THE YOUNG MEN'S BUILDING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 135, 8 June 1906, Page 6

THE YOUNG MEN'S BUILDING.

OVER £10,600 RAISED FOR ITS ■ERECTION. A WONDERFUL RESULT. Last night tho period, expired within which the campaign was to be conducted for the collection of tho £10,000 required'for,the erection of a building for thu Young Men's Christian Association's work upon the site in Willis-etreefc given by 'Mrs. Williams. At 10 o'clock in tho evening, a volley of cheers was heard upon Lainblon-quay, and curious citizens who' happened to be abroad at that hour learned that the sum required had been subscribed. As a matter of fret, so rapidly and liberally did donations cometo hand yesterday fyiat the £10;000 was passed. The taking's 'for yesterday alono reached £700, and « donations continued to come m this morning, the total amount subscribed at noon to-day being £10,600. Within the past eight months the association has received gifts (including value of sito and building fund) amounting to the equivalent of clos© upon £16,000. This constitutes an, Australian record in tho way of a subscription fund. A striking feature of the collecting work was the success of the association's ten teams of ten members each. Tho^e young men, who are all members of thu association, set out with the endeavour to raise £I^soo, one-quarter of tho whole sum required, and each team had a determination to raise_ at least £100. Thsy 'were successful in both aims, no team receiving less than £100, and tlio total amount collected by the ten teams was £2350, £200 being 'received yestcrdav. , It has to be remenibsred that many of the subscriptions are in the nature of pledged promises. It is probabb that the Jbuildine: will cost more than £10.000, and when finished another £2000 will bo required to furnish and equip it. Theassociation therefore hopes that the inflow of donations will otill continue. There were muny generous callers at the office on Lnmbton-quay last night, and telephone messages intimating that there wr,s money behind the message were received up till 11 p.m. The plans for ths new building are already "in hand, and will be pushed towards completion with energy. The building is to be erected ub soon as possible. '

/ The Telegraph Office advises that communication with Gisborno has been interrupted sine© 9.20 o'clock last night. The Stock Exchange, reports sales today as follows : — Talisman, £1 5s 6d ; Moturoa Petroleum, £62; -ditto, preferential, £12 5s Wellington Meat (£2 12s 6d), £3 3s; Donaphy Rope and Twine-, £7 10s; Hydraulic 'Hand ■Milker, £5 10s. The Rev. P. C. Rcnnie was last evening inducted minister of the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. The Rev Dr. Gibb presided over the service. An 'alleged theft of 1981 feet of timber, valued at £15 '6s lid, from the Taupo Timber Company, Ltd., was the subject of an informution preferred at ths Magistrate's Court, before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., to-day, against Wm. John Barker, a. driver by occupation. Detective Broberg prosecuted, and Mr. Heidman "defended, electing that his client should bo tried by a jury. It w;;.s alleged that accused catted the company's timber to another person. Accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed as befoie. It is the intention of tho membera of the Consfuble-street Congregational Church to erect in the immediate future a church building that will be more suited to the needs of Newtown than the fcchoohoom. in which services have been held in the past. Already it fairly substantial sum has been promised towards the cost of tho building, but moTo is required, and the members o/ the sister churckes of the Terrace and Courtenaypluce have combined to assist the Newtown community in making the fair a success. ' Much cnthusiusin has been ehown by the ladies of the thieo churches, and a gieat deal of work has been done in preparing for the sale, which is to be opened by Mr. A. Lindsay next Tuesday afternoon and will continue throughout the week. Paiticulars are set out in another column. The advertisement states that there will be "no raffles, no-bran-tubs, nor anything approaching gambling." The fair will be the most comprehensive and important event of its kind yet undertaken by tho Congrgationalists of Wellington. Mr. Joh E. Lindborg, fi tho cheap draper, Cuba-street, announces special reductions for his salo to-morrow. _ Messrs. Caterer and Carey draw attention to special offerings, for one week only, in all departments, tho firm having bought very heavily of warehousemen's clearing lines. "Sydal," formerly known as Wilton's Hand Emollient, is elsowhoro advertised to ouro chapped hands and to produco smoothness of tho akin in cold weather. Attention is drawn in another part of this lssuo to several new linos opened up at tho 9th Yankee Bfustlo Sale which is running at tho American Norolty Stores, 26, Willis-street. Tlio salo runs another fortnight. Meaerfl. MactionaW, WUeon and Co. advertise for immediate private, salo a modern residence, of seven rooms and land 40ft x 114 ft, in Oriental Bay. Dotails of tho terms appear in tho advertisement inserted. Th« auction sale at Mr. Darcy Ford's promises, Willis-stroet, will bo continued to-morrow, as advertised. A fresh lot of prioes is advertised by Mr. S. G. Roes, jeweller and ongraver.