HERALD WAR FUND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16030, 23 September 1915, Page 9

HERALD WAR FUND.

WOUNDED AND DEPENDANTS

APPEAL TO AUCKLANDERS.

.The renewed activity of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association is meeting .with a response which shows the deep sympathy of the public for the thousands who arc suffering through their devotion to duty or from the loss or disablements breadwinners. ' All contributions to the Herald Hospital Ship and Wounded Soldiers' Relief Fund are paid over to the association after acknowledgment in these columns, the purposes of the funds being identical. Those to whom the Herald fund offers a convenient means of contributing to an object which must appeal to every patriotic man. woman, and child are urged to remember the needs of our constantly increasing wounded and their dependants, and to give promptly and liberally. Money can be paid in at the Herald Office, Queen Street, or may be sent by mail to the Jlerald, Auckland.

Recognising the growing needs of our wounded and their dependants, Messrs. Wilson and Horton have subscribed the additional sum of £1000 to the Herald Hospital Ship and Wounded Soldiers' Relief Fund, making, with two previous donations, the sum of £2500 from the Herald proprietary to the objects of the War Relief Association. The total of this fund to date is £15,227 14s sd. Subscriptions not previously acknowledged are :— £ s. d. Messrs. Wilson and Horton (third cl jnation ; making, with previous donations, £2500) . ... 1000 0 0 Geo. Plummer 10 0 0 Proceeds of auction sales. per A. Buckland and Sons, as per list ... 8 3 6 Mercer School Committee,, second instalment ... 5 4 9 L. G. Owen, Epsom ... 5 0 0 Symp-ithiser, Remuera ... 5 0 0 R. Hall 3 0 0 G.W 3 0 0 J. M. Reid, Pukenui .... 2 0 0 Wm. Robinson, Tauianga... 116 G.L 10 0 Andrew Thomson 0 10 0 A.H.H 0 10 0 Subscriptions per H. V. Woolnough, Waiheke 0.7 6 A Woman 0 5 0 Proceeds of social, Kaihere 0 5 0 The details of the sales per A. Buckland and Sons are as follows — Brice Dalton, 1 dog, £4 8s 6d : R. S. Laud, 1 mare. £3 15s. THE MAYOR'S FUND. RECENT DONATIONS. TOTAL OF £39,463 RECEIVED.

The Mayor's Fund for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers now totals £39,463 16s. Included in recent donations is one of £1000 from Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Company. Another donation is one of £21 from Messrs. S. Vaile and Sons, Ltd. This is the first cheque received in connection with the gift to the city by Mr. C. R. Worsley of his picture, " Gape Foulwind," contingent upon £75 being subscribed to the fund. The list of recent donations received is as follows :— £ s. d. L. D. Nathan and Companv Ltd "... 1000. 0 0 Further contributions from Whanearei and district ... 78 3 b Worsley Picture, " Cape Foulwind" purchase, Samuel Vaile and Sons, Ltd. ... 21 0 0 Proceeds bazaar, School Girls' Guild, Turua, per Doris E. Heape 20 0 0 Result of "Two Evenings," Mrs. W. A. Beed, 24. Heme Bay Road, Auckland 10 1 1 Proceeds football match, Whan gateau, September 11, Oneroa v. Omaha, per W. F. Harper. Leigh, Omaha 6 4 3 Proceeds of dance, Bombay, per A. Best, hon. secretary Bombay Patriotic Com- . mittee 5 10 0 A " Friend," per L. D. Nathan and Company ." 5 0 0 Auckland Women's Relief Fund, per Mrs. Edger. Curran Street, Ponsanby 3 7 0 Proceeds All Nations' meeting and street collection, by Salvation Army, per Brigadier CaJmichael 2 16 6 Miss Flossie Devereaux, Patumahoe, Pukekohe 0 5 0

MOUNT ROSKILL AFFAIRS.

FINANCES OF THE BOARD. The last meeting of the Mount Roskill Road Board was presided oxer by Mr. T. £ Hayr, chairman, and there ■were also piesent: Messrs. J. Peet, J. H. Hopkins, O E. Taasley, G. Winstone, and H. Luke.

Considerable discussion took place on the state of the board's finance*. The treasurer's statement showed a debit balance of £1500, a liability taken oyer when the present members took office.

The chairman said it might be well for the whole board to review the position at once, especially as the board had that night received a demand for about £250 from the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, which it was unable to pay. The income for general purposes amounts to about £2000 a year. The board decided that the clerk should prepare a statement and continue to keep a record of the amount of money expended on each road in the district. It was further agreed that all the members should meet on the Mount Albert Road this morning at eight o'clock, near the Seddon Memorial, to inspect the present operations on that road, and to decide what measures, if any, should be adopted to husband their resources.

It was agreed that the necessary steps should be taken to obtain a loan of £3000 from the Government for water extension purposes. The chairman said the money had been promised by the Advances to Settlers Board at 4£ "per cent, interest. The security would be a special rate levied on the whole of the district of one-six-teenth of a penny in the £. A poll of ratepayers would be taken to sanction v the special rate as security before the work of water extension could be proceeded with. This will take place in a few weeks' time.