SHORT OF FUNDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 9

SHORT OF FUNDS.

AID ;FOR.,THE : -VETERANS' HOME. , .••• That":'tho 'H6nie in' Auckland should'be 1 shbrt'.'of-.funds, is not'at' all'crcditablo' Only recently'it wa? cabled; froiii 'Loridph'that'-several war veterans had to.'.be cscbrted ;frpm';tho' workhouso 'tq a big patriotic'..dinner,' a ''stiito'Vbf, things that made' the "eiitire.'riatioii shudder with disgrace and'for, Britishoi's to' ask each :othbr—" Can' such''- things;• be? "■ 'Tho : '.Vbt'erans'Home, .'during Lord Raiifurly's regimo' as ■Governor,'-, is ; ;iiPt:\a' workhoUse, .but ~was intended to be 'a' jiist 1 tribute' to thpso' who had borne thobrunt, of v . tho; stressful -.'tiiVio when life had not.£o : secui'o;a'-tenure in these;part« ■as 'lio.w,' and,. haring, put 1 ' its-/hand'' to: .tho ploughj: psbplo, Should push' Hght on tcf' the ' end' of tho'furrow.-'M v -'' : ■

■ There is: a ; movement '01V. foot' to do something in 1 Wellington l ,A#'' several.; prominent jjeoplo, backcd by tho patronaga of His Excellency the ' Governor. This will take th 6 form of a threo nights' comedy season at the Opera Houso on March 24 r 25, and _2G, when tho Mo\mtebaiilv' Dramatic ' Club will play, Byron's clover coined};,' ";Otir.Boys," a play now.to. most ofytlio younger •genoratioji,> and ono that should provo* a-welcome revival "to tho older.: -iTlio 'Mayoress ; (Mrs.: Hislop) is taking a ' lively interest in the project, and has'Called'-a mooting' of ladies " desirous'of assisting for Friday afternoon in tho Mayor's room at'the'-Town 'Hall.- V-