WORTHY APPEAL.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19805, 18 December 1929, Page 12

WORTHY APPEAL.

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS FOR THE POOR. «, ROTARY CLUB'S STREET COLLECTION ON FRIDAY. On Friday next the Rotary dub ot Christchurch proposes to hold a street collection in aid of the orphans of the City and also to provide funds to supply a week's rations, consisting of groceries, meat, and bread, to the poor families of the City and suburbs. The families to be assisted will be families with children. The Club has received lists of deserving cases from the leading social workers in the City, including Mrs T. Green of the Hospital Board. Nurse Maude, and the Rev. P. Revell, City Missioner. All the eases have been thoroughly investigated and vouched for, and there are some touching examples of hardship and poverty, 320 familes being at present listed to be supplied with hampers. The delivery of the supplies will be undertaken personally bv members of the Rotary Club. On Sunday next four of the leading bands in Christchurch—Berry's, Woolston, Municipal, and Battalion—will play in the Hospital grounds and the Royal Christchurch Musical Society will sing Christmas carols. In past years the bands have very thoughtfully given up their time to this worthy cause and have turned out in full force. With regard to the collection on Friday, the headquarters will bo situated in a tent in the Cathedral grounds and at certain of the busy street corners collectors will ask the general public for contributions towards the fund. Cheques and donations of cash will be thankfully received by Mr Denys Hoare, the secretary of the Rotarv Club. Hereford street, from those who would like to assist but who cannot get into town on Friday. Last year £SOO was collected, and those who delivered the Christmas hampers and actually got into touch with the families were* more than satisfied that the cases were most deserving ones. In this annual collection the members of the Rotary Club are simoly giving their services to organise the people and the project is in no way intended to glorify the benefactory work of the Club. The organisers have sufficient faith in the public to make all arrangements for the purchase and delivery of the hampers in advance ot and in anticipation of the response. Some typical raws of hardship in the City are cited as follows:—(1) Man and wife with eleven children. <2t Man ill for three years. Wife and two children. <3i Woman 'deserted) with four children. (!) Woman with nine children (husband in frnoli. <o) Man and wife with four children. '.So-ia! worker's '•omment : "A v«>rv bad o;is<\"i

DEVELOPMENT OP MOUNT ISA. The Mining Trust, Ltd., of London. as consulting engin-eer to Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., has issued a report on the de vclopment of the coßpnij'i property in Western Queensland. TwtWi hundred men •re employed at the mini). Three eighthour shifts a day are being worked in sink in* the two new operating shafts, and every effort is being made to complete the plants and have the mine working by August, IPSO. Diamond drilling is stated to liar* proved average grade "re to a depth of JOOOft, but the Mining Trust has restricted its calculation of ore reserves to a depth S!o«ftr.« •*♦"•"«• h » Te b ««»> estimated at Il'SnLr 1 TtvrnmUnt a gross valua -J co-?' )0 . 0 ' 000 - y" 1 , 1 ? l6 »'» »» «0 a ton, ..ine ni 1 t.° n * * nd v ,,W * r •* 2 " * n 0 » n "- The Black Star ore body has been proved for a length of 2200 ft, with wtdths op to 230 ft Drilling ia being continued because neither the northern nor the southern limit of the ore has been denned. The estimated routs of mining have been confirmed by the underground work already carried out, and the pilot plant has given resnlta which fully i.t"i»rt« h j«» w * to «! n, €"* 1 ? ,u nn **■«* **• erected the Mining Trust expects an annual production of 70,000 tons of lead 3 100 000 ounces of silver, and 4800 tons of sine With lead at £2O a ton. ti nc at £23 a ton. mated at £900,000™ "object"to" U gallon. **" EGG AUCTION. Meaara Harria 8r0... Ltd., report that Brand guaranteed freah mga» waa held vmterdav afternoon. The following "*£, ? *£ Sol' la i" 1 n ' g *' " eC °" d «»«• <■-«■«■ '' _____ ~"' PROPERTY SALE. Jones, McCroati* Co., Ltd., aold by publ.c H F" in the ra if. M ,t" fTT* "' *''» Irn-tea. >n the catate of the late Laura Sad roan the prop-rtv s.f.ate at the corner of Manch'Jter and hilmore streets comnria.M- u » ...hth-aere of u