MASSEY MEMORIAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 9

MASSEY MEMORIAL

METHOD OF COLLECTING FUNDS

.A mooting of the General Committee of the Massey Memorial Fund was held in the Mayor's Room, Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, Mr. O. B. Norwood being in the chair. He announced that the contributions in Wellington totalled £296, including a donation of £100 from Mr. R. D.--D. M'Lean. The desire of all was that a memorial should be erected worthy of the statesman who had gone and worthy of the country in whose interests he had striven. •' '"".'.

Mr. T. S. Western said that in New Zealand there, were 200,000 men and of them considerably over half would be glad to-subscribe to a memorial to' Mr.' Massey. If each made a donation of Is to 2s 6d the necessary sum would be made available. ,

Mr. J. Myers remarked . that other places were looking to Wellington for a lead. Whenone recalled the hundreds of messages of sympathy from organisations of airlands and from sports, bodies it could scarcely be thought that they were not eager to "do something" to assist .the project. Were they'going the right way about the collecting of funds? He thought that a suitably worded letter, accompanied by a perforated slip requesting the recipients to send in their donations, would be effective. .

' Mr.E. P. Crowther suggested that collection boxes and bureaux should be established in a number of places in the city and suburbs. ' r

Mr. Norwood reminded the meeting that Sir Francis Bell had aksed particularly that there should be no parade, but at the same time he realised that there were many thousands who would be r only too pleased to contribute if< facilities were given them to do so. After further discussion it was agreed that a letter, a draft of which was submitted toMr: F. - Goldberg, .'should be sent to every firm and individual upon the telephone list and .to all sports bodies.: :That policy, said Mr. Myers, would not clash with the request of Sir Francis Bell. ■ . ." ;.: : . -■'. : : . :

It was also decided that. the Mayor' ■and.'Messrs. .Crpwther--; and J. A.< Connell should-arrange for suitable centres in -■■.the various, districts where donations could be received, that each of the newspapers should be requested to'open lists, 'and .thatthe "members of the executive committee should also be authorised to receive donations t&the fund.""-. '" :