PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Evening Post, Volume xc, Issue 79, 1 October 1915, Page 2

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

A WEST COAST EFFORT (»T TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GERYMOUTH, 27th Sept. A patriotic demonstration was held in Victoria Park to-day, and was a great success. The weather was beautifully fine, and the procession the best ever seeD here. Sports of all kinds were indulged in. A sum of over £200 was deceived. HAWKES BAY PAGEANT (IT TILBQRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) NAPIER, 30th September The proposal to raise £50,000 or more for the Wounded Soldiers Fund by means of a' Hawkes Bay Imperial Pageant, which emanated from the Napier 30,000 Club, is being taken up with great enthusiasm. To-day at Hastings delegates from Dannevirke, Waipukurau, Waipawa, Otane, and Napier held a meeting, and enthusiastically endorsed the proposal to hold a provincial carnival at Napier. The various districts will elect their queens and the queen polling most votes will be* declared Empress of the Carnival, which is to be held on 27th and 28th December The meeting strongly affirmed the principle of a national fund, and comprehensive proposals are to be draited with a view to centralising the funds of the Hawkes Bay and supporting the National Fund principle Among the donation promises i.« a fully-stocked farm and a motor-car valued at £900