EMPIRE DAY APPEAL.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16220, 24 May 1918, Page 6

EMPIRE DAY APPEAL.

FOR HHITISH ANT) FOREIGN SAILORS. F.luborato preparations have been made liy the organising committw to ensure the sueccs? of the Knipire lJay appeal. which is lo be niyde to iho Christchurch r»nbi! to-day. There arc to lie no less than thirty-\iine collecting stations situated at various busy point.-, of the city and suburbs. In order 1'- urevi'-.u confusion, and with the idea i ncouraging a spirit of friendly rivalry, each station will be named nft r :r :I tvansport, and as the takings of transport are counted, the sum will he marked up on a lingo hoard, which has been erected in tho Square. In charge of this . department I will be a number of sailors from Lyttelton, who ha v.> proffered their services to assist with the appeal. There will also he a sale in the Square of numbers of pretty and useful articles, which will be displayed on stalls erected for the purpose. ' A novel feature in connexion with the collecting has been tho organising of a number of collccting "teams/' various societies and associations, as well as business firms, having promised teams of workers. The Christchurch Golf Club, the "W.N.H.. the Overseas Club, and the St. John Ambulance Association, are some of the societies which have come forward with offers of help. Afternoon tea for tho workers will ho provided by the Cashmere Ladies' Guild.