CITIZENS GIVE FREELY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15686, 13 August 1914, Page 7

CITIZENS GIVE FREELY.

! .'■ niANY LA-RGK DONATIONS. j OTHER OFFERS OF HELP. ' ". ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIBERS. '.' Subscriptions to tho Auckland Patriotic • Fu nd are coming in very freely, and about : jpyQQQ has been received Ivy the Citizens' Committee. This added to tho amount ■subscribed to tho Herald Fund, makes £ B total of over £10.000. 'a meeting of the Finance Committee of j, 0 citizen' fund "as held yesterday ■ morning, when jt was dc,i(icd that t,MJ collectors appointed on the previous day should make a thorough canvass of the c j tv with the object of augmenting tho fund. In this way the collectors obtained the sum of £670 10s, thc subscriptions ' being acknowledged in the list given below. Several offers to assist in various ways arte before the committee, "At this time of stress for the Empire," wroteMr. \V. E. Bush, city engineer, " I feel I should like to beat- a hand and will cheerfully contribute 10 per cent, of my palarv—£lo each month—towards the Patriotic Fund." It was announced that there were many salaried men in the community who would prefer to contribute ■j ; to the fund by giving a proportion of j their salaries at regular intervals. Tho ; Finance Committee, therefore, decided to 1 have forms printed to meet the caso , Tyhere donors would prefer to pay weekly, fortnightly, or monthly contributions to 'the fund. The Mayor announced to the commit- ■ • fee that Dr. Baber bad presented a set 1 of medical instruments, which would be . forwarded to the Government. A total of 50 razors had been rcceiml from Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. Leon Winner forwarded a caso of blankets and towels, and Messrs. Skeates and White presented a new motor-cycle. Offers of support in other ways "•ere considered by the Fin- ' ance Committee and referred to the executive, which meets to-day. | It was decided to purchase 400 jerseys and a similar number of pairs of socks for the men on duty at Fort Cautley. The Citizens' Committee has received the . following further subscriptions towards the fund :— '■;■'■• ' ;B ' Dilworth Trust Board 1000 ;. Seymour Thome George --00 ;, John Court, Ltd 130 !• Lichtenstein and Amoldson iCC !.' John Bigger ». ••• 100 ; James Smith 100 Avondale Jockey Club 100 Georgo Fowlds 100 Brown, Barrett, and Co 100 -'.;" J. ;H. Gunson -.00 Heather, Roberton. and Co .00 I - John ; Chamber!', and Son, Ltd. ... 1.00 : A. J. Entrican and Co LOO Otahulia Trotting Club 100 : ' Bond and Bell 100 /Members, clerk and engineer of >•>;Waitomata County Council ... 60 , ; I B. Kennedy 50 Patterson and Robertson 50 William Thome ~. 50 : H/Glanwfidd *. 60 •, Charlton Dawson -' _ ... ... ... -50 Bertram Dawson ... ... ... ■ 50 Auckland-Hospital Nurses ... 2716s 'Ambury'Brothers • ... ... ... 25 . Anibury, Limited '■ ... 25 A.EG«nti) ... ■;. 25 Major"J. Whitney 25 V- Mr?. A. M, Hellaby 25 ;.'■■'; • Mr. and Mrs. Todd Smith ... ... 25 Auckland Produce Brokers' Assn. 25 I F.W.Gordon ... 25 C. A.'Whitney ... 25 A. Bankart ' ... 25 I ~ . Other subscribers were: —Brookfield and \; Schnauer, £21; E. C. Frost, £10; em- | ployees of Yates and Co., £17 19s; L. I iSymes, £10 10s; Allen Brown, £10 10s; >;'.: A. E. Macartney. £10 106; M. X. Garney,' :-v £10 10s; J. B. Gilfillan and Co., £10 10s; '•'::. ■ McNab and Mason, . £10 10s; L. Byrnes, .i .£lO 10s;. Allan O'Brien, £10 10s'; G. H. a' Baker, £10 10s; E. S. Wight, £10; P. j- A. Edmiston, £10; Henry Gillett, £10; ■]■'J. Stanton, £10; Mrs. Keesing, £10; C. ; Brown ■Douglas, £10; Rev. W. Beatty, r-" £10; Robert Hall, £10; G. H. Brown, ; . £5; T. J. Sanderson, £5; Rev. Percy t\ v; William's, £5; Milburn Brothers, £5; G. .'■';■; Ballard, £5; F. Buddie, £5; R. L. Thomas, £5.