Y.M.C.A.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 7

Y.M.C.A.

THE WELLINGTON CAMPAIGN, ... .TOTAL TO DATE £1677 9s. 6d. ' . GIFTS OF £500 AND £100. ' ~'Agift of £500 from "A Previous, Giver, '■ following yesterday upon Mrs. Williams's v splendid offer announced the" day before, substantially increased the funds, of-, the local iY.M.C.A. at the very outset of their cam:ipaign,'and is important also as showing that .a , . those who gave before are .among tho. first - 1 i'to recofeniso the strong necossity of this sec- ; ond appeal. ! A gift of £100 from the Wellington and ! Mariawatu Railway Company caused a fur-, j ther rise, in the large barometer on which ' results'are marked,' in the Association's temjrarary .premises in Messrs. Nathan and Co.'s buildings. ■' - I •!- ■ Tho I :greater.'part of yesterday was, de- ; "7" Voted - ; by . the can-passors /to organisation work. The Citizens' Committee mot for ■' luncheon at 1 p.m. at Mr. Carroll's refresh-pent'-rooms, where they will .meet daily ' during the campaign, and the Young Men's , : i had, tea. togother in the ABSOQiatibn's:Rooms, as they, will do throughout tho . J Beven, days."Details of -organisation were [ pole table-talk at both these gatherings. ! - Tho „ head-quartors of tho campaign, in ' ' I'eatberstori Street, have been made truly conspicuous; Tho big thermometer is div- ■ ■ ldedoff by hundreds, the goal, £7000 being printed at tho top, and tho other thousands under it according to thoir places. Alongside the thormometor, in gigantic i headlines is printed "Y.M.C.A.'New Building ■ Completion Fund, Head-Quarters, Citizens' ; . , and . Young Men's Committees, £7000 in - Beven, Days, Campaign doses Midnight, (Wednesday, October -23." ; ' CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE. ' • The following is the list of contributions ico date:—' ' ' ~ ' I - ■ ■" ' ' £ s. d. ;l Mrs."Williams 1000 0 0 • 'A Previous Giver.. 500 0 0 Wellington and Manawatu | ••'Railway. Company 100 0 0 T. M Wilford, M.H.R 10 0 0 E. ,H. :Dcaii ■ 10 , 0 0 J. M. A Ilott V.... 11 0 0 . Uther: Amounts,..,'; 46 9 6 . .. Total ... £1677 9 6 / [BY TEIJCGIIAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] / Auckland, October 17. In connection with the Y.M.C.A. campaign ; £339 was raised to-day, making a total of " '£9509, occlusive of £4000 expected to bo raised 'in connection with old building. This :i leaves £3491 to bo secured in tho remaining , fhrce' days.