PUBLIC WARNED
BOGUS COLLECTORS PATRIOTIC FUNDS (Pit Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board, Mr. G. A. Hayden, stated yesterday that, unfortunately, circumstances had arisen which made it necessary to warn people giving to patriotic funds to be sure the collector was an authorised person. The matter had been brought under his notice in a letter from the secretary of the Taranaki Provincial Patriotic Council. “I have just had a case here,” stated the letter, "of a man in a soldier’s uniform making collections, ostensibly for patriotic purposes. When handed over to the police, they found lists on him that indicated he had been working in other parts of the country.” Mr. Hayden explained that official collectors had a printed numbered list or an authorised collector's card and receipt book.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20385, 23 October 1940, Page 9
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136PUBLIC WARNED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20385, 23 October 1940, Page 9
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