STREET COLLECTION TO-MORROW.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 75, 29 March 1926, Page 11

STREET COLLECTION TO-MORROW.

'.t\ The campaign to. obtain the money i';! necessary to enable' R. A. Rose, New Q Zealand'b champion'distance runner, to Sji proceed abroad with a view to meeting '-j Paavo Nurmij the-'-'JJying Finn," and ■( otli^r leading distance runners of the « vj- world, is to lie advanced a .further •i ctage ' to-morrow, when a street collec;|'tion will be made in Wellington. The ",,!'. necessary permissloli'has been obtained 5T by the combined committees of the New ):■ Zealand A.A! Council and , the Wei- ;;]) lington A.A. Centre, and arrangements vji have been made" for; the sale of, sou-[-jvenir badges at "arums points in the ikji city. The appeal is aii urgent one, and rjlit is being made in' the hope that the ■?;fund will ..lje supported sufficiently to Hiilcaye no doubt rfbout R. A,, Rose and his W'i companion (J. W, M.Holm) being sent |s!!abroad next month..; There has been a "i'lwidely-expressed .desire that Rose 'iilshojjld be sent in sfearah of Nufini, and sTjiit is on this account that the amateur „I', athletic bodies have launched their cam•,'jjpaign. The "drive 1' in Wellington to--»i; morrow will bo followed by another in '& ', the;- Wairarapa on- Wednesday.*;, •..■■ ,?• i|niong thpse.whoahave volunteered to ; r; ,take a stand to-niorrow are the mem- ;=) berfKof the Phil Smith Revuo;Company, ? , witji Mr. Nat Hanley." in charge. /• All people with:l subscription lists ,* | have been requested- to report tho Jj j amounts in hand to: the organiser (Mr. "^ A E. Gorton) by' Wednesday next..;