KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22110, 4 June 1937, Page 12

KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL

£6988 COLLECTED TO DATE OFFICIAL CLOSE OF APPEAL Christchurch will make a substantial contribution to the King George V National Memorial Fund. The appeal ended officially yesterday, and when the City Council offices closed yesterday the City Treasurer (Mr J. w. Niven) had acknowledged contributions totalling £6988 Os 3d. To this sum there will, it is expected, be many additions during the next few days, for all the money raised by the community singing yesterday has not yet been received and there are about 1000 contribution .lists to be returned by firms in the v city. All the grants made by local bodies, also, have not yet been sent to the City Treasurer, and those closely connected with the organisation of the appeal believe that the city's total will reach £BOOO. Several large sums were acknowledged yesterday, among them being £IOOO from the Christchurch City Council, £9OO from the Lyttelton Harbour Board, £7OO from the street appeal, £77 2s lid from the community singing, and £SO from the Canterbury Rugby Union. The community singing will bring in more than £77, however, for many promises of contributions were received by telephone and tnese, it is estimated, amo unt to £37, bringing the total from the fixture to £ll4. This will make the fixture one of the most successful to have been held in Christchurch. There was a Jarge attendance at the Civic Theatre. The singing was conducted by Mr A. W. Brown, the pianist being Mr F. L. Squire. Goods given to assist the appeal were auctioned by Mr Allan Matson. Thanks to the public and those who had organised the fixture were expressed by the Mayor (Mr J. W. Beanland) and the chairman of the Community Clubs Group (Mr C. H. Clibborn). Contributions acknowledged yesterday by the City Treasurer were:—Staff. National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd.. £2 16s 2d; staff, Bank of New Zealand, £ls 2s: staff, Bank of Australasia, £2 18s; Bank of New Zealand, Sydenham, £1 3s; street appeal, £700; Lyttelton Harbour Board, £900; Rakaia branch of the New Zealand Labour Party, £1 16s 2d; City Council staff, £35 6s 6d (part payment); staff, Mutual Benefit Building Society. £1; Mrs Gray, 17s 6d; Merivale Football Club, 10s 6d; "A G. L.," 10s; Canterbury Basketball Association, £5 ss; staff. J. J. Melhuish, £4; Dr. T. Stanley Foster, £5 ss; Methven branch, W.D.F.U., ss; New Zealand Red Cross Society, £8 ss; Elmwood Tennis Club, £5 ss;. Christchurch Working Men's Club, £l7; staff, J. Ballantyne and Company, Ltd., £4 12s; Lin wood Methodist Ladies' Guild, £2 2s; "W.C.F.," £1 Is; staff, W. Wiggins, Ltd., £2 10s; J. G. Ward and Company, Ltd., £5 ss; Canterbury Rugby Union, £SO; Christchurch City Council, £1000; employees of the Christchurch Tramway Board, £7 12s; "R.C.C.," £1 Is; Mr J. Bruorton, 4s; staff, Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., £2; Mrs W. G. Sanders, 3s; Christchurch Clerks', Cashiers', and Office Employees* Union, £lO 10s; "Inasmuch," 2s 6d; Mr W. Pease, £1 10s; Canterbury Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., £2O; List No. 48, £5 6s; Trained Masseurs' Association, £1 19s 6d; Andersons, Ltd., £4 13s; Marist Rifle Club, £1 2s 6d; "P.H.H.," £1 Is: New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Insurance Association, £5 ss; Prudential Assurance Company, Ltd., £1 Is; National Insurance Company, Ltd., £1 Is; Standard Insurance Company, Ltd., £1 Is; Banks Peninsula Racing Club, £2O; Anonymous, 10s; E. WPidgeon and Company, Ltd., £lO 10s; Returned Soldiers' Association, £5 ss; Returned Soldiers' Association Bowling Club, £1 Is; Mr H. T. Stubberfleld £2 2s; staff, Lyttelton Harbour Board. £5 14s 6d; staff, Bank of New South Wales, £3 8s; Christchurch Technical College Old Girls' Hockev Club, 10s 6d; List No. 96. £1 lis; staff. New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, £l3 Is; children of the Hornby School, £1 2s 3d; National Council of Women, £3 7s Id; John Chambers and Son, Ltd., £5 ss; Community singing, £77 2s lid; Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., £IOO. N.Z. FUND MAY EXCEED £50,000 FLAG-PLANTING CEREMONY AT WELLINGTON (PEESS ASSOCIATION TELECBAM.) WELLINGTON, June 3.. "Both the Wellington and national objectives will have been achieved when the first accounting is announced later in the week," said the Hon. P. Fraser, Acting-Prime Minister, when opening the flag-planting ceremony in the city this morning as part of the King George V Memorial Fund campaign. The amount decided on for the whole of New Zealand was £IOO,OOO. First of all there was £25,000 from the Government, and when the £25,000 had been raised by voluntary subscriptions a further pound for pound subsidy was to be given right up to £IOO,OOO, he said. Tnat was the limit set, but it looked as if it would be surpassed. The understanding now was that every £IOOO over £50,000 to any amount would be subsidised by a pound for pound, and that amount was well in sight. He would probably be able to announce on Friday that £50,000 had been reached, but those who wished to give did not need to hesitate, for every shilling, whether given to-day or afterwards, would be subsidised. A crowd of more than 500 attended the ceremony. When Mr Fraser, the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. C. A. Hisiop), and other prominent citizens arrived, the crowd increased rapidly. After addressing those present, Mr Fraser and Mr Hisiop went up to a plot where a space for the planting of flags had been marked out and placed the first and second flags. They were followed by Mrs Fraser, the Hon W. Perry, M.L.C., Mr R. *A. Wright M.P., many prominent citizens, and hundreds of persons who had been waiting. Before many minutes hundreds of flags had been planted. The planting continued rapidly, and at intervals representatives of the secondary schools of Wellington placed the flags purchased by college pupils. A procession of vehicles from 1870 to 1937 was also held. The display of modern cars was outstanding. Another feature was the contribution by the Defence Department of an antiaircraft unit led by a huge motoT transport, which drew a three-inch anti-aircraft gun mounted on a truck and an aircraft searchlight outfit. DONATIONS RECEIVED BY "THE PRESS" The following additional donations to the King George V National Memoral Fund have been received by "The Press":— £ s. d. Anonymous .. .. 0 10 0 Mrs Pope, Ltd. .. ..500 C.E.D. .. .. ..330 Anonymous, Little River ..010 K. and M. Cradock ..076 ,H.A.S. .. .. , ..026

