DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 18 March 1941, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS

NEW COLLECTING DEVICE. CHRISTCHURCH, March 17 The .ordinary street collection box has comg to be known we.l common usage over many There is. however, novelty about l e new collector for patriotic funds which is to be tried out in Welling ton This new collector is tne pat riotic tallboy. The tallboy m the bedroom is a well-known piece. of furniture. Patriotic tallboy- . b smaller and are different in ccitam respects, the chief of which is cnat only the top drawer is movaohe When it is pulled out it. reveals <• place in which to put co m, and when the drawer is pushed in 1 money disappears into a conta nei within the tallboy. A sufficient num ber of tallboys, finished in attractive colours, is being given by the Hector Toy Company to the National Patriotic Fund Board to be placed prominent positions, including departmental stores. With each will be the following: “I am the big patriotic tallboy. I provide comforts for troops. Shut your donation in the top drawer. Thank you.” Smaller tallboys are to be .avai.able -or functions of various kinds and stih smaller ones for purchase for individual homes. It is felt that they will cater for smaller contributors and at the same time provide a regular source of income.

' SOLDIERS INJURED CHRISTCHURCH, March 17., While attending an amusement park in Tuam Street on. Saturday evening, Private George Carey, of Burnham Camp, struck Ms nose and dislocated it. He was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital and his condition was reported fast nig'ac to be satisfactory, Found lying injured in Barbadoes

Street near 'the Rom-an Catholic Cathedral on Saturday' night, Frrvate J. N. Thomas,: of Burnham Camp, was admitted to the Chnstr church Pubhc Hospital, with concussion and facial abrasions. Bis condition last night was reported to oe satisfactory.