23 MARCH 1929, Page 18

OUR. ABERDARE FUND During the past week the following donations

have reached ta, which are gratefully acknowledged below. Our aim has now been achieved, in that we have provided for the immediate needs of Aberdare. The total amount received- is 112,257 14s. Od. The Fund is now closed.

Captain J. Noel Smith, £26. Mrs. Kebbell, £20. " M. P. H.," £10. C. E. IL Beavis, ; C. E. H. Druitt, 15 ; G. W. R. Taylor, £6 ; Anony. mous, £5 ; M. W. L. Pattenden, £5 ; Anonymous, Port Elizabeth, £6 ; A Sympathetic Reader in Natal," £5 ; " Freelands," Timaru, N.Z., £5. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Pontefrad, £4 Os. 7d. John Wyld Pitcairn, £2 ; Mrs. Wallace Wilson, £2. Capt. W. R. N. Blade, £1 Is. Major H. F. E, Childers, £1 ; W. B.," £1Miss M. L Johnston, ; " Borsadite," £1; Anonymous, £1 ; Miss Nally Hedger, £1. Miss C. I. Gurney, 108.

We publish below the twelfth list of subscribers who have responded to the invitation to provide a weekly sum for one or more of the 1,500 necessitous families in Aberdare for a certain period.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin, £10. L. 0. Leefe, £5 : Sister M. H. Bruce, £5. R. Cooper, £3 ; From Canada, £3. Commonweal School, £1 58. H. Wilmer, £1 ; Mrs. F. A. Jones, £1. Miss Olive Sydenham, 15s. ; Windlesham House

School, 15s. " R C.," 10s. " K. A. B.," 5s.

Readers still wishing to send Clothing and other Gifts in kind to Aberdare are requested to forward them direct to the Hon. Secretary, Aberdare Service Committee, Town Hall, Aberdare, and NOT to the SPECTATOR office.