FIGHTER FUND NEARS £15,000

Southland Times, Issue 24210, 21 August 1940, Page 6

FIGHTER FUND NEARS £15,000

Splendid Response Of Times Readers

CHEQUE FOR £3661 HANDED OVER

A cheque for £3660/19/2, representing donations received by the editor of The Southland Times during the last five weeks, was handed to the patriotic treasurer (Mr W. F. Sturman) yesterday for the Southland Fighter Aeroplane Fund. Readers of The Southland Times are thanked for their splendid response to the paper’s appeal on behalf of the fund. Further subscriptions are acknowledged today, and the editor will be pleased to continue receiving donations until the objective of £21,000 is realized.

Yesterday was an exceptionally good day for the fund, nc less than £726 being subscribed through the provincial treasurer, The Southland Times and the Eastern District Fund. Among the donations were many amounts from country patriotic committees, including a sum of £254 which was the extremely good result of a “Bring-and-Buy fair at Otautau. The total in hand is now £14,913. , , J . The position of the three funds is as

FURTHER WOOL ORDERS The Fighter Aeroplane Committee acknowledges receipt of wool bonus orders from the following: J. G. King (Winton), D. M. MacGregor, C. T. Small, L. B. McKenzie, A. W. McLean, A. B. McLeod, C. R. Bailey, W. L. Hubber, Ayton Bros., C. Wilson, T. H. Pope, J. Hall. W. T. Lightfoot, estate of the late D. McLean, T. Wilson, sen., and W. Philpott.* The total received from wool bonus orders is now £993/11/4. The Otatara Patriotic Committee has raised £l2/11/6 for the fund. Among yesterday’s gifts of old gold was a wedding ring from Mrs H. R. Perriam (Wrights Bush). Old gold contributed in the last few weeks has i alized £22. A special sale of all kinds of goods and produce donated to the fund will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon by William Todd and Company. Contributions for the fund may be sent to the provincial patriotic treasurer, the town clerk (Invercargill), or to the editor of The Southland Times. To avoid confusion, all subscriptions should be plainly marked “Southland Fighter Aeroplane Fund.” SOUTHLAND TIMES FUND The following subscriptions were received at The Southland Times office yesterday: £ s d

OTHER DONATIONS The following additional donations have been received by the provincial patriotic treasurer and by the committee:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT WINTON Additional donations to the Southland Fighter Plane Fund are acknowledged by the Winton Patriotic As-

EASTERN SOUTHLAND LIST The following additional contributions to the Southland Fighter Plane Fund have been received by the secretary of the Gore Returned Soldiers’ Association (Mr G. L. Gerken):— £ s d

INDICATOR ERECTED With the indicator close to the £15,000 mark, a large sign, like a thermometer, has been erected on the veranda in front of the Public Library. By this means the public will be kept informed of the steady rise in the Southland Fighter Plane Fund, the objective of which is £21,000, the cost in New Zealand currency of two fighters for Britain. At the head and foot of the indicator are paintings of aeroplanes and anti-aircraft guns. It was built by students of the South-

land Technical College, under the direction of Mr R.-H. Parker, and materials were supplied free of charge by Smith and Smith, Ltd. (paint), John Edmond, Ltd. (nails and bolts) and Georgeson Bros. (timber). It was erected by Wilson Bros, and carted from the college by the New Zealand Express Company, both firms giving their services free. Permission to place the indicator in its present position was given by the Invercargill City Council and Mr W. Aitchison.

follows: — Total Increase Raised Yesterday £ £ Provincial Fund 9918 647 Southland Times Fund 3711 51 Eastern District Fund 1284 28 14,913 726

ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED 3660 19 2 Donald Robertson (Wairio) 1 0 0 Morton Mains branch W.D.F.U. 3 4 0 Wrights Bush Bachelors’ Ball 1 0 0 Estate late Alex. McCaughan (Garston) ' 15 0 0 Southland Technical College pupils 6 14 6 Mr and Mrs A. S. Froggatt 10 0 0 Mrs J. E. Cockburn (Queenstown) 10 0 0 E. Gaskett (Queenstown) 1 0 0 J. A. Reid (Queenstown) 1 0 0 B. Bradley (Queenstown) 1 0 0 ‘'Pensioner" (Queenstown) 1 0 u TOTAL TO DATE 3711 17 8

£ s d ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED 9271 0 9 Mrs D. A. O'Brien and family (Sunnyside) 8 0 0 Proceeds sale of old gold 22 0 0 Rimu Patriotic Committee 4 19 10 Athol School 2 13 0 Fairfax Patriotic Committee GO 0 0 Wyndham Patriotic Committee 21 13 6 Invercargill Metropolitan Committee 28 8 6 McEwan Brothers 10 0 0 Isla Bank Patriotic Committee 17 3 6 Southland Boys' High School pupils 17 0 0. Bluff Nursing Division 15 4 4 Five Rivers Patriotic Committee— W.D.F.U. 1 11 6 Young Farmers’ Club 4 4 0 Patriotic Committee 61 5 1 Patriotic Committee 2 18 0 Patriotic Committee 14 2 6 A. L. Drummond 5 0 0 Archie Drummond 1 0 0 A. G. Muir 1 0 0 T. Malone 0 5 0 Rex Charlcson 5 0 0 Anonymous 13 0 0 Masters J. and T. Malone 0 10 0 Mrs G. Campbell 6 10 0 Otautau Patriotic Committee— G. A. Manson 1 1 0 J. C. Kane (Scotts Gap) 0 10 0 James Potts (Scotts Gap) 0 10 0 Scotts Gap W.D.F.U. 1 10 0 Scotts Gap army pay 3 6 6 Anonymous (Scotts Gap) 5 0 0 Otautau Town Board 10 10 0 "Bring-and-buy” fair 253 16 10 Brownridge and Thomson (Orepuki). sale firewood 1 □ 0 Mrs W. Henderson (Forest Hill) 5 0 0 Miss J. Pack 2 0 0 H. J. Blackmore (sale fat cow) 11 17 6 Balance wool orders 26 7 9 TOTAL TO DATE 9917 4 1

sociation as follows:— £ s d PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED 300 10 0 Mrs D. King 2 0 0 "Wings Over The Navy” 5 0 0 Mr Torbet 5 0 0 Miss M. McKenzie 1 0 0 Winton Borough Council 5 0 0 TOTAL 318 10 0

ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED 1127 4 9 W. B. Whyte (Otama) 8 0 0 N. C. Yeoman (Gore) 0 5 0 A. Atkins 2 0 0 •’Anonymous” 18 3 2 TOTAL 1155 12 11 MATAURA TOTAL 128 12 0 DISTRICT TOTAL 1284 4 11