Assorted documents, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund, Wanganui

Maker
Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund
Production date
1931

Object detail

Brief Description
A file containing memoranda and lists relating to the Wanganui Committee of the Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund. The number 50577 is repeatedly stamped on the cover, along with the word: Closed. The file also bears the number: 9534. The cover is titled: Head Office, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund. Relief Committee Wanganui. Relief Fund.

The documents include:

Memorandum from Wanganui to Head Office, dated 26 March 1931, regarding: Return of Receipts and Expenditure and extract from minutes enclosed: Extract from Minutes of Executive held on 20 March 1931, includes numbers of refugees in Napier and Hastings still on the register, and a number of Māori at Waverley and Ratana, approximately 150.
Statement, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund as at 21 March 1931: Total collections to date, both nationally and locally.

Note for file: Earthquake Relief Fund, from Assistant Controller, Estates Division, dated 13 March 1931: procedure for granting relief, especially concerning boys of Napier Technical School taken to Wanganui.

Memorandum from Wanganui to Head Office, dated 6 March 1931, regarding copies of Receipts and Expenditure: Statement, Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund as at 4 March 1931: Total collections to date, both nationally and locally.

Memorandum from Wanganui to Head Office, dated 20 February 1931, regarding: three subscription lists, copy of letters received from the Wanganui Chronicle and City Council who are receiving subscriptions:
Copy of a letter from K D Smart, Secretary, Wanganui Chronicle Company Limited to the Wanganui Public Trustee, dated 19 February 1931, regarding: Earthquake Relief, amounts collected and expenditure, currently at nil.
Copy of a letter from G Murch, Town Clerk, Wanganui City Council, to the Wanganui Public Trustee, dated 19 February 1931, regarding: Earthquake Relief, amounts collected and expenditure.

Memorandum from Head Office to Wanganui, dated 13 February 1931, regarding: Payment of Urgent Relief: local relief committees to grant urgent relief from funds raised in each centre; any surplus funds should be lodged to Public Account as soon as possible.
Production date
1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Various coloured papers printed and lined, typed, handwritten, and stamped, bound by cotton tape.
Measurements
Length x Width: 340 x 215mm
Subject period
Subject date
1931
Credit line
from the Public Trust Office
Other number(s)
m98/62, 78258

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