BRITISH RED CROSS

Evening Star, Issue 16824, 28 August 1918, Page 6

BRITISH RED CROSS

"THE COPPER TRAIL." CAMPAIGN FACTS SEEN AT A GLANCE. THE OBJECT. The object of the campaign in Otago and Southland is to raise £40,000 in order that 1 tho work of this noble and humane organisation may continue unabated, and that its operations in the way of affording succor and relief to wounded soldiers and sailors j may keep pace with the ever-increasing car- ' nage and bloodshed of the war. In South- | land per oent. of the amount raised 1 goes to tho Red Cross, the remainder to ' other organisations doing .helpful work of ! a related character. DURATION OF CAMPAIGN. General collections throughout the City and the whole of Otago begin on Monday first, September 2. The closing day is , October 18, " Our Day." j HEADQUARTERS. ! For Danedin and suburbs Mr E. S. Wil- ! son is secretary. Address, Empire Buildings, Princes street. For Otago country districts Mr J. In die Wright is general secretary. Address, Stokes Buildings, Princes street. I HOW CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE | MADE. ! All contributions from the City and sub- ' urbs should be given to the collectors, or ■ sent to thß secretary's office. Contribution? from all other places in Otago should be paid to the collectors, secretaries, or treasurers of the Local District Committee, or may be sent direct to the hon. treasurer for Otago, P. R. Sargood, Esq., Lower High street, Dunedin. In every case the district from which the contribution comes will be credited with t-h-o amount. j PROCEDURE. I The City is mapped out into 21 blocks. and teams' of collectors appointed for each. A number of ladies hav:; undertaken to canvass the suburbs systematically. Work in both cases commences next Monday. In country districts local have been formed and are in process of being set up at every centre, with sub-committees at tho smaller places. Each committee appoints its own collectors and takes entire , control of its own district. j THE " RED CROSS " POSTER, j Every person or firm giving a donation is 'entitled to receive a "Red Cross Poster" bearing these words: "We have jomed hands with out King in helping the Red Cross Campaign for the relief of wounded soldiers. We ask you to do your part in . this noble work, and so help to win the 1 war." One poster only is given to each ] contributor, with the "request that it be I affixed to a- front window of the house or 1 place of business, and be. displayed until | " Our Day " —October 18. j FOR THE CHILDREN. I \ special Red Gross Flag has been pre'narod for the children. It measures about 12in x Sin, and is mounted on a short stick. Th«=e are sold at 2s each to school children onlv (not to adults), and represents the revering of cne vard of the Ccpr-er Prai. bv the' buver—the equivalent of a subecripiion of' 2s. Distribution will be madbvthe ladies of the virions local Reel Cross Societies in eo-oper.ition with t>ie school teachers. _,. i INFORMATION. 1 At the office of the city and country I secretaries respectively information nwj bo obtained in regard to every phase ol the campaign.. Collectors, committeemen, ! and all workers are invited to r-end for full ' particulars in regard to anything about j which they desire information. THE CHALLENGE.

Canterbury (writh Wcstland, Nelson, and Marlborough) has challenged Ch,a 2 o (with Southland) to lay down an :maginary "copper trail," the former from Parnass.is to the Waitaki. the latter from Inverearffill to Waitaki Tho "ride" raising most money by " Our Day " (October 18) to be declared" the -winner. Otago'a honor and. its reputation for geneiysaty and patriotic giving ax© at stake. We must beat Un-terb-un-y. ~ "LEST WE FORGET."

There are Millions Fighting, .wd Millions- of Sick and Wounded. The Bod Cross is splendinar Millions of pounds cvery vpar in its noble and devoted wont on ev-sry hattlefrortt. This is a Big War, wft Big Issues at stake. It requires Big Sums to relieve the awful FiiffcrKi?. unprecedented' in extent througnout nil the world's history. The call is to people of Big Hearts, to give Big Sum?—worthy of citizens of the Biggest arid Greatest Empire on earth. In tho name of God, in the name. 01 our Nation—of our heroic soldiers and sailors —of our Common Humanity, ■give liberally, give according as the promptings of your heart dictate and to the utmost extent which your means permit. After all. it is sure.lv but a little tiling to ask from yrm onlr Money, while on evory battlefield thousands, of our eons, the flower of our manhood, are giving their a.ll—fch«lr Lives. "THEY NEED YOUR HELP!'" —£Adrt.] .