HORSES FOR THE TRANSVAAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11659, 16 February 1900, Page 5

HORSES FOR THE TRANSVAAL.

REMOUNTS FOR THE CONTINGENT. ' THE DAILY TIMES FUND. Previously acknowledged jC2G7 6 2 Steele-Payne Bellringers (cdntributions thrown on stage while Mr Rivers sang " The Absent-minded Beggar " at Bannockburn, Blacks, St. Bathans, Naseby, and Middlemarch) 10 7 0 Collected in a railway carriage from some of those attending the' grocers' picnic 110 Collected by Mr W. Pyle, Times agent at St. Bathans: Mr W. Pyle, 21s; Messrs John Eagle, Tlios. Wilkinson, Jas. Towers, F. J. C. Ward, and Gibson Gilmore, 2a Gd. each; Mr Joseph Gray, 2s; Messrs Win. Hanger, G. A. Francis, A. M. M. Baron, R. Clarke, J. ' M'Knight, J. . Wotherspoon, S. Holding, H. Brown, Philip Keddell, and W. H. Brown, Is each ;— total « 8 6 G Collected by Mr A. E. Farquhar, Times Agent, Stirling: Mr Jas. Raitt, 10s; Mcsars A. H. Anderson, D. M'Kissock, H. T. Andrews, Robt. Ford, Geo. Anderson, Gco. Harvey, jun., John D. Willooks,' Robt. Hawker, Win. Renton, and John Henderson, 2.S each; Messrs P. Boyd, Jas. Aitken, Thomas Boyd, E. Boyd, John Shepherd, and Thomas Parker, la each;—total 116 0 Collected by Messrs M'William Bros.,' Times Agents at Wiiiton: Mr John Ferguson (Harrington),, sa; A Friend (Winton), Is;—total .. 0 6 0 In their) tour through the goldfields the Steele-Payne Bellringers haw' been very successful in collecting for the More Horse Fund after the singing by Mr Rivers-of " The Absentminded Beggar" at each concert, and we acknowledge receipt this morning of another £10 7s. Of this £3 16s was collected at Bannockburn, Blacks, and St. Bathans, £4 5s at Naseby, and .62 6s at Middleman*. The best record was made at Alexandra, where £7 lla was collected. By a prior arrangement with the local committee this sum was handed over to tho local contingent fund.