FLOW OF DONATIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20800, 17 February 1931, Page 11

FLOW OF DONATIONS.

HERALD RELIEF FUND.

TOTAL NOW OVER £IO,OOO. HOSPITAL NURSES' GIFT. Numerous generous donations are still being made to the Herald and Auckland Weekly News earthquake relief fund, which now totals £10,432 3s 6d. Contributions received yesterday included £43 10s from the nursing staff of the Auckland Hospital. Payments totalling £IO,OOO have been paid from the fund into the Bank of New Zealand.

Contributions received yesterday were as follows:

£ s d Amount already acknowledged . 10,106 2 7 Guests and members of staff of Geyser House Hotel. Wairakei 53 7 4 Nursing staff of Auckland Hospital . . . . . . 43 10 0 Mr and Mrs. A. J. Johns . . '25 0 0 Estate VT. Morgan . . . . 25 0 0 St David's Church, "YViri . . 21 0 0 I) Caley, Cambridge . . . . 16 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. A. Clark .. .. 1010 0 Shearer. Prothero and Shearer . 10 0 0 D.E.F. 10 o 0 All Saints' Church, Birkenhead 9 4 0 £5 ss.—J. H. "Watson.

£5 Each.—Chan. A. Tornant, Mrs. E. M. Schmidt, Anon, Brother X., H. G. SethSruith, "W.A.L., Newton Congregational Church; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cory-Wright, Church of England, Rocky Bay (third donation), £4 <l6s 6d; New Zealand Towel Supply and Laundry, Ltd.. staff, £3 6s 6d. £3 3s Each.—Mr. and Mrs. Dryden, F.N., Epsom; E. C. Baldock, £3 0s 6d,

£3.—J.B.Y. £2 3s.—Somervell Presbyterian Sunday School. £2 Each.—Wm. S.. Farm Hand, M.E.J., A.A.

Oneroa Social Club. £1 sb; Chocolate, Grey Lynn, £1 Is 6d. £1 Is Each.—Ruth, Spencer, K. R. Spencer, D. Annaboldi.

£1 Each.—J. Lockhead, M.N., P.L., M. Farrell, W.S., A.S., M.G.C., J.H., W.E.D., B. Jones, A.E.J., Mrß. Annie Derrick, A.G.8., E, Simpson. Friend, 12s; Native School, * Oruanui (second donation), lis; Devonport Anglican Church. 10s 6d. 10s each: F. Davis, De Profundis, L.G.N., J. 8., a Friend, A. and K., Sympathiser, X. 7a 6d each: G.E.8., "No races this year." 5s each: Sympathiser, M.J. P. 8., 2s 6d; Shirley, John and Graeme, Is 7d. Total to date, £10,432 3s 6d.

THE MAYOR'S FUND.

FURTHER DONATIONS.

TOTAL TO DATE £15,195

Further large contributions were made to the Mayor of Auckland's earthquake relief fund yesterday,' and when the Town Hall offices closed at 4,30 p.m. the total in hand bad reached £15,195. A donation of £2OO has been made by the Waitemata Electric-Power Board. A request that the money should be used for the immediate relief of the/ sufferers was contained in a motion authorising the donation. Following are details of contributions made yesterday:— , £ b d Previously acknowledged . . 14,617 11 2 Auckland Gas Company, Ltd. .. 100 0 0 Alex. Harvey and Sons, Ltd. . . 100 0 0 Employees Moerewa branch of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co., Ltd 31 10 0 CJevedon Presbyterian Church .' 29 2 0 Management, factory, office and rounds staffs of the Auckland Milk Co., Ltd. . . . . 27 11 0 Staffs of Hutchinson, . Bros., Ltd., and Hutchinson (Wholesale), Ltd 24 4 0 L. J. Keys, Ltd. . .. .. 21 0 0 Charles J. Shaw . . 21 0 0 Howick Presbyterian Church. .. 14 3 4 Managers and staff, Bank of New South Wales . . .. 13 4 0 Staff of Hardley'a. Ltd. 12 13 6 Staff of Alfred Buckland and Son, Ltd. (additional instalment) . . . . . . 10 11 0 Auckland Creditmen's Club .. 10 10 0 A. Kohn, Ltd. .... .. 10 10 0 Auckland Gas Company's Clerical Union of Workers .. 10 10 0 Mrs. and Miss Wilkins '■ 10 0 0 "Knox Presbyterian Church, £8 7a 3d; pupils Epsom Girls' Grammar School (second instalment), £8 3s 7.d; Selwyn Church, Mangere East, £7 Is; staff* of Warnock Bros.. Ltd., £7; employees of A. Cleave and Co.. Ltd., £6- 16s 6d; Ardmore .Presbyterian Church, £6 12s; Church of the Holy Sepulchre. £6 Is 3d. £5 5s Each.—Cecil P. Gavegan and Smith and Brown, Ltd. £5 Each.—W. J. Boylan, Colonial Rubber and Import Company. K.E.A., James Hargreaves, Hallyburton-Johnstone Croquet Club (£4 5s 8d). staff of Charles Haines Advertising Agency, Ltd. (£4 6s). Auckland Basketball Association, J. Ivess, T. A. Ward and Co., Mrs. iE. G. Ford, Ness Valley Presbyterian Church (£4 6s). St. Paul's'-by-the-Sea, Milford (second instalment). £3 3s; staff of Smith and Brown, Ltd., £2 6s 3d; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brown, £2 10s.

£2 2s Each.—"Strathnaver" and A. "W. Christmas.

E. L. McKinstry. £2; Mrs. P. A. Reloy, £1: E.M., JEI. 10s Each.—j.W.B. and R. N. Hooper. 5a Each.—L.E.W., Ltd., and M.R.S. Friend, 2s. , Total to dat<, £15,195 4s In acknowledging the Methodist Church section in the Mayor's Fund £l2 4s 9d was credited to the Papakura Circuit. This amount was collected by the Wiri, not the 'Papakura Church. . ,

' ASSISTANCE BY POLICE.

COLLECTION IN AUCKLAND.

A contribution from the police at Auckland toward the earthquake relief fund has been sanctioned by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. G. Wohlmann. At a meeting last week representatives of the uniform and detective branches agreed to contribute a day's pay #nd a collection is now being made.