STREET APPEAL HELD
CHRISTCHURCH RED Csp SOCIETY ' £247 OBTAINED FOR OF DISTRESS , ?£# < The sum of £247 12s was colWHpby workers in the Christchurch Cross Society’s street appeal The numerous collectors took positions at an early morning, and all the important In the city area were manned.. arrangements for the collect!^-"IMK in the hands of Lady Wigram, sident of the society. 4Wl ijjg‘ Commenting on the result peal last evening. Lady WUffyjHp the results must be satisfactory, although a coawgall; with last year showed a decrease in the amount of tained. July was. however, a favourable season of the street appeals, whereas last JWtMi' appeal had been held in had resulted in the collection £370. The workers of the society found that many people dined to give as freely as In wjaßfe on the assumption that the aMMKj the Government in pnanwMHp creases in pay and sbortaa would itself do a great deal existing distress. The money from yesterday’s appeal. would be applied to the the families of unemployed sickness were feto week
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21812, 18 June 1936, Page 18
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