STATEMENT BY ORGANISER

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23043, 11 June 1940, Page 8

STATEMENT BY ORGANISER

i MONEY STILL COMING IN (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, June 10. Appreciative comment on the spectacular achievement of having raised £250,000 for the sick and wounded in less than four weeks was made by Major Abel, honorary Dominion organiser of the . appeal. There were still several provinces in which major schemes were still in operation, he said, including a number of largescale art unions which would not be completed until about the end of the month. The Auckland figures could not be taken as serious indication of finality. Auckland had set itself a quota of £75,000. A big effort was a queen carnival, with nine queens, and most of the money would naturally not be handed in . till the last moment. Nelson had only recently come into the effort and this field included Westport. He indicated also that Southland and Gisborne could be looked to to do more. Otago, by already doubling its original quota of £25,000, had set a lead, and he expected that some of , the other provinces would set the goal of doubling theirs. Major Abel pointed out that the appeal was launched before the invasion of Holland. Belgium, and France, and it was realised now that greater amounts would be necessary. The Lord Mayor’s Fund in London had appealed for more medical stores and ambulances. Major Abel said he felt that while the Dominion was comparatively secure from the direct effects of the war those staying at home were setting an admirable example by giving generously of their cash and resources to assist the sick and wounded. DOMINION TOTAL (raas> association celboramj WELLINGTON, June 10. At noon to-day the Sick and Wounded Fund had exceeded £268,000, and the organisers stated that with amounts yet to come in the figure would be considerably more than £270,000. , BUSINESSMAN’S CLUB COLLECTS £3200 The announcement that £3200 had been collected so far by the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club for the Red Cross appeal for the Sick and Wounded Fund was made by the president of the club (Mr E. H. Buckeridge) at the weekly luncheon yesterday. He also said that the staff of John Chambers, Ltd., had given a washing machine to be raffled, and this had brought in £175. MASTER BUTCHERS’ EFFORT The master butchers have arranged a community singing session in aid .of the Sick, Wounded, and Distress Fund, to be held in the Metro Theatre, Sydenham at noon to-day. More than 80,000 tickets have already been sold for their £ 100 alluvial gold art union in aid of the fund, and it has been necessary to print another 40,000. At one city butcher’s shop the sale of 4500 tickets has been recorded. • On Friday evening the “world wonder’’ bullock,, presented by Mr J. R. D. Johns, of Belfast, will be paraded in a float through the city streets, and a weight-guessing competition held. A procession, headed by the Christchurch Highland Pipe Band will leave the Metro Theatre, Sydenham, at 7.15 p.m., and proceed to Warner’s Hotel, where the weight-guessing competition will be held. SUMNER PATRIOTIC APPEALS COMMITTEE A public meeting will be held at Sumner on Thursday evening to reform the Red Cross and Patriotic Appeals Committee. This was announced last evening by the Mayor of Sumner (Mr J. E. Tait), who said that an attempt had been made to combine Redcliffs and Sumner, but this had not resulted in the cohesion expected. It seemed that a better organisation in Sumner was required. He would act as chairman of the meeting. The Mayor reported he had paid in £420 for Sumner’s effort to the Red Cross and Patriotic Funds. This had been raised by various means in Sumner, Redcliffs, and Mount Pleasant.

Misses, £1; Hewitt, Mrs, £1; Gifford, J. R., £1; Robertson, £1; Slattery, £1; J.M., £1; Earl. £1; Sundries. £5 12s; Beckingbam, E., £1; Fraser, Dr. C. S., £lO 10s; Wallace, G. J., £5 ss; staff T. and J. T. Thomson, Ltd., £2 ss; Will, Mrs, £2; Blackier, Mrs 0., £10; Watkins, U. J., £10; Girl Guides (sundries), £1 ss; No. 10, £1; Sundries, £2 14s Id; Oxford, T., £1 Is; Mrs Reid, £5; Howden. Mrs, £1; Sundries, £2 3s; Mr and Mrs F. G. M. Raymond, £lO 10s; Hart, Mrs J. R., £1; Foster, Miss M. M„ £1 Is; King, Miss E. A., £3 3s; Vuletta, Mr and Mrs J., £25; Bryden, K., £1; Spratt, E. J., £1; Skinner, Mrs J., £1 Is; Adams, Mr and Mrs J. W.. £2O; Beattie, £1; Bryant, £2; Sundries, £4 19s 6d; Sundry, 9s. — £lOll 12s 9d. Total to date, £37.175 3s 6d. Donations may be sent to the secretary of the Fund, 77 Hereford street, or P.O. Box 1098, Christchurch. —1 Mi