POPPY DAY TO-MORROW

Evening Star, Issue 22938, 21 April 1938, Page 10

POPPY DAY TO-MORROW

ABHAHGEHEHTS FOR THE APPEAL The red Flanders poppy—emblem of remembrance for the' thousands of young lives sacrificed in the world conflict of 1914-18—will be on sale in the streets to-morrow. Poppy Day has become an institution in Dunedin, if not New Zealand, and in the past there has always been a ready response to the appeal of “ Buy a poppy, please?’ by the general public. . This ready response is doubtless prompted by the Knowledge that the proceeds from the appeal will be devoted to the provision of relief for some men who have been unable to compete against others on the labour market on account of war disabilities. The arrangements for this year’s street appeal nave now been completed, and tho members of the association are confident that the public of Dunedin' will again support the cause as liberally as in past years. There will bo 55,000 poppies on sale throughout the Otago district this year, which is about the same as last year, when the total amount collected was £2,427 11s sd. This has been utilised in providing benefits for disabled men. The opportunity will again be offered of purchasing small poppies at one shilling and large ones at two shillings, whilst school children will be able to obtain them for any sum less than one shilling. „ • , In order to distinguish this year s poppies from those on sale in previous years the tags will be of a pale blue colour. Grosses of remembrance, which were sold for the first time last year, will again, be available this year at the price of one shilling. These are small wooden crosses with a poppy attached, and tho secretary of the Dunedin B.S.A. (Mr 0. L. Ferens) has arranged for sand boxes to be placed at the foot of the Cenotaph for those who wish to lay their crosses there. Other people may wish to place them on soldiers graves in the cemeteries. Since November 11, 1919, the poppy has become the recognised symbol of remembrance for the Great War dead, and from its natural ..habitat it has reached to the furthermost corners of the world, encircling the globe with a band of crimson. The emblems on sale in New Zealand are made by disabled returned soldiers in the Dominion. To-morrow stalls will be opened on the streets at 7 a.m., and sales will continue until 6 p.m.j while danng the morning a house-to-house canvass will be made in the suburbs. , The helpers who will be on duty tomorrow are as follows: — Anderson’s Bay.—Mr A. G. Williams, Every street, E.l. Tainui.—Mrs A. B. Natusch, 237 Bay View Road, 5.2. Belleknowes. —Mrs H. Guyton, 66 Lonsdale street. W.l. , Caversham. —The Rev. Sullivan, 1 Hazel Avenue. S.W.I. Dalmore. —Miss Hayward, Pine Hill road, N.E.I. Dunedin Central South. —Mrs Cowie (W.D.F.U.), 115 Musselburgh Rise, E.l. Dunedin North. Mrs Hiett (W.C.T.U.), 11 Duke street, N.l. St Kilda, South Dunedin, and Musselburgh.—Mrs D. M. Lister and Mrs Gledding, 20 Alfred street. 5.2. Dunedin ftorth-west.—lmperial ExServicemen’s Association. Kaikorai and Wakari. —Mrs Dobson, 30 County road, N.W.2. Leith Valley and Woodhaugh.—Mrs Sid Clark, 29 Malvern street, N.l. Maori Hill.—Mrs J. M. White, 21 Balniacewen road, N.W.1., and Mrs S. G. Secular, 11 Prestwick street. N.W.I. Mornington.—The Rev. Hands, St. Mary’s Vicarage, Durham street, and Mrs W. G. Hook, 13 Josephine street, S.W.I. North-east Valley.—Mrs Rigby, Main North road, N.E.I, , Opoho.—The Rev. Hogg, Signal Hill, N.E.I. Roslyn.—Mrs H. L. Paterson, 18 Sheen street, N.W.1.; and Mrs S. M. Park, 12 Garfield Avenue. N.W.I. St Clair.—Mrs O. L. Calvert, Grove street, 5.W.1., and Mrs E. J; Anderson, ,190 Porbury road, S.W.I. The stallholders in the citjf will be:— Jacobs’s Corner. —Mrs L. J. Anderson. 17 Highgate, N.W.I. _ • Grand Hotel Corner.—Mrs H. L. Paterson, *lB Sheen street, N.W.I. Stock Exchange.—Mrs M. Glover, ladies of 1.0.0. F. , Methven’s Corner. —Legion of Frontiersmen. Stewart Dawsons. —Mrs Rust. 48 Council street, 5.2. City Hotel.—Miss M. Allan, and First Church Young Women’s Club. Falconer’s Corner.—Y.W.C.A.

H.B. Corner. —Mrs Thompson, Australian imperial Forces Social Club. Strand Corner. —Mrs Davis, St. John Ambulance Nursing Division. Sprosen’s Corner. —Mrs R. S. Anderson, ‘2B A'rgyle street, W.l, Penrose's Corner. —The Salvation Army.

Hanover Street.—Disabled Soldiers. Frederick Street. —Miss Glendining, 52 Manor Place, C.2. Duke Street.—Mrs Sid Clark, 29 Malvern street, N.l.

Gi^dens. —Mrs Ferguson, 751 George street, N.l. Cargill’s Corner.—Mrs Dyer and Mrs A. Duncan, 215 Macandrew. road and 36 Jackson street, 5.2. Y.M.C.A. —Mrs Wraight, 10 Larkworthy street. Forbury Corner.—Mrs Reddell, 17 Forbury road, S.W.I.

Stafford and Manse Streets.—Miss B, Whitelaw (Service Group Combined Old Girls’ Secondary Schools).

Dunedin Railway Station.—Mrs H Brown, 151 Albany street, N.l.