HOME RELIEF FUND

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15447, 9 September 1914, Page 9

HOME RELIEF FUND

FOR THE POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN. IRELAND, AND BELGIUM. II s Worship the M:iyor of Timaru, requests ik to publish the follcw.'ng: Hi* objeo: of tills fund is t.~. provide rehoi for thn?c who are in need of iiJOt! as a result of the war. !»y sending voluntary contributions of m :noy. uu'r.t, produceand clothing from Now Zealand. i<> 1)-' apportioned in such mani iter as may be considered necessary, in assoeiat'on with the committee of th- Prime of Wales's Fund. Bratv-'hes of the Fund are being orI gan swl in various pans of the D--t tuition by tlie Executive Committee of . the Xeiv Zealand Sports Protection ; League. General Secretary—Mr R. W. Shallirrass. We!l : nut«:i. -SOUTH CANTERBURY BRANCH. ■j Chairman —Mr E. R. Guinness. Viee- | Chairman—Mr H. Huntor-Weston. ; lion. Treasurer—Mr J. Mating. Hon. Sttietary-rMr H. 11. Finer. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mess.s G. S. Cray. A. S. Elwortliy. P. A. El\wuthy. E. 11. Guinness. A. 11. Hop.'. If. Htmter-Wcsion. J. Mai ng. J. P. ; Murphy and 11. 11. Rhodes. GENERAL COMMITTEE. I TlMAßU.—Messrs G. 5. Crav. A. S. ; Elwortby. H. Eworthy. P. A. Elworthy. E. R- Guinness. J. Hutchison, I A. 11. Hop:-. H. Hunter-Westou, Archil clt-;>.\m Jacob. 11. Lewrv. J. Malng. J P Murphy, J. P. Newman. L. O'Cal- ■( fcghan. C. N. Orbo'u. R. U Orbeli, W. f Pr.tvt. E. 11. Reid. R. 11. Rhodes. F. r J. ltolieston. E. C. Studh 4me. T. fos- ) cheniaker. C. H. Tripp. B. H. Tr.pp. i and Dean Tubman. TEMUKA.—Messrs 11. H- Hat-hurst, (Mayor). W. F. Evans. D. Grant, TGunn'ou. GERALDINE-—Mrs C. M. Burdon, Messrs J. Connolly. F. R. Flatman. J. Tripp. J. Kenn-.dy (Mayjri. t-nd cCkcel Mackenzie. PLEASANT POINT.—Dr C. A. Patterson. Mes-is J. Crawford and Bruce Garrick. FAIRLIE Messrs R. L. Banks. W. Black. F. R. Gdllngham, It. Le.'tch. f and J. S. Rutherford. ! t CAVE -Messrs T. D. Burnett, A | E Kerr, W. R.tchie. ST. ANDREWS.-Rev. C. Brad v. Messrs It. Catherwocd and G. Lyail. " In for r.ss'stnnce on l>?hah* of ill s fund, the Committee are confident that the response of the g.nt.r()U--l'.-::rted people of S-nith Canterbury will ho uiistintcd, and worthy of a prosperous community hound 'by t es of deep and tndrr'ng affect'on to the Motherland. The noctls of the starves people in Gr.a; Brita n a:;d J*.-! glum will be severe' indeed during the 1 coming winter, and at no tme in the history of our Empire lias J there been a worthier cla.'m for l I in tho relief of distress. i Any help >;tve:i which entails s.-if-idt-n'ai will Ih> given in a noble cause, and will he well repa.\l by j the knowledge that in some small ] | degree a duty v.e owe to the Mo. • t'herland has b_o:i fitifij'.cd. j It is certain tiiat this oatrraty j j in the of humanity will be ! \ equal to a command en th? h-:unty j of our pocp'e. who will gladly ac- ; oe-pt tho scored duty of helping to alleviate d stress and s;arvnt : on I among; t our kinsfolk and our brave i allies in Belgium. | It is Intended to forward from ; New Zealand shipments of food, ; cloth'ng. blankets etc., for d'strlhtttxm through ih;» agency of Tho f Prnco of Wales's Fund, with the ! -•o-operatlon of t':o High Comni's- | s'ocer in London. Where contri- ; but'ons of iiio:icy cannct bo given : conveniently, all e'assc-s of firod stuff, produo etc. will be welcome i in aid of the fund. I HOW TO HELP. j Remittance* can 1«> made through my member of the ('.-.mm'ttce, or for. ! .'.arde.l dirort to tho honrary trea- [ surer. Mr J. Ma'.ing. i-.o Guinness art! Ltd.. Strathallan Street. T.maru. ! LIVE STOCK.—Sheep, catile. pas i ctf. Tii > i ontributors of iiw «to<-k : wiii i.b':'_'■» by ul vng prompt advici? to I the nearest li.-.-al committre «onc?rn- • ing nundier and desc-rij;tlon of st<vk i t'> b.- -ivin. Ariai-.gemonts wi.l then 1 be made as ti. whi-u and where the ' s'.oek is to !»_• de'ivered. ■ PltODl'CE.—Wheat, oats, pctstocs. , fit •.. will be Miltab'o in help jig th-.-fund, and lull arrangements h.ave ; made for storage of any g'i:s pending : .~h>pm<.*nt or disposal. i BITTER. EGGS. POI'LTRY may be | u-rwardisl throujh incal commit tecs or d r•-•«■! to Timaru. > WARM CLOTHING.- Suitable warm . i-lotiiing s-ii tili: be s-i,t thr...ugh tb.e l-al committers or dire;t to Timari!. ! I: r> csiontial that piesents cf clothing : >!:ould be desp:it'.-h:d in a clean c<ui- : ilt on, and various ladies committee.-, • have undertaken t«. repair and make up | clnthin- to be forwarded Hr.nio. j Wit. re the (Viumilt.v will pi-rang.- t.> d'>pose i.f f.n.-l stuHs no: suitable f,,r s!iipm<'iit. Thes■> coutrii.nt on- iv"K be sold to the b.-.-t advantage lic.lly. and the money to , the pup'it-.is- ef f.iol m-t -nitable for t r: n-[>ort. : AM , ..ntiibutions will be :,. knouled;--|cd in th- columns of the • T.mani [ H-r.dd." I i F-t the C'omnti.t-e, | E It. GI'INNE<S ih;...m.::.

