THE MILITARY DISPLAY ON SATURDAY.
GKAL\T> MEMORIAL PROGRAMME
There is now in course of preparation a iiniqne programme of the military display which takes' place in the Domain Cricket Ground, on Saturday next. The intention is to produce a booklet that will at once enable spectators to follow the slnun fight, and at the same time will be a unique memento of' the Fourth' Contingent. Witii that double* object in view the publication is being got up hi the very best style. Bound in a handsomely designed lour colour cover, it will contain Jrefvmvsite portraits of all the 'members oi' ihe detnelunerjii now in camp at Potter's* Paddock who will shortly be go-Leg to South Africa, portraits of tlio officers arid non-comniissionrd cOlcci'3, Una pboto-gravm-es of the d^pnvtme oi: {bnper coniing-ents anil wsfftU'iucous pic- ! lures; and iiiterspera'yi among1 iho i'.liiatrfitions \vV,\ be ihv. leading- pai h'jptio soags of '-ho1 Jay. iucshuling | Kipling-'*;, "Abseixt^mlatled i'.og'g'av. * | The programme wfll p'vftseat in d^t-at! I the whole obiirac (>r th'el fijfiiSi R»d 'there \Viilbe "a ■plst:: '•' of tbfl eround i showing1 the. «:flpo*\Klon of -i'ut oon- | tending fores? Nt .•Kricns poi:rta iv 'the battJs. Th'. 1-' proceeds from tfco
I sale of this memento will go to the; ;patriotic fund; and it is to be hoped that the public recognising the beauty and utility of the booklet and the worthiness of the cause it is designed to aid will not fail to purchase I copies. The price of each has been fixed tit the extremely low figure of {sixpence with the object, of securing 111 large sale among all classes of the community. .FUND NOW OVER £3000. j The usual mounted and dismounted !work is proceeding at the Auckland |Rough Eiders' Camp at Potters Padj dock.
It has' been decided by the Rough Riders Fund Committee to make a payment of 5/ each per week per man to the Sough Eiders at . present in camp. This will be welcome pocketmoney for the men. The payments are expected to begin next Saturday. Messrs Arthur M. Myers and H. T. Gorrie, Honorary Treasurers of the Hough Eiders' Contingent Fund, beg to acknowledge rthe following subscriptions, most, of which arc from the Chinamen of Auckland ij'.ty and suburbs: —I'uni Friends (per Mr Julian Brook) £1 11/, T. H. Birtwhistle £1; Lewis Bros.. Mt, Eden £1 1/; Collected by Mr Thomas Quoi from the Chinamen in and around Auckland: Thomas Quoi £1 J/, Ah Way ">/, Chow mcc ">/, .lammy Jen 1/, Ah'hee I/, Ah Tun 5/, Chas. Clinch 3/, Ah Chew 1/.. Wiong Gong 5/, Ah Hoy 4/, Ah Chee £ 1. 1/. .James Ah Pon 2/, Ah Gee 2/, Ah Kei 2/, Ah Hing 2/, Ah Fong 2/, All Wong- 2/, All Hoy ■>/, Chew Sing :i/(5, Ah Moy 2/, Ah Joy 2/, Hong Tack 4/, Chin Tarn 5/, Gay Quiu 5/. Loy Kirn 2/, Chin Hing 2/0, Chin Poy 2/, Mi Sing 2/, Gee Sing 3/, Long Job 2/0. Son Hing 5/, Ling Mou 2/G, Bins- Fee 2/, Ah Quin 2/, Wongchee Hop 10/0, Wong Che 2/G, Lee Way 5/, Wong Quin 2/ t Bong Chong 1/, Sam Kee 5/, Ah Hing V, Ah Choy »/, Ting Hoy 10/6, Lum Wo 10/0, Wong Kwong 2/6, Ah Yin 5/, Fong Hing 3/,. Wong Kow 3/, Ken Mong 2/, Wong Wong 3/, Chum Ling 3/, Ah Ling 2/6, W. W. Quoi 5/, Thos Vi, Dow 2/G, Sam Hop Yee 7/0, Ah P.oy '.">/. Quin Ting 5/, Ah Vow 5/, Lin Kau 3/, Haw Chee 10/0, Sun Chow 10/ C, Who Hing 5/, Ly Soy 7/0, Ah Kow 4/, Gin Sing 2/6, -Lod Loy 2/, Yuek Lee 2/, Chow How 5/, Low Sing ?./, Ah Yum 4/, Ling Young ?./, Ah See 2/0, Ken Leng i/, James Shing Tong Sam 10/, Ling- Kee Jang £1 If, Hog Yum 2/, Sow Ilok 3/, Ah Fong 2/(5, Ye Geb 3/, Kwong Lee 10/6, Sing Young 5/, Ah Toy 5/, Ah Sam 2/0, James Ah Kew 10/0, Thos. Who 5/, Peter Toy 2/0, On Lee 10/6, Low Kam 1/, Gim Lee I!/. Bing Lee 2/6, George Moig 5/, Yon Quin 2/, James Biddick, junr.. £3 10/. Total £20 13/. Previously acknowledged, £2,996 4/S. Total to date. £3,022 17/8.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 44, 21 February 1900, Page 5
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