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COLLECTION AT AUCKLAND

P.A. AUCKLAND. This Day. For the first time since the outbreak of the war the Returned Services' Associations annual Poppy Day collection in Auckland today was not a record, although the number of individual donations was greater. The total realised was £4474, which was £375 lower than the unprecedented record set last year.

The Wellington District Free Ambulance attended 1438 cases in Wellington city and environs during- March. ,Of these, 1280 were either medical or surgical cases, 155 were casualties, and three cases were treated in the station quarters. Ambulances covered 10,853 miles during the month.

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