Further contributions to this Fund—- £ e. d. Amount previouslv acknowledged 2132 12 4 Mr Rhodes's list, cash 43 0 0 Mr Rhodes's list, produce say . :« " 0 Waimata list 4< 0 / Proceeds Albury sheep ... 02 10 0 Smithfield Freezing Works cmplovceij 0 S 7 •Vies. Grant 10 0 0 John Mcßcath '-' 2 <> Proceeds Tenvuka sheep ... 24 11 (;. T 5 5 0 SALES AT TEMUKA. Mrs McKinnon and Mr Macaulay cacli iravo a hogget, tor sale by auction at the Temuka stock yards yesterday t->r tho LHomo ltei.ef Fund a-ud Mr YV. Mootv gave a. hogget lor the '.leimika. Patriotic Fund. Mr Woou aid the auctioneering and so as ro iimplity matters it was agreed to coupio tue two funds for the purposes of the sale and allocate the proceeds in the proportion of two-thirds to the Homo Fund and one-third to tho Tenruka Fund. A_hogget was first put up and Mr H- K- !la>hurst. Mavor of Temuka, started biddine with "£2- The loilowing were ihe siKccss-ive owners of the sheep:—JMundell £4. H. H- Hayhurst £4, W. F. Evans £3. W. Moore £3. J. Cooper £3 Hutton £3 3s D. Bradford £2, W. Spillanc £2, J. Moore £2. Bisdee £2, .1 Chisholni £2. M. Smith £2. W. 1). Fitzgerald £2. C. Talbot £l. F. Tarhot ion £l. J. Lee £]. R. Lee £l, JKeland £l, V. Mitchell £l. J. Gaffanev £2. W. Budd £1 R. J. McCallum £2. D. Shaw £2, Toppin. M. McKinnon, F. Green. J. Brown, A- Smith, R. Macauby, W. Bride. J. Mcßride. Stewart. J. fahen, E. McKenzio Larcomhe, each £l. E Prattley, H. McShano. JC'rombie. J. Thomson. R- Maddren, H. lloaiv each 10s. H. McShano £l. and A Harris £l. Mr R. Lee paid £3 7s bVI finally for possess on of the three hoguets. The total for both funds was £G" 10s Gd. A ton of mangolds given by Mr G. Davoy for the British .iud Belgium Food Fund was sold to Mr W. Moore for £l, who returned them for sale again. The second time thev were finallv disposed of for 10s. A ton of seed potatoes givon by Mr J. Thomson (Milford) for the same fund brought £1 ss. and a sack of fowl wheat given bv Mr Huxford brought 10s At the invitation of the auctioneer three hearty cheers were given at the conclusion for the donors of tho sheep an-1 produce FAIRLIE LADIES' FUND. Tho following is the list of contributor.* towards the Fairlio Ladies' Patriot "c Socletv Fund:—Mrs Saunders £l. Mr;, -WitdeV £l. Mrs Riddle £l, Mrs Skinner 10s. Mrs Bcnbowp 5?, Mrs Hanbv 10=. Mrs Gillincrham 10s. Miss Wrefor.l 10-. Miss Gillindiam 10s. Miss J. G'llintrham 10s, Mks J. Goodwin ss. Mrs Goodwin los. Miss LeCrmi os M'rs I.oeoli £l. Mrs Talbot 10s, Mrs Nalder £1 Is. M»~5 Macdonald ss. M'rs Driver os. Mrs Welsh l.s. Father f,e Petit £l. Mrs ]<)-, fill. Mr<= Crc-isbton os, "•h- Sheer-i 10s. ir rs Nolan 10?. St-imp 2s fid. Mr* R r nv ss. Miss Dollv S'rnwr 2s rj-1. Vrs Murpbv ss. Mrs O'Neill -<=. Kenrs 4s Mrs "Rob'n—n 3=. M'rs Hn'-to-d ;os. Mrs'McLbn £1 lfe. TRANSVAAL FUND. BALANCE ILANDED OVER. TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Transvaal Patriotic Fund Trustees was held in Timaru yesterday morning. An application for relief was granted. T.io toilow;ng resolution was carried :—"That on the understanding that the resolution of the Soutu Canterbury Public- SatVty Committt«.\ proposed by Mr Cl.ivi n and secendod by Mr Francs, is am-.-nded m tlie d.rection of tho ba anco of the funds being set as : dc- for th.* benefit of these gong to the war and the.r th-pendents who may Ik> in m.td of assistance; t'he trustees o! tho Transvaal Patriotic Fund tor the Relief of the S-ek and Wounded, after provid ng for. al: known claims, are prepai-ed to hand over the balance of the funds, amounting to £240, m their hands to the trustees of the present Patr.ot'c Fund i for the rolief of these going to the war and their dependents, and on the further understanding, that should in the future- any claims bs made by or en behalf of those who went t 0 the South African war, they shall be considered on equal tciins w.th other claims."