GIFTS FROM SCHOOLS ALMOST £9O COLLECTED Gifts totalling £B9 9s 9d have been made by schools and school organisations in the Canterbury Education Board's district to date to the King George V National Memorial Fund for the establishment of permanent health crmps. as follows: — Opawa School Committee, £2 2s; Springbrook School, 10s; Bromley School, 10s 6d; Hakataramea School. 16s; Southburn School, 4s Gd; Aylesbury School. £2 Is; Rangi-Ruru School, £l2 16s; Harewood School, £1; Glenroy School, 9s 9d; Education Board workshop staff. £1 2s 6d; Canterbury Education Board, office staff, £4 7s; Bumham School. 3s 9d; Normal School. £3; Willowby School, £1; Peel Forest School, 15s; Hook School. 10s; Milford School, £1 10s; Springston School, 9s 3d; Bluecliffs School, 10s; Springston South School, 10s; Broomfield School. 13s; Ealing School, 10s; Ouruhi-j School, 6s; Church of Christ, £1 3s 6d; Douglas School, lis 6d; Swannanoa School, 13s: Heathcote Valley School, 15s; Fairton School, 4s; Eyreton School. 7s; Ruapuna School, 10s;' Pigeon Bay School Committee, £2; Lyttelton District High School, £2 18s Id; Cashmere Fresh Air School. 10s: Tawai School, 4s 6d; Waituna Creek School, ss: Annnt School. 15s; View Hill School, 10s; Riccarton School, £1 2s 3d; further donation. Education Board staff, 4s; Addington School, £2 5s Id; New Brighton District High School, £5: Aranui School, £1 0s 7d; Opawa School, £3 10s; Woolston School, £5; Mount Pleasant School, 9s; Sumner District High School, £1 F*; Marshland School, £1 3s; Catholic Schools, £2O; Woodend School, £1 ss. QUOTA EXCEEDED IN AUCKLAND COLLECTION OF MORE THAN .£19,500 (PIIE3S ASSOCIATION TELTCORAM.) AUCKLAND, June 3. With the aggregate standing at more than £19,500, the lists opened in Auckland by the Mayor (Sir Ernest Davis) and the two newspapers, on behall of the King George V National Memorial Fund, closed officially to-night. Contributions for the day exceeded £BOO, and the list of Individual contributors was larger and more varied in character than any previously compiled. The total is more than the provincial quota set by the Government WELLINGTON COLLECTION (PMBS AtSOCIATIOH TELKGRAM.) WELLINGTON. June 3. The latest total in the King George V Memorial Fund for Wellington city and the adjacent territory is £12,352. The Governor-General (Lord Galway) has given another £2O to the fund. OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND RAISE £7600 (PBESB ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) _ DUNEDIN. June 3. The total Dunedin contribution to the King George V Memorial Fund is £5559. of which £274 15s was raisad by a flag day organised by the Duneiin branch of the Returned Soldiers'' Association. In addition to this amount £2086 was collected in provincial centres and Southland, bringing the total for Otago and Southland to approximately £7600.