEF FUND., OHRISTCHTJRCH, SUBSCRIPTIONS, ~'. Mr C. J. Ward, acting Consul foT Belgium at Christohurch, has received, the foilowing" subscriptions to the Belgian Relief.\Furid:- 1 -' ""■'•v £ s. d Miss Acland, Mount Peel •'. . 1;0 . Q Anonymous . . . . • '•:'■ 05, 0 HAWKE'S BAY AND POYFRTY BAT?. [Per Pmjss Association.] HASTING S, September/ 2. , The BeMan Re'icf Fund at Hasting-3 total fM<"-L Nanior lies oo'lected an . add't'on?' £?72. Tisborno has collected considerably over

£ s. d Amount previously acknowledged £8111 19 11 Per £'. 1. C-rwuthaw— O.L.M. . . . . . 20 0 0 James Jamiesou .... 10 10 0 W. jvi. .... 5 5 0 T. L. Cowlishaw ... . .950 Southbridge Patriotic Fund . 61 7 8 A. B. Wt»ithingt>.n (proceeds sale ot tuikoy) 0 18 0 Per J. K. Wilkinson (Loburn) 18 7 0 Dr C. Chi.ton 5 0 0 Airs J. x. croft (Belgium Fund) . 10 0 Admirer oi .Belgians . . 8 0 0 Mrs J. (X Palmer .... 2 2 0 0 10 0 Miss M. Gaid'ner .... 110 Miss N. Gaid'ner .... 110 Mr and Mrs K. B. Boals H ■ 10 0 0 Arnold Campion ■ . , , 2 2 0 Artnur Campion . , , . , 2 2 0 Sympathiser ..... 110 10 0 0 Canon Unowles .... 2 2 0 Jiuio, Muriel and Margaret . 0 12 0 Mrs Walter Maofjrlano . i. 50 0 0 Ur Lester (second instalmont) . 2 2 0

HALKETT DISTRICT (Per Hayes Bros.). W. J. Carpenter .... 5 0 0 M Wilson ... 2 0 0 J. Calder 2 0 0 W. F. Turner , , . . 2 0 0 E. Fouler ..'.,. 10 0 M'Kay Bros. ' . 2 0 0 W. Oakley . 0 10 0 W. Walker 0 10 0 Hayes Bros. 6 0 0 R. S. Roper ..",", 2 0 0 Mrs H. Henderson \ , 6 0 0 W. Her.dorson .... 2 0 0 R. Henderson , * 2 0 ( 8. lhomp3on ...".. 0 5'G. E. Davis , - m 0 15 I A Thompson , T. French . . 0 10 0 lie E. Wa.ker ..." 0 5 0 G. M-Kay . ; 2 0 0 S. Yce . ... 2 0 0 W. Bell , , I * J 0 10 0 J. Thompson . , ! * \ 3 0 0 W Thompson . * 8 0 0 A. Manson , 10 0 Estate Mrs P. Wlyt© .' .* .' 5 0 0 J. S. M'R«e . . 10 0 R. Kiltie ... 0 10 0 Leslie Bros. ..." * 1 0, 0 J. Stewart ... * * o io o Mr and Mrs Hard . * • * 110 P. Guinney , ... 10 0 G. Calder ...'.'' 10 0 E. Guinney ■ , , ' * * 2 0 0 J. M'Innes . , * . * * J. Jeal , , " * • ," W. Whyto • . . 0 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 T. Jeal . , ' ' ' J. StackhouBO ','.'.' 0 10 0 0 10 0