THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2399, 22 February 1900, Page 50

THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

oTHE GENERAL TREASURER'S LIST. Port Chalmers collection. — Per Mr F. "W. Platts, lion, secretary .. 300 0 0 Waikouaiti collection. — Per Rev. ! W. J. Lucas 180 7 9 Tapanui Collection (per Mr W. | Sinclair) 125 9 0 Cromwell contribution 123 1 6 Clyde Collections (in addition to sum received direct from ]\lr and Mrs R. Gilkison, which brings it over ilOOl 78 19 7 Outram collection — Per Mr John i Grant, hon. secretary 72 13 0 Hampden Collection (per Mr Wm. Nicolson, mayor) 59 3 9 St. Bathan's Committee, per Mr John Eagle: Blackstone Hill station, M 16s 6d ; C. G-. Dal- | gety, £5 ss ; odd sums collected at meeting oy January' 19, £8 4s; W. Pyle, £3 3s; J. Thur- : low, J. Eagle, A. Y. King, T. Wilkinson, J. Gray, W. Thurlow, N. Nicholson, £1 each ; W. M'Connochie, W. Burnett, J. Ewing, T. Kemnan, £1 each ; M. Fohey, 12s 6d; J. C. Ward, 10a 6d; P. Toomey, F. Eagle, W. L,ead,er, T. Webb, W. H. Brown, "10s each ; R. Matheson, P. Or. Chlmour, T. Moig-.m, E. Morgan, E. Dance, 11. Clark, P. Caddel, 5s each; J. O'Hara, P. Sexton, H. Maxwell, W. Pyle, C Pyle, R. Pyle, F Pyle, G. A.. Burnett, C. A. Burnett, W. L. Burnett, P. O'Connor, J. Hoplin, P. M'Caffroy, 2s 6d each. Totnl 37 17 0 Wsikaia Collection (m addition to £17 sent tlr.-ough the Pcemiei) . . 37 5 6 Sympathisers with Widows and Orphans 30 0 0 Waipori, per Mr T. W. Knight (as per accompanying list) 25 0 0 W. H. Buller, Christchurch . . .. 5 0 0 Loyal Hand and Heart LoJge .. .. 4 0 0 Further from /hst Floral Fete, t;er Mr C. LI. Smith 118 10 Collected from clients of Sandymount Creamery by Mr John Riddell — D. Guun, R. Roger, J. Taylor, D. Taylor, 10s each; H. Skerrat, ss; H. Hughes, 4s; J. Crighton and W. Townly, 2s 6d each ; D. Arnol, 2s 216 0 Balance aexuatic sports, per Mr J. White 170 Collected at City Hotel by Miss Hvitton 18 1 Thomas M'Cracken 110 Opcho Baptist Sunday School . . 0 7 3 DAILY TIMES LIST. Per Mr James M'Kay, treasurer of the Blue Spur Committee: Loyal Blue Spiir Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., £15; Mr Duncan Beaton, £2 2s; Messrs James M'Xay and Isaac M'Failane, £1 Is each; Messrs John M'Hattie and S. Johnston, £1 each; collected by Miss J. Beaton, 17s 7d; Messrs Albert Swanwick, Harry Ledlie, John Dawson, James Ramsay, Thomas Cousins, R. M. LedHe, John Uien, Ephrairn Varcoe, E. Mills, and A. W. Tyndall, 10s each ; Messrs M. Ghvan, Robeit Gray, and William Goldsmith, 7s 6d each ; collected by Miss J. Beaton, 5s 6d ; Messrs John Roche, jun., A. B. Henderson, J. Brosnan, M. M'Coimaek, D. Munay, C. Matthews, George Dunnett, G. Ral&ton, John Murray, Arthur Hill, John Christie, sen., L. Pope, W. Thomas, sen., Matthew Coxon, James Evans, John Couper, John Murray, R. Coxon, R. Webb, S. M'Kay, Swanwick, S. J. Varcoe, Silas Hore, William M'Neilly, T. M'Neilly, T. J. Miles, ran., T. Kitto, William Hore, H. J3. Tucker, James A. M'Neilly, J. Christie, jun., John Girvan, William Dawson, R. Hancock, John Hancock, David M'Neilly, jun., Edwin Varcoe, and Mrs W. Hancock, 5s each ; Messrs David Farquharson, William Pagamni, and John Roche, sen., 3s 6d each; Mr D. Tucker, 3s; Messrs Jas. Cain, Walter Cook, William Rat- , tray, H. M'Keown, Alexander Hill, T. Sally, W. Avery, A. Campbell, S. Weatherall, W. Mitchell, A. Boyes, sen., J. Milburn, James M'Donald, J. M'Donald, W. M. Hore, John M'Cormack, Fred Siimmers, Albert Summers, and Jane H. Beaton, 2s 6d each ; Messrs R. Christie, B. M'Donald, and Geo. Summers, 2s each. Total . . 