PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5482, 2 May 1917, Page 2

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

TE AROHA AND DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION NEARLY £B,OOO SINGE AUGUST’ 1914 TE AROHA "PATRIOTIC SOCIETY’S STATEMENT The total funds collected in Te Aroha and district since the com mencement of the war to March 31st, 1917, is £7998 4s 7d, of which £5997 14s lOd was from collections and donations, and £2OOO 9s 9d from sales, carnivals, fetes, etc distributed over the various funds as follows ■

£ 8 d Liverpool Faud 314 7 0 Empire Defence Fund 50 0 0 Hospital Ship Fund 400 0 0 Wounded Soldiers’Fund 5550 12 0 Red Cross Fund 326 16 6 Y.M.C.A. War Fund 67 0 0 Belgian Relief Fund 549 5 4 Serbian Relief Fund 27 3 7 North Sea Relief Fund 449 16 5 Local Patriotic Fund 263 3 9 £7,998 4 7 DISBURSEMENTS £ 8 a Transferred to Auckland Patriotic Association 5876 8 8 Forwarded through Government 360 5 6 Transferred to other Societies for transmission 1166 2 0 General Expenses (postage, printing and adverti log) 26 9 7 Special items of Expenditure (local) 249 19 5 Cash in Bank 318 19 5 £7998 4 7