POPPY DAY APPEAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1928, Page 10

POPPY DAY APPEAL.

AMOUNT REACHES £1800.

DETAILS OF COLLECTIONS.

"Our association is deeply grateful to all, the response was overwhelming, and it shows that we have the sympathy and confidence of the people of Auckland." This is a statement made on behalf of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association in acknowledging the practical support given to Poppy Day appeal. The amount has now reached the £1800 mark, and one return has yet to comc in.

The association asks the Auckland public to continue sympathy in a practical manner by remembering ex-soldiers when they have employment to offer. The association intends to open a new employment register, and trusts to receive many applications for men. Details of Poppy Day collection (shillings and pence omitted) are: — Ferry Buildings, £03; Customs Street, £104; N.Z. Insurance Buildings, £94; Milne and Ohoyce, £107; Vulcan Lane, £56; Smith and Caughey, £09: Wellesley Street, £65; Victoria Street, £81; Shortland Street, £94; St. Paul's Church, £17; Fort Street, £40; Grafton Bridge, £31; Syrnonda Street, £43; Karangahape Road, £85; Newmarket, £63; Three Lamps, £50; St. Stephen's Avenue, £27; Mount Eden, £75; Onehunga, £65; Epsom, £33; Takapuna, £35; Devonport and Stanley Bay, £71; Northcote, £28; Birkenhead, £38; Tamaki, £10; New Lynn, £26; Mount Albert, £34; Bayswater, £17; Remuera, £44; collected id office, £1.