23 FEBRUARY 1929, Page 18

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. lehel total amount received is 211,619 7s. lid, The Fund is

dosed: •

E. R. C.," Ceylon, £15 15s. " J. IL B., Cambridge," £10 ; " Stanley," £10 ;" Trafalgar,' £10 - " M. W. Ei: E.,'" £10 ; A. C. B.," £10 ; " J. C. C., Singapore." £10; " St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School, Perth, Ontario," £7 ; " A. A.," £5 5s.' " K. and B.," £5 5s. ; C. Cole, £5 5s. ; Mrs. F. K Beatrice Pagden, £5 5s.; A. Henry W. Banks, £5 is. 3d.; William Gillespie, £5 Is. 3d.; C. S. Bengough, £5 ; Mrs. J. J. Scott, £5 ; Mrs. G. A. Knowles, £5 ; Miss May Arnold, £5 ; Dr. and Mrs. Clements, £5 ; Anonym-

ous, £5 • ' " A. D. C.," £5 ; Butlin, £5 ; Mrs. Marshall, £5 Mr. and Mrs. H.Ewart, £5 ; Miss Catherine Greville, £5 ; " Anonymous, Calcutta," • ; The Rt. Rev. Bishop J. W. Williams, £5 ; Rev. Canon A. K. Hobart- Hampden, £5 ; Miss Stephanie Barron, £5 ; " J. R.," £5. Anonymous, £4 4s. Miss Isabel McClive, £3 Is. A. Stevenson, £3 • " W. B., E3 ; " A Rome Subscriber," £3 ; Mm Grange Kirkcaldy, £3. Miss Mary Paton. £2 2s. ; Anonymous, £2 2s. ; Miss Alice M. Hunt, £2 Os. 6d. ; W. W. Shomely, £2 ; Miss Alice Carlisle, £2 ; " W. R. S.," £2 ; " Dantsoth,"

• ; Mrs. Vanarseur, £2 ; Mrs. Harry White, £2 ; J. A. Denny, £2 ; Edward Trench, £2 ; David Ivor Davis, £1 10s. • K. M. Barrow, LI Is. ; E. S. Proctor, LI Is. ; Mr. and Mrs. R Batters, £1 ; A. H. Bune, £1 Is. ; C. W. Beldam, £1 Is. Major H. F. E. Childers,

£1 ; Miss M. I. Johnston, £1 • Kiss T. Cook, £1 • " A Reader in Spain,'

£1 • Anonymous, £1 ; " Myrrh," £1 • Miss *alkington, £1 • The Misses Hall, £1 ; Miss Molly Naughton, £1 ; Mrs. Alice Parker, £1. G. S. Moore, 15e. " Anon., Perthshire," 12s. 6d. " Olive," 10s. " Another Business Girl," 108. ; " E. IL," 10s. ; A. S. Dunblane, 10s. • " A. S.." 10s. ; " G. S. S.," 10s. ; K L. Sand, 10s. Anonymous, a. tkl. Miss ll Oldfield, 5s. ; " Kasshish," 5s. ; " Deganwy," 6s ; " A Canadian Visitor," 58. ; " Anon," 5a. ; " N. E. N.," 58. ; " G. S. T.," 55.

We publish below the eighth 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.

Miss Carson, £10 Os. 6d. Lt.-Col. E. Fox Reeve, £10 ; Col. Abel B Smith, £10 ; " K. K L.," £10 ; Anonymous, £10 ; Anonymous, £101 Mrs. Greig, £8. " In Memory of E. and H. C.," £5 ; William Hera, £5 " In Memory of A. E. E.," £5 ; " R. C. O.," £5 ; " An American Friend of England," £5 ; Anonymous, £5 ;".1. IL," £5 ; "M. A. S.," £5; Mrs. Abel H. Smith, 15 ; The Misses K Tomlinson, £5. " In Memory of my Father, William Westall," £3 10s. " IL A. E.," £3 5s. " Stoke Mandeville Women's Institute," £3 38. " An Anonymous Well-wisher," £3 ; Mrs. A. M. Thomp- son, £3 ; Mrs. Charles Baxter, £3 ; Mrs. Edward Jeff, £3 ; Anonymous, £3 ; " M. A. P.," £3 ; Miss M. E. Fisher, 13 ; " A Thank Offering,' £3 ; Mrs. W. R. C. Clarke, £3 ; Mrs. Maud Morris, £3 ; Sydney G. Marsh, £3 Mrs. " J. B.," £3 ; Mrs. Robert Bush, £3. Mrs. H. W. Gillell, £2 10s. ; " K K. B.," £2 10s. ; W. J. Syson, £2 10s. ".D.- A. R. and N. N. R.," £2 2s. " H. D.," £2 Os. 6d. " J. S. P. and F. J. P.," £2 ; " From Two Readers," £2 ; Anonymous, £2 ; Miss E. J. Walker, £2 ; " H. D.," £2; " E. 1). W.," £2 ; Mrs. Evelyn Sanders, £2 Misa Ellen I.. Allen, £2 ;

Anonymous, £2 ; Miss M. Sedgwick, £2 ; I. E.," £2 ; " E. K. B.:"

£2 ; Mrs. P. Pelham, £2 ; Robert Gray, £2 ; Staff Boarders of Stoner House School, £2 ; G. D. B.," £2 ; " A. B. D.," £2 ; " E. J. R.," £2 ; " G. F. C.," £2 ; Mrs. and Miss Cameron Crofton, £2, " E. G. P.," £1 10s. ; F. K Smith, £1 10s." C. E. B.," £1 10s. - A. E. Ouchtirlowy, £1 10s. " Commonweal School," £1 5s. Major C. H. Howell, £1 is. " H. M. C.," £1 ; " An Old Nurse," 11 ; Mrs. Aileen Wardle, £1 ; Major H. G. Grant, £1 ; Rev. C. J. Etty, £1; " H. I. R.," 11 • W. A. Tilbeat, £1 ; " P. A. M.„" £1 ; " E. R. M.," £1 ; Miss Mary Elsdale, ft ; A. C. Botwright, I/ ; " fa • " Anonymous C., £1 ; " A Welsh Sympathiser," II; Eleanor Tyrrell, £1 ; Mrs. G. Robertson, £1 ; " L. K G., £1 ; Miss K A4 Heathcote, £1 ; " F. S. B. H.," £1 ; L. M. Cruso, £1 ; Mrs. R M. Brent, SI. BM/E.P.L.O., 15s. ; Windlesham House School, 15s. Mrs. C. K. Hancock, 10s. ; " Inasmuch," 10s. " V. P. IL," 10s. ; Miss Olive Syden• ham, 10s. ; " A Business Girl," la. " K. A. B.," 5s. ; Mrs. F. A. Jones„ Ss. ; " E. H. C.," 5s. ; " A Business Girl," 5a.

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.