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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 7 January 1916, Page 4

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HELPING JiAND SHOP. The net receipts from the HelpingHand Shop (run in aid of the Bed Cross Fund) wsterday. amounted to £ll 3s. The hefpers were Mesdames Percy Bond and Claude Hamilton, and Misses J>art, B.ichmond, Gibbs, Davidson, and Sdanders. • The following districts were ■ represented on the list of contributories:— The cityy. Wakapuaka, ,Wakatu, Stoke, Richmond', Hope, Appleby, and v.akefieldT There has beeoi a shortage ot hon-te-madc bread and cakes for the last two Thursdays. (Donations of these lines wilt always 'bo most heartily welcome. The Boy Scouts again worked well. A generous response is being made to the appeal jam jars. RED CROSS FUND. Mi-s W. Lock acknowledges:—Mrs; A. P. Lucas, 2"pai r bedsocks, old linens 12th Regt. Band, (Christmas Carols) per Mr Wimsettv.?jGl2; M-iss York, 10sj foregone prize money, childreiii of St. Paul s 1 Sundav ,School, Brightwater, £2 • 10s; Mr ß Thomson, 12 face cloths; Todd s Bush collection, per Mr Norris 17s; Kawhaia street and .Wellington Terrace I collection, per Miss Bisley, 365; Cleveland road, Maitai Bank and Tory street, per Miss Claude Hamilton, £4 16s 6d. Mr J. P. Hayes acknowledges:—Helpino- Hand Shop per Mr Kelling," neb receipts for Thursday, 6th, £ll 3s, m- t eluding 8s for Red Cross Booklets; Murchison. Red Cross Branch per Mrs Clayton, proceeds of Doll Carnival, £203 «s Id- ' j___ MUROHISON RED CROSS FUND. Statement of accounts, Murchison Doll Queen Carnival: Receipts: Doll No. 1, £4B lis; 2, £2l 12s 'Bd; 3, 15s; 4, £2 Is; 5, £7 7s 6d ; 6, £1 10s sd; 7, £7 8s 4d; 8, £sl la/Id; 9, £SO 3s; 10, £3 2s od; donation from County Council £5; donation from Dairy Co £5- per Messrs Dalgety and Co., 2 sheep A. and P. from Mr E. Kerr £2 2s, 2 sheep Red Cross from Mr E. Kerr £2 2s, 2 sheep Murchison School (fron* Mr E. Kerr £2 2s; 2 sheep Fern Flat | School, Mr Hunter, £1 8s h ; 1 sheep Fern i Flat School, Mr N. Peacock, 14s; 1 sheep Fern Flat School, Mr B. Spiers, 14s; 1 1 sheep Longford School, Mr L. Wamo,. , ' 14s: Total-£214 2s lid. ' . . Expenditure -.--G.-S. Hayes, printing, etc., £5 3s; stamps and telegrams, 10s lOd : donation to Red Cross Fund, £2OB 9s Id.—(Signed) F. A. Clayton, Hon. Secretary Sports and Pastimes Association, Murchison.