£6OO RAISED

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20956, 9 September 1933, Page 12

£6OO RAISED

«► RESULTS OF PLUNKET DAY SOCIETY'S STREET APPEAL The result of yesterday's appeal in aid of the funds of the Plunkct Society, when all the proceeds are received, will be more than £6OO, the actual total available last night being £592. Of this amount £265 was realised from the sale in the ? streets of violets, and £327 from the * stalls. On the result of the day's '< effort being announced the presi- < dent, Mrs J. Cracroft Wilson, and the members of the executive com- ! mitlec expressed themselves as 1 deeply grateful for the support given ] to the appeal, and stated that they ( valued the small coins of to-day as 1 much as the larger contributions of more prosperous years. The object of ' the Plunkct Day appeal was to raise 1 the funds absolutely necessary for J the work of the Plunkct nurses to be ' carried on, and the £6OO realised from the sale of violets and from ' the stalls, together with the £309, the proceeds of the cabaret held | some weeks ago, would enable this to be done. They also expressed 1 their grateful thanks to the many ( collectors, those who conducted and 1 assisted at the stalls, and all others who helped to bring about the re- > suit of yesterday's appeal. Last year a special effort was made, and the proceeds from the sale of violets and from the stalls , amounted to £940; in 1931 the appeal brought in £605. ', Towards yesterday's appeal cheques were received from Messrs George Humphreys and P. Coleby : and Miss Francis. Two little girls on Clifton Hill, Sumner, sold violets ( and collected 4s 6d. At Headquarters. The headquarters of the appeal : were at the Canterbury Jockey : Club's rooms. Mrs J. Stevenson and helpers presided over those who prepared the bunches of violets, amongst whom were many girl guides and pupils from the Maori Girls' College. Mr G. L. Donaldson and Mrs 11. D. Acland were in charge of the sellers and were as- ; sisted by Messrs G. N. Fairhurst, J. Sinclair, P. G. Grant, C. E. Purchase, K. West-Watson, B. Lake, R. Whyte, R. Carney, and D. Parker, who acted as cashiers. The sellers numbered about 250. Refreshments for the sellers and the stall-holders and their assistants were provided in the Navy League Hall under the charge of the president, Mrs J. Cra- ■ [croft Wilson, the Mayoress, Mrs D. G. Sullivan, Mrs L. M. Wilson, and members of the Opawa-St. Martins, Papanui, Linwood-Woolston, and city branches. The secretary, Mrs Cecil Wood, had a very busy day. As last year, a feature of the appeal was the decorated lorry which paraded the streets calling attention to the cause of the mother and the child. This was part of the work of the publicity committee, which consisted of Messrs J. J. Staples, F. H. Walls, A. Wood, Wm. Murdoch, and Leo Armstrong. The business firms of the city splendidly supported the efforts of the committee, the following firms specially decorating the windows of their premises in honour of Plunket Day: Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co., T. Armstrong and Co., Webley, Sons, and Gofton, New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, the Para Rubber Co., the D.1.C., Messrs Beath and Co., Ltd., Triggs and Denton, J. Bates and Co., Hannah and Gee. A. J. White. Ltd.. Herbert's Shoe Store, Londontown, Hay's, Ltd., Mrs Pope, Ltd., C. Begg and Co., Hallenstein's, Ltd.. and the Christchurch Public Library. Stalls and Stall-holders. The stalls were situated on the river bank near the Victoria street bridge and did good business during the day. The stalls, stall-holders, and the amounts realised were as follows: — £ s. d. Cakes—The Riccarton subbranch and Mesdames F. E. Graham, K. Ballantyne and A. J. Bunz (sum in- y eludes Mrs Ballantync's bridge party, £4O) .. 83 14 5 Books—The Papanui subbranch .. .. 16 10 9 Varieties—The WoolstonLinwood sub-branch .. 20 11 7 Plants and flowers—Syden-ham-Cashmere-Spreydon sub-branch .. .. 122 15 0 Produce— Ricumond-Shirley and Marshland subbranches, and Mesdames A. McKillop, R. M. Morten and Miss Haughton 36 IS 2 Delicatessen stall—Mesdames H. T. Thacker, O. T. J. Alpers, M. 11. Godby, D. G. Gould, G. Aitken, E. Wanklyn . - 22 10 2 Decorated baskets—The Sumner-RedclifTs subbranch .. • • 17 13 7 Sale of pegs made by Mrs C. P. Agar .. .. 10 0 Amongst the sellers were members of the Opawa-St. Martins, Lincoln. New Brighton, Marshland, Kaiapoi, and Belfast sub-branches, and members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. St. Margaret's College, Old Girls' Association, and the Canterbury branch of the Navy League. Cakes were received from the Amberley, Kaiapoi, Amuri, and Belfast sub-1 branches. Competitions drawn at the stalls vc- j suited in the following being the winners, and they are asked to call at the Plunket rooms for their prizes: Doll: Mrs Harland, ticket 1683: ham: D. Dwan, number of beans guessed 407; turkey: Mrs M. H. Godby: walking stick: T. Easterbrook, Shirley; money-box, H. G. James. S.X. Bakery; cake: Mrs Dan Reese; and child's smock: Mrs McCabe, 2 McFadden's road. Mrs Hy. Wyatt, who was in charge of the arrangements for the stalls, deserved the great credit for her work, which was complete in every detail. Supply of Violets. Violets were picked by the schoolchildren from the Elmwood, West Christchurch, Sydenham, and Opawa Schools, who were transported to the violet gardens at Avoca Valley, Horotane Valley, Mount Pleasant, and ReddifTs by a fleet of cars under the organisation of Mesdames E. Cordner and Hallows Wood, Mr L. M. Wilson, and others. Amongst the violet growers who contributed were Messrs Kny- ; man, Odcring, Holland,' Cartman. Davidson (3), Wenmouth, AUsop, Lethwick. Lane, A. Jamieson, Gee, Burgess, Kolobon, Price, Tulloch, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Timbrell, Mr Turnbull. Mrs Jones, and Messrs T. J. Edmonds. | Ltd. Flowers were also received by post from Marton, Wanganui, Levin, ■ Pahiatua, Palmerston North. Spotswood, Cheviot school-children, Rangi- ; ora, Waikari, Kaiapoi, Blenheim, Seddon Akaroa, Amberley, Bulls, Carterton", RedclifTs, and Sumner, CulverI den, Little Akaloa, and Banks Peninj sula bays through Mrs J. L. Danks.