BENEFICENT WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 10

BENEFICENT WORK

NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

MAYOR'S APPEAL FOR PLUNKET SOCIETY

'' Tomorrow a special appeal is being made by the- Plunkct Society for funds, "said the Mayor (Mr. T. C. A. Hislop) today. "There have' been many applications to the public of late for assistance to various charitable organisations, but I know of no appeal moro worthy of assistance than that of the Plunket Society. "Owing to the economic difficulties of the past year, and tuo increased demand upon the services of the Plunket Society arising from these very difficulties, its financial position lias become acuto. Either a considerable sum must be raised at once, or the beneficent work that has been done, and is being done, for mothers and children must be seriously curtailed. There -is no other alternative, as the position is indeed serious. "The activities of this society have been of inestimable benefit to the community for years past. It must be remembered that its work is not principally the giving of attention to weak and sickly children, but lies mainly in the training of mothers in niothercraft, and in helping to tea"eh tho most efficient methods of the nurture of children. This work is obviously of great national importance, and upon it to a great extent must depend the future virility of the people. "It is not a cause that tho community can' afford to let fail. I therefore commend tho cause to the assistance of all able to render it help in its effort tomorrow to obtain absolutely essential funds. I should like also to make it known that the work of the Plunket Society has been of material help in relieving general distress in the city; and in this work it has been a most valuable adjunct to the Mayor's Distress Relief Fund, which unfortunately is now becoming seriously depicted. I should be very happy if as a result of tomorrow's appeal the Plunkct Society's l*osition is strengthened, so that it may continue to afford the most valuable indirect help to the Mayor's Fund that it has afforded in the past." The following is a list of the collecting points for the street day, and the ladies in charge:— Bowen Street.—Mesdames T. G. Gray and McNab. Kelburn Tramway.—Mesdames P. Cooke, Moore, G. Johnson, W. Bullock. Wairarapa Farmers, Lambton Quay.— Mrs. Vautier and members of Wadestown Committee. Kirkealdie's and D.l.C.—Mrs. F. Hodson and Miss S. Nathan. G.P.O.—Mesdames Jowett, Roy Matthews, McEldowney. Bank of New Zealand, Lambton Quay.— Mrs. Pow and members of Red Cross Society. Y.W.C.A., Boulcott Street.—Mesdames G. Hassell, Emerson, Gaby. Bank of New Zealand, Cuba Street.— Mrs. Jack and members of Karori and Kelburn Committees. Patrick's Corner, Cuba Street. —Salvation Army. Courtenay Place.—Mesdames Tythe Brown, F. W. Downs. Maritime Buildings.—Mesdames ' Graham Robertson and Vickerman. ' t Lyall Bay.—Mesdames Nees and Houston. Seatoun.—Mrs. L. G. Brown and Seatoun Committee. . Newtown.—Mrs. Binet Brown and Wellington South Committee. Karitane nurses will be among the helpers. A "bring-and-buy" shop will be conducted during the day in the T. and G. Building, and a stall in conjunction with it will be located at the G.P.O.