Generous Response

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 1 (Supplement)

Generous Response

Yugoslavs* Street Appeal pi Brings Fine Result gPS Many collection boxes were filled {Hjij to overflowing and all received ftJH plentiful attention in the Yugoslavs' jbfl effort to-day to swell the Fighting WM Forces Fund. gjjl The brightness of the Yugoslav 111 j costume drew much attention in the s-fjfj i streets and from reports so far re- Wm |ceived it seems that the public was §I*l jas generous as it has heen on all pie ! recent collections. Mr. L. W. Swan ffff described the response to the appeal Kg jas marvellous. There were about |ffg I 300 boxes in use and many were so Ml ! full that difficulty was experienced «JV I in opening them for clearance. 84 J Although no estimate of the amount g$ 1 collected can be made to-day, the ty $ best indication of the readiness of ffij the public's response can be judged a;*d , by the number of paper badges given fr, If; : out in response to contributions. £j | j It was thought that 20,000 of MI j these badges would be sufficient, but W\ ■ so enthusiastic was the response on *• | the part of the public that many of ijtj the sellers had disposed of their £!4 ! | i wares early in the dav and it was Xifi i necessary to "make shift." It was || fl ; certainly a day of generosity and mi it proved definitely that Aucklanders a -n I are always willing givers where the &i . : war effort is concerned. «p J