2 MARCH 1929, Page 19

OUR ABERDARE FUND

During the past week the following donations have reached us, which are gratefully acknowledged below. Our aim has now been achieved, having provided for the immediate needs of Aberdare. The total amount received is £11,756 15s. 7d. The .Fund is now closed.

Bradfield College, £15. Mrs. Dyson Perrin, £10 10s. Mrs. Edward F. Gray, £10 . Miss C. K. IL Loon, £5 Is. Id. ; Miss Annie Miller, £5 Is. Id. Mrs. H. E. Jones, £5 ; " H. 0. B.," £5 ; " A. C. C.," £5 ; E. Robert Orme, £5 ; Anonymous donor in Madras, £5. " le. D.," £4. J. W. Whitwell, £3. A planter, Kenya, £2 2s. ; Miss B. M. Eddie, £2 53. The Rev. and Mrs. Benson Howard Roberts. £2. Mrs. Ormsby Ryan, £2 ; Edward G. Buckley, £2 ; J. Bracewell, £2 ; " A Bwana, Tanganyika Territory," £1 Is. Major H. F. E. Childere, £1 ; A. J. Hawes, £1 ; M. 1. Johnston, £1 ; " Two Sympathisers," £1. Miss B. M. Cave, 10s. ; " Thank- offering," 10s. Mrs. F. A. Jones, 55. ; " M. C. N.," 55.

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

Anonymous, Wales, £10. D. B. Pratt, £5. " Jean," £3 5s. Miss V. Wallace, £3.. " Michael in India," £2 5s. ' - Mrs. A. R. Robinson, £2 5s. Mrs. Roble Uniacke, £2 ; Mrs. Ian MacIntyre, £2. From S. Cynons's Church, Fairbourne, Merioneth, £1 10s. Commonweal School, £1 5s. " F P.," £1 ; Miss Mary C. P. Eyre, 11 ; E. M. Lang, £1.. Miss Sara Wilson, £1 ; " One who cares," £1. Windlesham House, 15s. ; St. Mary's Sunday School (Sands). 15s. ; Anonymous, 15s. Miss Carson, 10s. A Well.wisher, 5s. ; " K. A. B." 5s. ; " E. H. C." 5s,.

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