TRANSVAAL PATRIOTIC FUND.
MASS MEETING IN DUNEDIN TO-NIGHT. HANDSO ME DONATIONS PROMISED. Donedin, This day. Several handsome donations have been promised to the Transvaal patriotic fund, bub these will not be disclosed till to-night at a mass meeting, which is expected to be the largest and most enthusiastic! gathering ever held under cover in the colony. The Union Company head the list with £200, iudependent of the donations given by the Australian branches. Several firms, are giviDg fifty. . ••■■:- Chbistohuboh, This day. The Maoris at Kniapoi have decided to give horses to the contingent. The list will be headed by Sergeant Uru, of the : Jubilee contingent. A donation of £100 to the fund has' been - " given by Messrs Manning and Company. '. The children of the Opawa school, by their own vote, decided to forego the ' . annual picnic' and' hand oyor the. amount it would cost, about £20, to the fund. ' Great enthusiasm is shown in. the Ellesmere district, several capable young men ■ offering their services. John Grigs, of - Longbeach, has giveu £6D to the fond, and _ r J. Grigg, junr., gives horses. '
(Per Press Association.) * '..-'_ Wellington, This day. The Citizens Life Assurance Company of •- Australia hai offered an annuity of £1- per - -- week to the first member of the Australian ':,". ' or New Zealand contingents who wins the . Victoria Cross. The patriotio fund started ' to-day has increased to £905. Further ' . large subscriptions are :— Messrs" Bell, ' ' : Gully,- and Myers each ■ fifty guiniMS, . := with- more if required j and Messrs'.Veitch ; ••'; '.; aud - Allan - twenty-five guineas eaoh, .■ ■' ' Murray-Roberts £ll)5. . ■ s ' '■ Subscriptions are pouring in in. a mf,y never before seen in Wellington. Further large donations received are : Evening Post £100, Jacob Joseph £105, Briscpe and MaoNeil £100, Kirkcaldie and Stains £50, Wellesley Club £60. Chbistohubch, This day. The Kaiapoi Woollen Company has wired to the Government asking the acceptance as a donation of material for uniforms of 100 men for the second contingent. Ddnedin, This day. The Otago Education, Board have decided to inaugurate a New Zealand children's patriotic fund, and communicate with other Boards seeking co-operation. ' Napibb, This day... :. Subeoriptions are coming in freely for the relief fund, and over £500 has been, r,?; received. Mr R. D. D. MoLeanand Messrs VVenley and Lanauze donated £50 each. -. ' •■•■:'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8702, 22 December 1899, Page 2
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372TRANSVAAL PATRIOTIC FUND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8702, 22 December 1899, Page 2
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