COPPER TRAIL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 16, 14 October 1918, Page 7

COPPER TRAIL

Tho Wellington Copper Trail mad© an advance ot 63 miles towards Auckland last week, and reached PorooturaOj '20 miles "this side of To Kuiti. Tho sum of £10,000, donated by tho Wairarapa Patriotic Society, was the chief factor in producing this big advance.- The distance covered now is 280 miles, representing £61,500. Tim managers havo been handed a piirso found in the street. The finder failed to discover tho owner, who may still claim the property. Another recent donation was a child's money-box, v/lrich contained 9s. 4Jd. It is announced that, as the "Our Day" ap,peal closes on October' 24, tho Copper ■Trail chalet on Lambton Quay is to bo sold. The donations for the week ended October 11 include:— £ . s. d. Wairarapa Sub-Centre British lied .Cross: Grant ■from Waiirarapa Patriotic Association ; 10,000 0 0 Wairoa:' Lady Liverpool and l\cd Cross Coni- . inittee 637 19 0 Watrarapa Sub-Centro British Red Cross r>oo 0 0 t'oxtoh Patriotic Society...' ]69 fi 5 Church of England Bed Cross offertories 101 9 8 Levin Co-operative Dairy Vo., Ltd ■125 ; Kaipurow, via Eketahima (par .1;. Gγ. Carson), £22 Us.; children of at. James's School (bazaar, per Jtiss Mowbray), £20; Maraokakeho Eed Cross Society, £15 65.. 6d.; J.H.H. £15; Havelock North (per Miss if Fiteroy), £12 6s. 8cl.; Y.W.C.A. (concert, per Mrs. Birch), £12; Mrs. Earl M-Kenzie, Petone, £12 2s. 3d.' Spin, sters' Club (nor Miss Isaacs), £8 7s did.; Snowball Entertainment, Eastbourne (further instalment), £5 15 S 6d • Banks College, £5 os. 2d • M G Kikour, £5; Eastbourne Lady Liverpool Committee _ (per Mrs. Wise), £2 10s. 6d.; collection on s.s. Kauri 'flier M. H. Richards), £2 2s. 1R1.; Com' mercial Club, Potone (per D. Frasor) £2 25.; Glen Orua School,.£2 On t'd • i>. Robertson. £1 Is.; "Major," ,£{'■ AVaimii-o-mata School, 10s. 6d.' '