FITZGERALD RELIEF FUND

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9694, 23 June 1917, Page 3

FITZGERALD RELIEF FUND

OVER £250 RAISED.

The movement instituted in Wellington to assist the bereaved widow and family of the late Mr Fitzgerald, the victim of the Roseneath fatality, is progressing apace. Keen co-opera-tion is being shown, and all arrangements are well in hand. The benefit concert to bo held on Tuesday evening next in the Town Hall will be under the patronage of the Mayor (Mr J. P. Luke, C.M.G.) and Mayoress. An account has been opened at the Union Bank by the Mayor, with Messrs W. E. Jackson and L. Tiugey as trustees for the moneys collected. The various clubs and societies that are so actively taking a part in the movement are advised that they may pay any money they have colleoted into the fund through the Mayor. The commercial travellers have subscribed £SO to the fund. As tickets for the benefit performance are at present being sold in the streets of the city, there will he no sale of art union tickets for the Crippled Soldiers’ Art Union to-day. Following is the list of subscriptions to date:—Already acknowledged, £2OO 10s; F. Nicoll, £1; Petone, £1 Is; James Mowat, 10s; Llewellyn Smith, £1 Is; James Steins, 10s; J. Ilott, Ltd., £3 3s; Joseph Joseph, £5; J. P. Luke, C.M.G., £1 Is; S. F. Wright, 10s 6d; William Weir, £2 3s; F. Meadowcroft, £3 3s; Lawrence and Hanson. Electrical Company, £1 Is; National Cash Register Company, £1 Is; W. 8.8., £1 Is; Office Appliance Company, Ltd., £1 Is; Anonymous, £1 Is; Miller and Ahoarn, £2 2s; Fraser Shortt, Ltd., £1 Is; A.8.C., £1; A.H.W., 10s (id; J. R. McKenzie, £1 la; H.F.8., £1; F.8.L., 10s; P. O. Watt, £1 Is; J. N. Wallace, £1 Is; A-P. (KhandalInh) £2; Leonard . .H. Tripp, £2 2s; L. Blundell, £2 2s; Girls of Government Printing Office, £2 2s; E.A.P., 10s; Mrs James Burns, £1 Is; Sympathy, £2 2s; Mrs Atkinson, £1 Is; “M,” IQs; McLean and Archibald, £3 3s; Mrs Hamilton ,Gilmer, £1; total, £350 IGs. A cheque for £1- Is was credited to Mr L. Blundell in error in yesterday’s list, and should have been credited to Mr E. A. Blundell.