WHY NOT A MILLION ?
TROTTINU CLI'BS SUGGESTION. Tn the conrae of hi* remark* at tlio annual meeting of the OUhuhu Trotting lub. liolil yesterday nfterndbn. the president I Mr. H. K. Maekeijzie) Mid the club had every rc««on to (eel prowl of what it liait been able to do In cup port of the patriotic funds. Tho Otahutiu ( lub hail given more for it* i*iie than any other club in New Zealand, and lie hoped it wouuld he able to do more in th<- coming >ear than It haj ill the laKt When making It* Uit donation o.' £100 to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund three moatlie apo the Club had originated the idef of the prevent bi# patriotic effort, I but had Riposted a much b'.ftgtt effort. iWhv not a million fund? The club had I decided, in addition to it* earlier do nations, to (io on Riving £10 per month \ until the war ended, and he hoped that I their nea*on'n operations would bo such at to enable them to do fnr more. "It ia not charity. Rentlemen." added the i chairman, "it is a duty." i On the motion of Mr. J. Twiname, ■seconded by Mr. H. WrUon, it wa* decided to approve the action of the committee the mover remarking that he hoped'the club would be able to plve more In the future than it had in the paat.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 25 September 1915, Page 9
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232WHY NOT A MILLION ? Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 25 September 1915, Page 9
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