EARTHQUAKE RELIEF.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18256, 18 February 1931, Page 7

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF.

HAMILTON FUND

SPLENDID RESPONSE MADE.

£5192 1 Is. RECEIVED

A fund has been opened in Hamilton for Ihe relief of the earthquake sufferers. Donations may be forwarded either to the Town Clerk or to the Waikato Times Office. The following amounts are acknowledged:— £ s. d

Previously acknowledged 5138 5 0 Gordonf.on Settlers’ Dance 15 5 3 King and McCaw 5 5 0 Goodwin, E. Pigeon Bay 5 5 0 E.M 5 0 0 Thomsen, Mr. and Mrs. P. 5 0 0 Gorman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Taupiri 3 3 0 Galvin, M. J 3 3 0 Claudelands Ladies’ Croquet Club 2 2 0 Collection Theosophical Hall i 5 0 Times Post Box (loose cash) 1 4 5 Koromatua Old Girls ... 100 Miles, Geo 1 0 0 Hutchinson, Alex 1 0 0 Peroival, Wm 1 0 0 K.L.S 0 15 0 C.P 0 10 0 Times Post Box (loose cash) . 0 8 4 • £5192 11 0

The relief fund at Cambridge has reached £964 16s sd.

Messrs Donaghys, Ltd., of Auckland and Dunedin, have contributed £IOO to the Prime Minister’s fund. At the recent Hamilton Ram Fair Mr Vernon 11. Nolan, of Cambridge, donated his first pen of Romney rams to the Earthquake Relief Fund. The rams realised £l6 16s. At the Hamilton stock sale yesterday Miss D. Thomas, of Ngahinapouri, donated a pet lamb, which realised 15s.

PREMIER’S FUND £112,592. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Prime Minister’s fund is now £112,592 16s 9d. £30,000 AT AUCKLAND. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The Auckland City relief funds (the Mayor’s and the two papers) top £30,000. ACTIVITIES AT MORRINSVILLE. MORRINSVILLE, Wednesday. The Morrinsville ladies in charge of receiving and packing of the clothing for the people of Hawke’s Bay, Mesdames W. McPherson, J. J. Marshall, G. Howe and J,. J. Seales, have sent away seven cases of clothing, and a further consignment will be sent away at the end of the week. Nearly £450 has been raised in Morrinsvillo for the sufferers. A street stall in aid of the fund is to be held on Friday.