ROSE DAY.
As Friday, November 5, the day set aside by the City Council for the Returned Soldiers' Association Rose Day appeal, approaches, it is of interest to know how Rose Day originated. During the days of the war, Queen Alexandra, wishing to raise funds for patriotic purposes, organised a Rose Day in London and enormous quantities of roses were sold in the streets and a large sum of money was raised. After the war, when funds were being raised for the Wellington Ciltizens' War Memorial, Mrs. Dr. Morice organised a Rose Day. The roses were made at her residence and the War Memorial Fund benefited to the extent of £1100. The following year the Returned: Soldiers' Association adopted the idea and every year since have conducted the sale of roses in the. streets of Wellington, the funds being .used for the relief of returned soldiers and their dependants. The roses are made by a committee of ladies who have worked for years turning out annually 20,000 to 30,000 roses, and the returned soldiers can never thank them sufficiently for the sacrifice they have made and the noble work they are performing. The association appeals to all, and.it is confident that its appeal will not be in vain to remember the "Digger."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1937, Page 6
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212ROSE DAY. Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1937, Page 6
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