41 6 7 Collected at Pukerau u?er Mr Joseph Harrison) : Mr Joseph Harrison, £1 10s; Mr Thomas Herion, £1 Is; Mr James Ciaigie, 10s. Per Mr R. Coker: Mr D. Murray, £2 2s; Messrs T H. Meeking, D. Cunmagham and Joseph Pullar, £1 Is each; Messrs R. Coker, John Norton, Robert Smith, David Porter, R. Lindsay, John Crawford, William Eadie, and Sympathiser, £1 each ; Mr J. W. Mail, 15s; Messrs M. Masterton, James Milne, and Robert Wilson, 10s each ; Messrs E. E. Orchard, G. Gray, P. O'Hagan, R. J. Potter, and Wm. * Frame, 5s each. Total 19 16 0 A few grain trade employees . . . . 2 0 0 Collection at Presbyterian service at Upper Junction 0 15 1 The United Grand Lodge of England, at the December communication, voted 1000 guineas in aid of the Transvaal war fund. — Australasian Keystone. The following is the Waipori list in detail : — F. W. Knight (£1 per month as long as war lasts, first and second instalment), £2; J. W. C. Walker, £1 ; Wm. Caudwell, £1 ; Well-wisher, £1 Is; R.. Cotton, £1; S. B. Carpenter, £1 ; W. Hanley, £1; Wm. Redpath, £1; T. J. Jefl'eison, £1 ; J. G. Donaldson, 10s 6d ; A. Bauer, 10s 6d ; W. E. C, 10s 6d; Wm. "Wilson, £1 Is; Ben Bertenshaw, 10s; F. Johnson, 10s; Jas. Macandrew, 10s; M. W. Whelan, 10s; George M'Cluskey, 10s; John Crowley, 10s; W. E. Potts, 10s ; Wm. Pope, 10s ; Wm. Knight, 10s ; A. Knight, 10s; G. R. Herriot, 10s; Chas. Trousdell, 10s; A. W. Brunton, 8s; Alex. Kirkwooct, 8s; John Wallace, 6s; Another Friend, ss ; James Gare, ss ; John Gare, ss; Wm. M'Donald, ss; H. Fraser, ss ; Wm. Foubister, ss ; C. Whatson, ss; G. Bertenshaw, ss; H. Blackmore, ss; T. Ryan, ss ; Jas. Drew, ss ; J. Slater, ss ; 1 Joha Berlenßhjiw, ssj Wm, Tuiuei - t sa ; W. JR.

Lomas, ss; R. "Watt, ss; Friend, 4s; Win. Rtordan, 2s 6d; H. Booth, 2s 6d ; W. Lorigan, I 2s 6d; H. Hill, 2s 6d; E. Hughes, 2s 6d; J. j Nicholson, 2s 6d, Wm. Baptist, 2s 6d; John 1 Wilson, Is; J. Nicholson, jun., Is; D. Rowe, I Is;— total, £25. Colonel Trotter, commanding the Stirling troops, in acknowledging the receipt of £50 collected among the Highlanders of Dmiedin, and sent through the Bank of New Zealand to the Provost of Stirling for the Argyll and Sutherland War Fund, writes: — "While asking you to express to your subscribers our very grateful thanks for their handsome donation, > will you at the same time convey to them what I know will be the extreme satisfaction of the | regiment when they hear how friends so for away have sent such a substantial token of the | interest they take in the Argyll and Sutherland. Highlanders. The sum our Dunedin friends have so kindly sent shall be apportioned as | they desire, and they may rest assured that the recipients of their bounty will appreciate as much as I do the kindly feeling which has prompted the gift. I am forwarding this letter j to you through Provost Forrest, who wishes to associate himself with me in expressing his ; thanks to our well-wishers in New Zealand. '