THE WAR MEMORIAL

Evening Star, Issue 18288, 30 May 1923, Page 5

THE WAR MEMORIAL

POSITION OF CANVASS. FLOOD HINDERS WORK. A meeting of tho Finance Committee of the Dunedin War Memorial was held yesterday afternoon in Mr E. S. Wilson’s hoard room. There were present —Messrs J. Loudon (chairman), J. Inglis Wright, J. Wilson, C. H. Hayward, W. Begg, Dr Gordon M'Donald, and Rev. Bush King. Tho Chairman said that, bad luck seemed to dog their efforts in connection with tho memorial. The initial trouble was the delay in launching the scheme, which should have been started immediately after the armistice. The latest set-back had been caused by the floods. In the beginning of April they had_ organised a. complete system for canvassing the city, but the flood had so upset matters that collectors had found it very difficult to carry on the work. As they knew, it had been resolved at a large meeting recently held that only a personal appeal should be made to get the funds, and the difficulty the committee found was to get collectors to cover the city area. A number of ladies had worked splendidly, and the results for the last month had boon satisfactory. They were still a good deal short of their objective, and _ the only thing to do was to keep pegging away. There were quite a number of pairs who had undertaken to wait on business firms, but who had not carried out their undertaking. He made a special appeal to these gentlemen to endeavor to complete theii' canvass within the next week or so. Since the previous meeting tho following donations have been received: — Licensed Victuallers’- Association (£l4l 3s)-

A. Rtowarfc, Law Contis Hold , £50 0 0 D. Wark, Grand Hotel 10 10 0 Mrs Mills, Wharf Hotel 5 5 0 John Watson, Commercial ... 5 5 0 A. A. Paapo, Oban 5 5 0 S. Dunn, City 5 0 0 Jas. W. Young, Robert Burns 5 0 0 G. A. Luoni, Port Chalmers ... 5 0 0 Jas. Murphv, Criterion 5 0 0 Mrs S. Laurenson, Royal Albert 5 0 0 W. Quirk, Excelsior 5 0 0 J. Sweeney, Terminus 5 0 0 J. M'Kendry, Branson’s 5 0 0 W. Heffernan, South Dunedin b 0 0 M. T. Hall, Farmers’ Arms ... 3 3 0 M. H. Richards, Farmers’ Arms 2 10 0 D. M’Kcnzie, Mosgiel 2 2 0 D. Porter, St. Kilda 2 0 0 J Plank, Caledonian Grounds 1 1 0 A. Harvey, Wain’s 1 1 0 I. Have, Fitzroy 1 1 0 P. V, Slovens, Caledonian 1 0 0 W. MTntosh, Portobelln’ 1 0 0 Wright, Stephenson, and Co. ... 50 0 0 Bntterworth Bros 50 0 0 North Dunedin District (per Mesdaines Jackson and Foster) 48 5 0 Bowlers 25 19 0 Milburn Lime and Cement Co. 25 0 0 Whitcombe and Tombs 25 0 0 M’Leod Bros l Ab 0 0 Donagby’s Rope and Twine Co., Ltd *Ab 0 0 Mrs M. M. Fergus 25 0 0 A. R. Paterson and Co 21 0 0 North Dunedin District (per Mesdames Eissland and Hayward) 19 13 4 St. Kilda District (per Mrs J. W. Dove) 10 15 6 N.Z. Coal and Oil Co 10 10 0 J. W. Swift and Co 10 10 0 The Iron and Steel Co. of N.Z., Ltd 10 10 0 Laidlaw and Cray 10 0 0 North Dunedin District (per Mrs Havward) 9 16 6 North Dunedin District (ner Mrs Bissland) S 9 7 Anderson Bay District (per Mrs Hall) 6 12 6 G. W. Rare 5 5 0 W. A. Rcott 5 b 0 Wilson, Balk, and Co 5 b 0 Beid and Gray (Dunedin quota) 5 0 0 Kaikorai District 6 11 0 Kaikorai Bowlers 3 15 0 E. Cameron 3 3 0 John Lethbridge 3 3 0 H.R 6 3 0 Cavcrsham District, add. (per T. Moore Wright) 3 0 0 North Ride Stafford street (per Mrs W. E. R. Knight) ... 12 2 6 St. Clair District (per Mrs Ibbolson) 9 4 0 Jas. Meek 11 6 Dr W. Bathgate 2 2 0 W. J. Mock 2 2 0 Kaikorai District ... 1 12 0 Otago Box Workers’ Union ... 1 1 0 D.A.L 1 1 0 Owen Macfie 1 1 0 J, Johnston 1 1 0 Mrs Bca 1 0 0 £634 13 5