MOTOR LAUNCH FATALITY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 938, 12 February 1917, Page 8

MOTOR LAUNCH FATALITY.

BENEFIT FUND. The houso-to-house collection in aid of the benefit fund for the widows and families of the late Mr P. Fluety and Mr C. Heard, who were drowned in the recent motor-launch fatality, took plaee yesterday, when every house in Sumner and Rcdcliffs was visited. The borough was divided into seventeen separate blocks, and two collectors were appointed to each. That the collectors met with ready response is shown by the fact that the collections totalled £309. The following were the collectors and the amounts obtained —Eedcliffs; McCormack's Bay to cutting, Messrs B. Riley and J. Middleton, £l3 10/-; Estuary road and Beach Street, Messrs G. Hinds and A. Senior, £9; Main Road and Celia Street to Beach Street, Messrs C. Bishop and S. Gibbs, £4 10/-; William, James, and Slater Streets, Messrs H. Yates and T. Hunter, £6 10/-; Augusta Street and Main Road to Fire Station, Messrs W. D. Kirkpatrick and S. Stanley, £11; Beach Street to Simpson's, Messrs W. S. Mitchell and F. Cotton, £8; Monck's Spur, Messrs G. H. Woods and F. Drayton, £2l; Pratt Street and Bay View Road, Messrs G. Moon and L. Treleaven, £5 10/-; to the west face of Clifton, Messrs R. Piercy and J. Gibbs, £B. Total, £92. Sumner: South of Colenso Street, Messrs W. J. Lawson and J. Powe, £22 10/-, including a ton of coal; east of Euston Street, Messrs T. 11. Whitfield and E. L.'H. Brown, £47; east of Hardwieke Street, Messrs H. C. Jamieson and G. F. Allen, £23; east of Stoke Street, Messrs C. Benjamin and Robinson, £32; east of Wakefield avenue, Messrs H. Buttle and H. N. Buttle, £23 15/-; west of Wakefield avenue, £10; Richmond Hill, Mr G. Blazey, £l3 5/-; Clifton, Messrs J. B. Laurenson and 11. F. Roberts, £22. Total of band collection £23. Total, £193 10/-. The late Mr Fluety was bandmaster of the Sumner Band, and the Sumner Band, assisted by several members from Perry's and Woolston Bands, played a programme on the Sumner rotunda yesterday afternoon, when a collection was taken up in aid of the fund for Mis Fluety and family. Mrs Fluety has been left with four very young children, the oldest being only 10 years of age. She has no resources whatever. Mrs Fluety's father is Superintendent Carter, whose wife died some years ago, leaving him with eight young children. Mrs Fluety is the eldest of his family, and two of her brothers are at the war. The caso is one that should appeal to the generosity of the public, and the promoters of the movement hope that a liberal response will be made. Subscriptions will bo received at the Sun office.