The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-03
large SUM RAISED
HELPREDgR0Ss
Islands Donate $7924.O5 To-
wards British Fund For
I Wounded Soldiers n

From the report submitted .by che
honorary TREASURER Of tho British Red
Cf0ss comnift6t II was harmed that
the amount Of money collected. n the
Territory for the aid u the firilish
Red Gross H0ei6ty and Order. 81 Saint
John Of Jefdstlem resched 4 total of
t1b14.05. eDf THE amount t67.o5 vas
expended for printing Red 0fcss pam
phlets, eircnlaf 1cttefs ,fpteipt booIA
hnl postage loaxfhk Il qtoihi s6f
s7e6s.iO, which win bs eahisd 70 Lon
Y The yepeSf 81 tie honorary ttsssurss,
which Whs examined and approved By
~ Douglas Young, 3. Al Of, the Audit
Company Of Hawaii, was presented at
= meeting Of the committee held in
the British Club rooms on Mondhy
night when Mr. Fred Harrison acted
o. chairman Of the meeting. n !
AZ the current rate Of exchange, the
net amount collected equals (Ie1s cost
OF message) ei64lsl4;0 Sterling, and
Instructions have been cablod through
u local bank for the sum to be paid
over to the joint head ofiice Of tho
British Red Gross Society, and Order Of
Saint John, Of Jerusolem, London.
Following are the amounts donated
by the different parts Of the group
toward this work Of Ihefcyi IS
Honolulu ~ n. ,sS274.5O
4 Honoluln5 Red Cross con. ~.
cert, net proceedA ~. 471.55
Island Of Oahu (outside Of
Honolulu .... 1900 :
!. Island Of Hawaii--
Hilo, Puma and NJ $50
ssN,-s Kau y q ~, k0Akk M = ~ ~
Hamakua 49,. 617.50
Kohala 10000, n
Il A Z "a $500 - 3562.50
Island Of Maui, !. $1,000
Island Of Molokai =. ..... 1880
w S7g34.O5
The Island Of Kauai and district Of
Kona, Island Of Hawaii, together with
some indiyiduals on this island, have
yet to L, from, so that 1t iesbe-
iieved that eventually q total Of about
100000 will be gathered for the benefit
2f the sick and wounded soldiers at the
front. ;6 "a a 3, y ~ sh
await Motor Ambulance Ck
Y 1t Is proposed that $500 ,of the
smount now RENTED TO London shall
be set aside for the purpose Of pro-
viding fully equipped motor ambu-
lance 70. be used for the transportation
of wounded men from the iring line In.
France. The ambulance will bear on
the side some suitable inscription, such
sls the word g Hawaii, y I'M large lei.
,efs, .5fsils 8ts5tista9s8 \ rsi NJ. a}a'
The local British Red Cross commit.
tee win meet again ON November IS,
when a further report of progress made
will be laid before the meeting.
In. the meantime, the committee
takes this opportunity of extending lis.
sincere thanks TO the numerous donors,
men and women, who have responded
80 literally to the Red Cross appeal.
II also wishesato express its deep APP
nreciation of the hard work performed
for the cause by Messrs. Frank Met.
ealf. Hilo; DR.. r. w. Taylor, Paauilo;
II. ID. Sloggett, Hamakuapoko; e. Mad
den, Mahukona; l.. Macfarlane, ReaIa-
kekua, and George r. Ewart Jr., Maka-
we'll y ss( b 3G (. & ssfGy
The committee Is also under deep
obligations to the various artists who
contributed to the success of the Red
Gross concert held In Honolulu on the
evening Of October 21 and to the trus-
tees of the Mission Memorial Hall for
Kindly giving the use Of their beau.
tiful hall for that occasion. sFs rs
Last, but not least, the committee is
deeply grateful TO the newspapers Of
Honolulu and the other Islands for the
aapr icourtesies extended by them to
the British Red Cross cause.