STREET APPEALS

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 36, 10 August 1918, Page 6

STREET APPEALS

NUMBER TO BE LIMITED

The Mayor has decided that a stricV limit shall be placed on patriotic street appeals, a decision which will, no doubt, be welcomed by a large section 1 of the community. As the war has progressed the number of public appeals for funds has increased. Mr. Luke thinks the time has arrived for some definite action.

Speaking to a Post reporter to-day, Mr. Luke statod that of late there had been a great number of street appeals in Wellington for patriotic, pnrposes. The Buffering public did not have an opportunity to recover from one before another was mooted. It was regrettable that there could, not be some combined effort which would obviate the necessity of appealing'to the public, on every occasion, some new scheme was put forward. The public was asked' to give ,to all sorts of organisations, large.and ■small, and it was: quite likely that the ■ more deserving causes suffered from the extreme frequency of the appeals. "I have now come to the conclusion," stated Mr. Luke,'"that street collections, with authority to. erect stalls, must be limited to one each month. I make this announcement on behalf of the council; and I feel sure that the council 'will back me up. The limit will jbe strictly adhered to; you can make it quite plain that for the future there can be only one street appeal each month. Ido not wish to put any.break on patriotic effort. Quite the reverse. I think the decision which I have arrived at will be in the best interests of the community, and also. in the best interests of those engaged in patriotic work. . , ' '■ . ' ! "There is another fact which I wish to emphasise, .and it is this: The City Council has complete control over street collections. Some people imagine that they can go to the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs andta,ke out a permit * to, collect..' They, can, but such, a collection must not be taken up in the city streets' without' the City Council's permission. ■.-' I . have before me now several applications for street collections. The number received has caused me considerable embarrassment, arid I do not think it would be to the general benefit of the whole of the people if. all these were granted. ■ The limit of one a month will operate:immediately."'.. ;