HERALD HOSPITAL SHIP FUND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 8

HERALD HOSPITAL SHIP FUND.

FURTHER DONATIONS.

TOTAL OF £11,117 RECEIVED.

Further subscriptions amounting to £56 10s 6d have Jieen paid into the Herald Hospital Ship and Wounded Soldiers' Relief Fund. The total now stands at £11,117 5s 2d. The principal addition to the day's list is the total of £27 7s collected at Te Kauwhata, Rangiriri, Churchill, and Whangamarino. The latest donations are as under: —

The contributions to the Te Kauwhata, Kangiriri, Churchill, and Whangamarino list were as follow:— T. Bain, £3; J. B. Gerrand, J. Ward, £1 Is each; H. S. Hall, L. Hansen, H. Thompson, Chris. Jackson, W. Dawson, G. Gregory, G. Ingram, B. Mclndoe, P. S. Ferguson, £1 each; A. A. Ross, R. Pulham, F. W. Polwart, Well Wisher, M. Clephane, R. Kodda, Good Wisher, T. Kemp, 10s each;' M. O'Shea, 6s; F. L. Scott, D. Meggitt,. L. Storey, J. Haxton, S. Butler, J. Johnson, F. Bournewell, L. M. Angrove", P. Hansen, R. Ross, W. Cameron, E. Johnt son, C. Polwart, J. L. Polwart, Mrs. Haxton, G. Wisneskie, A. Hay, H. 'Kemp;; A. J. Selwood, Sympathiser, A. Lee, A. Walch, A. J. Bregman, A. Rosse, 5s each; 0.A.R., 4s; D. and M. Searle, A Friend, 3s each H. Waterhouse, K. Sweeney, L. Wade, A. Condon* B. Middloton, Mrs. Gerrand, sen., J.. Spijsbury, Mrs. Barnes, Friend, C. Williams, H. Howard, Enson Lomax, G.deThierrv, Miss Vincent, J. Spearing. 6. Kloss, J. Gibb, 2s 6d each; Mrs. T. Gerrand, H. Draker, 2s oach. , \ ' The Pukeatualist eoljected by M. Jemmett was as under:—W. Barrow, £1; R. McKee, Alex. Ferguson, F. Kurth,. W. Holmes, sen., 10s each. / THE MAYOR'S FUND. ADDITIONAL DONATIONS. TOTAL RECEIVED, 420,221. Subscriptions amounting to £119 6s 6d ■were received yesterday for the Mayor's fund for tho hospital ship and relief of wounded soldiers. The addition of this sum makes the total amount received to date £20,221 5s 4|d. The latest donations are as follows:— t .j ■ £ a. d.Proceeds of concert and sale of produce, etc., by residents of ~ Leigh ... ..; 68 12 6 New Zealand Shipowners' Federa- • *' tion, per T. Henderson ... 25'= 00, Onehunga Bowling Club, per L: R. George ... ... „ ... 14 0 0 Fortnightly contributions from Putaruru staff and yard employees of Totara Timber Co. 5.18 6 Mrs. Elizabeth Bowring, sale of her poems > 5 12 0 Proceeds dance held by people of Gamraans's Mill, Omanawa Falls, per.Martha M. Fenn ... 511 6 Mr. T. Packer, taken at peanut "* stall top of Pitt Street. ... 2 0 0 Arapohuo Hockey Club, per W. B. Frost ... ; ... 110 Arapohue Tennis Club, per W. » , B. Frost ..; ... ... ... ll 0 Morrinsville Nursing Division, v' ... further contribution .... v ... 0 10 0 .., .*•. v.

DOMINION'S FORCES.

EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTS. SELECTION OF v N.C.O.'S. v The non-commissioned officers drawn from the Auckland military '< district for the eighth reinforcement draft of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force will leave for Trentham on July 9. • The following have been selected for the Mounted Rifles:— j L. Basley, Manukau Road. T. T. Dale-Taylor, 476, Queen Street. V A. L. Ferguson, Penrose. F. J. Focte,, Grafton Road. The following have been selected- for the infantry: — W. R. Bamford, care, of Box 556, Auckland. C. G. Bell, St. Heliers Bay. A. G. P. Brookfield, St. Heliers Bay.' W. S. Colbeck, Market Road. J. C. Craig, Mountain Road. Ivan Dale-Taylor, care of Kaiapoi Woollen Company. ' IJ. McF. Elliff* Grange Road. ' C. R. Gribb/n, Calliope Road, Devonnort C. H. Jolly, care of Y.M.C.A. ! H. A. Marshall.Avo'ca House, Cleveland Rd. I C. Oxenham, Gladstone Road. F.'H. Ralph, Tauranga. J. C. Raine, Eden Terrace. ', . G. H. Schmidt, 133, Church St.', Onehunga. G. B. Sheridan, care of Methodist Theological College. P. A. Spufidle, care of Stewart and Johnston. T F. E Sutherland, Arthur Street. Onehunga W. H. Sullivan, 9, Williamson's Avenue J. R. Watt, Matata. -—' -L. , AUCKLAND LADY DEAD. MRS. A. C. PUROHAS. HER VALUABLE WORK IN EGYPT. Advice was received'in Auckland yesterday morning that Mrs. Purchas, wife of Dr. A. Challinor Purchas, died in Alexandria last Tuesday. Dr. Purchas joined the main body of the Expeditionary Force with the rank of major, and is senior medical officer attached to the Auckland Infantry Battalion. Mrs. Purchas left Auckland in' January, and since her arrival' in Egypt has been cc-operating with other New Zealanders in voluntarily assisting the authorities in various ways. The reception and care of the wounded soldiers returning from the scene of action have imposed very arduous duties on those working in the hospitals, and while assisting in this work Mrs. Purchas contracted typhoid fever, and this illness has terminated fatally. The cable advice states that she- was accorded a military funeral at Alexandria. i Mrs. Pur^ as was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Morse, of Parnell, and was born in Bursley, Gloucester coming to Now Zealand with her parents' She was married to Dr. Purchas in Auckland .1886 There are three sons, of whom the eldest is on active service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and has been wounded, while the others are in New Zealand. Mrs. Purchas 'took aprominent part in philanthropic arid kindred works in Auckland. "■ •

£ s. d. ' Te Kauwhata, Rangiriri, Chur- • J chill, and Whangamarino, by H. S. Hall , 27 7 0 Mrs. G. Easton ... , 6 6 0 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster, Tapu 3 3 0 H. D. Bedford, Te Kojvhai ... 3 3 0 Friend ... ... 3 0 0 W. Gardner, Waingaro ... 3 0 0 Pukeatua collections, per M. , j Jemmett, second instalment, ] ae per list ,.. 3 0 0 Sympathy ... . 2 0 0 Nauraai school children ... 1 15 6 John Cheyne, Matahuru .... 1 1 0 Devonport Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class 1' 0**0 Doreen, Averil, and Merle Cave, i Matamata 10 0 Further subscription. Paparoa settlers, per county clerk ... 0 10 0 A.H 0 5 0