KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22073, 22 April 1937, Page 10

KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL

* ORGANISING CAMPAIGN ' FOR FUND ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR CHRISTCHURCH A strongly-organised campaign for subscriptions from Christchurch towards the King George V Memorial Fund is planned by the Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanland) and members of the Qhristchurch Health Stamp Committee. It is the intention of the New Zealand Government to establish permanently two health camps in the Dominion for children, one in each island, and an appeal for subscriptions to the fund has been issued by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M.-, J. Savage). The Govern■ment has promised to contribute £25,000 to this cause, and has agreed to subsidise £ for £ the amount received above £50,000 —this sum including the Government's initial contribution. The Mayor said yesterday that the Government's proposal was an admirable one, and he felt that the citizens of Christchurch should give it their ' strongest support. Much fuller success would attend the appeal, however, if it was backed by organisation, and he was more than willing to ask the city to give freely to the fund. In his opinion the response from Christchurch up to the present indicated that there was considerable scope for organisation. The merit of the appeal could be brought much more vividly before the public if a plan of campaign was worked out, and he had accordingly arranged for a public meeting to be held in the City Council Chambers next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He anticipated that the City Council would make a substantial grant to the fund at its next meeting, and thus give a lead to the public. The Minister for Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan) had advised that he would attend the meeting on Monday and speak on behalf of the. Government. The response from Christchurch should be worthy of the city, which had in the past shown practical sympathy for deserving causes, and he hoped that the attendance at the meeting on Monday would be strong enough to give the movement the vigorous start that was essential to success. AUCKLAND SUBSCRIPTIONS OPEN WITH £3071 PERSONAL CANVASS BY MAYOR (KBBB3 ASSOCIATION TBLEOBAJI.) AUCKLAND, April 21. i A subscription list has been" opened at the Town Hall by the Mayor of Auckland (Mr Ernest Davis), on behalf of the King George V National Memorial Fund. The list is inaugurated by a number of substantial contributions totalling £3071. which were the result of a personal canvass by the Mayor, covering a period of two days. These contributions include £ 1000 from the Auckland Savings Bank and £SOO from the Auckland Racing Club. N.Z. RUGBY UNION GIVES | 100 GUINEAS l "*" 1 WELLINGTON, April 21. The New Zealand Rugby Union decided at its annual meeting to-day to grant 100 guineas to the King George V Memorial Fund. OTAGO GIFT TO FUND TEN ACRES AND £SO FROM EDUCATION BOARD > DUNEDIN, April 21. v The Otago Education Board, in contributing £SO to the King George V Memorial Fund, also offers a 10-acre site at Patearoa for use as a permanent health camp.

The following contribution has been received by the Editor of "The Press" for the King George V Rational Memorial Fund: John Etherton £l. The amount received by the Editor of "The Press" and previously acknowledged is £l7 8s 6d.