"POPPY DAY"

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12533, 20 April 1935, Page 5

"POPPY DAY"

COLLECTIONS IN GISBORNE •• r ; ABOUT £175 REALISED Approximately £175 was collected in Gisborne on, Thursday , when the annual. street collection by .the R.S.A., for The vreli% of returned men in distress, was I 'Conducted. Coneidering the fact that .the collections had M'dbb<if : postponed on - account' of the bad weather last Saturday, the result is regarded a.s h'gbly"gratifying and represents a decrease ot onlyVribout £2O on last year. To the large band of ‘enthusiastic collectors ■ thd”greatest credit ’ is due. '•'.•i-The- sum- mentioned,- of course, came from the town only, and reedits from country centres will not be available for a day or two yet.

COLLECTIONS ELSEWHERE (Press Association;. WELLINGTON, April 19. Poppy Day -street, on Thursday proved ’mc-st ’successful'; Takings by the Wellington City and auxiliary 'committee's -.amounted to £774 Is lid, which is £75 above last year. No results have yet : been received from outlying districts -such as Petojie,’ Hutt, and Borirua. Over 1(H) poppies were ordered for GovornmentHouso where, at 1 Lord Galway’s request, everyone iii the household wore a poppy. CHRISTCHURCH; April 19. Approximately £IOO9 had been received late on Thursday night from the Poppy Day street appeal by the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association for the "relief ■ 'of distress among returned men. It is expected that the total will be increased to at least £1250 when all the returns' corile' 1 ini- Last year’s total was £1336.