TRICOLOUR DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 49, 26 February 1916, Page 8

TRICOLOUR DAY.

• i &BOUT £2,000 REALISED. i The result of Tri-colourDay, in aid of * the French Red Cross Society, exceeded all anticipations, and though the returns are sufficiently complete to enable ; £ the promoters to announce the exact j j amount produced by yesterday's effort, j j it is expected to be somewhere in the;] neighbourhood of £2,000.. ' -~, There was a fitting finale in .the evening, when the Boy Scouts of the city and j district took command of the operations,' £ and showed what they /were able to: j achieve on behalf of the hero-soldiers of ; c France. A finely-wrought French silk j Hag, bearing the coat oi arms of Paris,: was borne" at the head of a procession; ' of-over 1,200 boys, who marched, up jQueen Street to the triangle in front, of j ( the Town" 7Ha11,--7«ndj;-after patriotic by the Mayor;. (Mr. J. H. Gunson), the French Consul j • i (M. J. Rigoreau) and Professor M.j 1 Walker,- rousing cheers were given for j / j the- Entente Cordiale, for the British | I Empire, the French Consul and the.; J Mayor. With the Sag flying and bands | i'piaying, the Scouts proceeded -to . His ■: ! Majesty's Theatre, where, during an in-: j i terval "in. the benefit performance given j jby the Dramagrapii Company, the flag;: was put up to auction by Mr. A. P. :< Johnson. There was spirited bidding,!] and, after the flag had changed hands;; J many times, it was finally secured for £30 j j to the Scout Commander, the amount rea- : Used totalling £501, and the highest bid '•• J being £105. Towards the final sum, 'offered the Christchurch-Boy Scouts hadi> i forwarded a contribution of £5. .It is ! I the intention of the Boy Scouts to for-: 1 ward the flag to the Chief Scout Com-,; ■mander (Colonel CossgroveV,at Christ-;. !church, who will in turn,hand it to the: I charge of the Governor, who is the' ! Chief Scout for New' Zealand. Finally jit will be sent to the Minister for For- j jeign Affairs in France for presentation; Ito the Boy Scouts of France. •;. ! The purchasers of the ..flag were as: I follow:—Dilworth Trust, £105; Boyj 'Scoute of New Zealand, £30; Auckland; ißacing Club, Wilson and Horton, Camp--j bell and Ehrenfried, South British In-i Isurance Company, Ltd.", Ahri de France,: £25; guests, grand Hotel, £10 13/6; Kai-; ■paTa Dairy Company, Archibald Clark i and Co., New Zealand Insurance Company, .£lO 10/j Hikurangi Co-operative I-Dairv Co., •G. R. Bloomfield, Women's ijfavy League, J. L. E. Bloomfield,' jsrount Albert Women's Patriotic. I League, Auckland Bowling Club, £10;! ilr. and Mrs. Wesley Spragg, £8; Earl I and Kent,'£7aO/-; Mr. Bauer, £6; J.; H. Gunson, H. R. Bloomfield, J. Rol-| leetbn, S." Barikart,"Bay of Islands CoK>p.; Dairy Co., Ltd., Alison and MacGprmick,' £5 5/-; A-'S; Paterson and Co., Ltd:, J. \ B." MacFariane, J. J. Craig, P: Uiptbn,! Carr,-Pountney and Co., Mis. Irwin,; Westfield Chemical Manufacturers'' Workers' Union, Hon. Thbrne George, E. j [ Davis, £5; Miss Keill, £4; Mr. Wood-! ward, Mr. Ra-wson, Heather, Roberton, i £3.3/-; A. Schroff, Dr. Kinder, £3; Auck | land i Gumworkers' Union, John Reid, j John Chambers, Ltd., Loyal Hot Springs! i Lodge, Te Aroha, Dr. H. Dean Bamfortt.j Sfe. J. J. O'Brien, £2 2/-;.Kew Hartj. 1 J. McMillan and Co., Central Hotel, £1 i i/-; C. Palmer, Mr. Irwin, Mrs. Guy, Girle 5 Grammar School (per MdUu. • Jeanne TJhlam), P. F. Egan, Alex. M. Ferguson, £1; P. Hayman and Co., Ltd., 10/ C. A. collection taken ,up in the , theatre realised £4 3/6. i ■ A'eecond flag, given by 'Mr. Ealverson, ;of Paraell, waa purchaeed by Mr. S. Dewis for £5 and presented to the eoout- , master as a gift to any troop in the dis- . trict. i -Thus, one of the most euccessful pat- ! riotic efforts of tie city was wound up i with fitting entlicfiiasm, and the "grati- !. tude of the promoters for the generosity ; with which their appeal was responded to is appropriately and gracefully voiced <by:one of the sentiments in the French Consul's speech at the Town Hall. "Havi ing witnessed the. noble work eo-earn-estly 3one by the people ofNew Zea- . land I have been inrpreeend for all time i by their devotedneas and generoisity," he i declared. "My career «c a coneul'is a i long one, but I can cay that never be- . I have been, lave I eeen iso genial an onfburat of eynrpathy toward my own people. My thanks and i gratefulneee ere intended iareJU , ,j