WAR ON CANCER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 9

WAR ON CANCER.

ANNUAL STREET COLLECTION

On the i-u-rge-fi<lll of the M:iyor. Sir Krne-t Davis, I lie City Council will in future permit a street collection smnunlly on Kmjiire Day. May 21. for the can-er -tat i.-ticul re-earch department. "Councillor." will have noti-ed that, as a result of a scries of street day collections conducted by local bodies I throughout the province on Kinpire Day. the sum of nearly £1400 was raised," -aid Sir Krnest. ' 'This has enabled Auckland to take ite rightful part in I the local war on raneer and to estab-li-h at the Auckland Hospital Board a i-tntistical research department which, iinioiig other iK-tlvitio*. will, in the niiiiiioii of the authorities, m:'':e an iiduiiniMe contribution to the world's -1 nil v of thi* terril ! ■ disease. In order l!a!t!'e ili'f II "t IIU-ll- now e-tab!i-h"d be iiiaiilti.iiiei 1 . the i-ii<ii of anproximnti'ly i £1.".(|il w ill lie reipiiied to be raised in i tin 1 pioviiici! each vear. In my ciipacity a*- liroiilciit of the Aiu-klaiid division of the I'.iitish I'.'Mpire Cancer Campaign Society. I am making a I'Pipicst in similar term* to mayors and chairmen throughout the province."