HELP FOR BELGIUM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 8

HELP FOR BELGIUM.

LINDAUER FUND OPENED.

FIRST LIST OF DONATIONS.

SUM OF £1046 RECEIVED.

TOTAL OF £10,000 WANTED.

Tnn special campaign undertaken to raise £10,000 for the Belgian Relief Fund, in order that the Lindauer collection of Maori pictures may bo secured for the city, has been successfully inaugurated. Since the offer by Mr. Partridge was announced a number of subscriptions towards the fund have been received by the Acting-Consul for Belgium, and the first list forwarded by Mr. Burns for publication shows a total of £1036 3s Bd. Tho contributions to the fund include the sum of £500 from the Auckland Club, and £100 from the New Zealand Insurance Company. A further subscription of £100 has been received from the Coromandel Acclimatisation Society, bringing the sum of its contributions up to £250. Particulars of the donations already received are as follows :— £ 8. d. Auckland Club 500 0 0 X.Z. Insurance Co., Ltd. ... 100 0 0 Coromandel Acclimatisation Society 100 0 0 Proceeds of sale of 50 sheep presented by K.D.Holt 79 0 10 Waiapu Axemen's Carnival and Sports Club, first instalment 50 0 0 Further contribution settlers Rodney County * 40 10 9 I.H.S 25 0 0 Amount donated by Messrs. Ellis and Burnand to those who assisted in suppressing the fire at their factory ... ... 25 0 0 Further contribution from Waihi, per H. D. Morpeth 22 12 8 Helen Baird 20 0 0 Further contribution from To Awamutu, per J. D. Coek ... 15 8 6 F. R. and family 11 10 0 Staff Auckland Education Board Office, monthly contribution... 10 14 0 Collected at Gordon's settlement bv Mrs. G. Newsome and"Mrs. Cowan 10 10 0 Further sum collected by Frank Ross, Tirau. £9 0s 4d; proceeds concert held at Rangatatia, £7 0s 6d; proceeds social he.d at Karamea, Westport, £5 12s; further contribution from Rotorua per Relief Guild. £5; Friend, £5; Chas. Cooper, £2; Geo. Heslop, £1 2s; Miss Black, £1. The contribution from Rodney County includes the following: —J. H. Hudson. £23 17s 6d; A. J. Millar, £9 lis; V». J. Scholium, £2 17s; G. Civil, £1 2s 9d.

HERALD FUND OPENED.

DONATIONS INVITED APPEAL TO TOWN AND COUNTRY. A fund has been opened at the Herald Office to assist in the renewed effort being made for an Auckland contribution to the relief of distress in Belgium. The appeal has the dual purpose of ensuring a substantial contribution from the province towards the alleviation of the suffering caused in Belgium by the devastation of war and securing the fulfilment of the condition made by Mr. H. E. Partridge in offering the Lindauer collection as a gift to the city in the event of £10,000 being subscribed to the Belgian Fund. Both these objects should receive the practical assistance of residents in all parts of the province. The Herald Fund will facilitate the collection of subscriptions, large or small, from both city and province, and particularly from the more remote districts. Donation!! may be sent by mail to the Herald Office, Auckland, or paid at the office, where a list will be found. All subscriptions to the Herald Fund will be acknowledged in the columns of the Herald. The proceeds of the fund will be paid from time to time into the general fund for Belgian relief and for securing the Lindauer collection for the city. the following subscription has been received — Wilson and Hortdn ... £100

OAMARU'S EASTER FETE.

SUM OF £6500 FOR FUND.

IBY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATIONS

Oakarij, Monday.

For several years Oaraaru has held a garden fete on Easter Monday, the proceeds going towards town improvements, etc. It was decided this year that the Belgian Fund should benefit, and a queen of the carnival competition was arranged. The net result of to-day's remarkably successful fete is not yet known, but at least £6500 will be available for the Belgian Fund, and this will bring the district's contribution up to over £11,000.