THE BOER WAR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11643, 29 January 1900, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

THE PATRIOTIC FUND. THE GENERAL TREASURER'S LIST. Proceeds smoke concert (New Zealand Bowling Association) .. ..£ GOO Additional from floral fete .... 015 0 t. ■ , JE 615 0 Previously acknowledged .. .. £GOOI 4 9 £6007 19 D THE FLORAL FETE. The committee in. charge of'the floral fete desire to record that the undermentioned prizetakers at the fete returned their prize money as donations to the fund: Mrs A. Smith, £2; Union Steam Shin Company, £1; Miss JT&oUar, £1; Mr Norman Bell £1; Miss Patrick, £1; D.1.C., £1; Mr R. Chisholrn £1; Dr Stephenson, £1; Miss Logan, £1; Mrs Hoskmg's cycle team, 16s; Miss Denniston s cycle team, 15s; Miss Gray, 10s; Mvs Mount, ss; Mrs Brittain, ,5s ; Miss Hall, 5s ■ ■Miss Mackerras, ss; Miss Glendiniug, 5s ■ Miss Martin, ss; Miss Mitchell, ss; Miss Rattray ss; Miss Fotheringham, ss;—total. £14 ss. ' DAILY TIMES LIST. Mrs F. R. Manning ... £110 William Tully, Mararoa 0 5 0 G. Smail -t 05 0 Previously acknowledged .. ~, .. 543 1 1 £514 12 1 THE PORT CHALMERS FUND. The treasurer of the patriotic fund at Port Chalmers (Mr W. Hunter) acknowledges tho following subscriptions since the last rnestin°of tho local committee:— ° U.S.S. Company's employees (Port)— First instalment .. jgio i& 0 necond instalment .. .-.; .. .. 715 0 Third instalment 4 12 6 Fourth instalment (Mr A. Innes £1) 4 8 0 Proceeds send off second contingent (per Mr D. Marr) .. .. .. .. 710 0 Port Chalmers Band 'c 6 0 Shipwrights' Society of Otago (per .Mr J._ M'Pherson, secretary) .. .. 05 0 0 Otago Dock Trust list (Captain Watson, Messrs A. Thomson and J. Smail, £1 each) 5 8 6 Employees Michaelis, Hallenstein and Co., Sawyers' Bay (Mr J. Clchorn, £1 Is) r ° 516 G Railway department (Captain Lloyd, £1) 263 Limelight entertainment .. .."'..'• 3 1 7 Loyal Prince of Wales Lodge of Oddfellows .. g 0 0 Employees Gardner and Co. .'." .".' 413 0 •h-myloyees Morgan, Cable, and Co (third instalment) ' 2 18 0 The Shipwrights' Society is to be congratulated on its handsome donation, and the regular periodical contributions of tho U.S S Company and Messrs Morgan and Cable's employees are highly creditable. Tho general meeting of the committee will be hold in the mayor's room to-night (Monday) at 8 o clock. ' CONCERT AT HYDE. A concert in aid of the patriotic fund was held 111 Mr Harrington's hall on Friday evenTiT'i T " (vvntes a corespondent) was failed, by a very enthusiastic audience. Mr Harrington had lent the building for the occasion, and it had been tastefully decorated with flags and banners, the red, white, and blue, predominating everywhere. Mr 1> Kinney occupied the chair. Apologies were read from the Rev. Father Lynch and the Rev. Mr Jamieson. Items were contributed by Messrs _bremner, Foweraker, Moore, Dickison, Gray W. H. Reade, LaHkins, and Prothero Mrs C C.. Trotter, Mrs Gray, Miss Mathewson, Miss upward, Master Agnew, a.nd the school children. During the reading of ■■" The absentminded beggar,' the hat was passed round, resulting in a collection of over £3. Hie concert closed with tho singing of the .National Anthem. | The subscription list was passed round, and | the Chairman announced that the total collected so far from all sources was over £32. Ilie ladies, under the'energetic leadership of Miss Williams, had undertaken the organisation of the concert and provided the re- I freshments, and carried everything out in' a ' stylo that could not have been improved upon. | Votes of thanks were passed to all who had assisted: Mr Harrington for the use of hall, Mrs jUeatty (use of piano), Church Committee (use of organ). The Auckland Working Men's Club voted I i/50 to the patriotic fund. "A Southland Farmer" has a stirring appeal to fellow-farmers to contribute to the ! patriotic fund, iv the Southland Times. Tho arguments are quite as applicable to Otago ; farmers. Tho writer points out that last season the oat market opened at Is per bushel. ' Afterwards they rose to Is 2d, and stood'at that till war rumours got about. They then worked up until to-day, A grade are worth 2s per bushel at country stations. The incoming , season will open with a bare market, and all good samples will sell readily at 2s. Kruger is responsible for this. If Kruger had kept quiet oats would have been worth Is 2d, which I means a gain of 8d and lOd per bushel to the : fortunate farmer that still held part of his Mtß; and for all oat-growing farmers a similarly enhanced value of their incoming crop. Now getting this extra 3d or lOd leaves the farmer in a good position, as far as his oat- I growing is concerned.. Seeing that ..the farmers in this end of the colony are the greatest gainers by the war, let them dip' deep in iheir pockets and give some of (heir extra oat [irofits. They will never miss a couple of guineas. It only means 8d per bushol on j )3 bushels of bats, and there are not many I iarmers who have not at least 10 times that j uuount to sell. After quoting a stanza from ' 'The absent-minded beggar," the writer irgos farmers to come along with their peck 1 if oatmeal. Great Britain's loss is the far- j ners' gain, so tho latter are urged to pay up ; wd look pleasant.