6 APRIL 1929, Page 28

OUR ABERDARE FUND

During the past week the following doriations.have reached us which are gratefully acknowledged below. Our aim has now been achieved, in that we have probided for the immediate needs of Aberdare. The total amount received is £12,835 189, 44.-;The Fund is now closed.

Miss Mangaret. D. Birti -E16. 10s: A Sywpsthe8ic AineilOan Reader," £5 ls. " £d ; & B."11.; MillaSif 355:: }r:"& Mrs. John Bakewell, £4 Is. 2d. Anonymous, £3 3s. Mrs. & Rev. K C. L. Heywood, £2 4s. Major H, F. B. :Childers, £1 ; S. Stewart, El ; Mrs. E. M. Roses-die, tr. Mrs. K.' Gray, 10s." - - We publish below the fourteenth list of subscribers who have responded to the invitation toproVide a weekly sum for one or more of the 1,500 necessitous families in Aberdare for "a certain

period.

The Misses Robinson, £4. R. F. S. W., £3. " The Chaplaincy of Locarno," 10s. " L. S. IV.," £1 88. 7d. Congregation of St.- eynons, Fairboume, Os. 2d. Commonweal School, £1 5s. St. Mary's- Sunday

School, Sands, £1. " K A. B.," 5s. . . .

Readers stilt 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, aid NOT to the SPECTATOR -office.