DOMINION RD'S. FINE EFFORT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 297, 14 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)

DOMINION RD'S. FINE EFFORT

With a splendid donation of £sfi fund leaping over the second cer the £300 mark. Further Scout 1 that the £300 mark would be r and To-day's if t by the pupils of the Dominion Road School brings their total for this campaign to a figure in excess of £100 a magnificent achievement over a period of less than three months. This time it is the result of a fair; before that there was a fancy dress parly and a picture benefit nip;ht ; their initial gift followed on a Cuy Fawkes Day self-denial collection. Backed by a strong committee of adults, the pupils of this school are providing a particularly fine example of team work. The school is less than 500 roll strength, and the area from which lh»y draw their support is comparatively small. But by all pulling toi'ftlv i in a common cause they are achieving record results. Before war broke out they outfitted their own sr hoil with radio receiving and loud speaker apparatus; they built their own dental clinic, and pioneered the new type of miniature swimming pool all by community effort and a spirit of self-help. Soon after the outbreak of war they decided that others should now reap the benefit of their work, and adopted the Provincial Patriotic Fund as their special avenue for service. Truly this school is building up in its young people a fine spirit of service to others; certainly the results of their work will bring considerable pleasure and happiness to an everwidening circle of men and women whose lives have been directly affected as a result of the war. One pound comes to us this week from the primary department of the Ncjatea D.H.S. This is as a result of concerts held by the dramatic club associated with the primary department. It will be remembered that the secondary department sent us a donation some weeks ago. Ten more scout groups figure in this week's list of acknowledgments to bring Scout Week total to over 112, and cur sincere thanks go to these scouts and cubs. Some of these groups have sent in amounts which entitle -» -t—

8 18 4, the pupils of the Dominion Roai rntury hurdle and landing nearly half of tl Week donations to hand bring their total reached now seems as though it will be denials of the young people of the prov e them to a certificate of service; other r groups are reminded that as soon as n their total donations reach or exceed - £ I they are entitled to claim one of e these fine records of their gifts in aid f of war funds. y An interesting gift acknowledged t to-day is that from the Everett family s —Diane, Brewster, Neil, Bruce, Barry, - Patricia and Dawn Everett and Nelson e Hill. Just eight young folk, but their e gifts swell the funds by a further e pound. i •> 4-

jr Ngatea D.H.S.. B Xgatca, r .Vl2/40. Dear Peter Pari, Enclosed please find P.N. for £1 as n (lunation raised by the children of the primary department through Dramatic Club concert' l . 1 remain. Voiiis faithfully, ' (Mis*) I). K. CRIBB. 6, Richborne Street, Kingsland, S.W.I. 2 12/40. Dear Peter Pan, Please find enclosed Postal Note as a contribution front . the Gladstone Girl Guides to your Shilling Fund. We are hoping to send more later on. Yours flineerelv. F. A. LEE. C'apt., (.ladstniie (i.G.

id School are responsible for our :he way toward our next objective, I to over £12. Last week's hope fulfilled—a tribute to the efforts vince. And so our campaign goes from strength to strength. On October 1 L the Shilling Fund was but an idea to-day we display a proud total just short of two hundred and fifty pounds.