£44 COLLECTED

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3175, 28 September 1942, Page 5

£44 COLLECTED

APPEAL FOR ORPHANAGES MONEY RAISED IN PAEROA CHEERFUL GIVING BY MOST If the weather in IPaeroa on Friday last —boisterous and showery' as it turned out —was in some respects unpropitious for the United ■ Orphanages’ street canvass, in other respects the appeal profited by the wintry conditions; because farming folk normal routine was upset by the elements were able to come into town in larger numbers than is their want on a Friday. - The fact that a horse sale was in progress during the day also helped, the farmers and their wives having to run the gauntlet of relays of lady collectors equipped with boxes and badges.

And it must be said that the gauntlet was in the main cheerfully run, not by one section of the community only, but by the public in general, the total result of £4'4 4s 9d being an evidence of liberal giving on the part of most of the contributors to the appeal. As usual, of course, the psychology of the canvassed crowd revealed some interesting, and at times, amusing reactions. “United Orphanages Appeal?” exclaimed' one enthusiastic patron, “Certainly; a most worthy cause-”, and delving cheerfully and deeply into his pocket the giver produced a coin—a threepenny bit! 'Possibly he had for the moment been reduced to very small change, It was noteworthy, too, that the size and style of the motor-car owned by the contributor were not always indicative of the nature of the gift that might be looked for. In some cases—certainly a mere bagatelle:—the contribution, by comparison, might be called “microscopical.” In happy contrast, there was the case of the working youth who cheerfully put his five shillings into the box.

■ Half-crowns, it may be stated, figured conspicuously among the dontributions, and there were not wanting notes of the ten-shilling and one pound denominations.

Instances were happily few and far between of people who shook an unsympathetic head when confronted with the collection box, or dodged into a shop or a side-street when they saw the collectors approaching.

Cordial thanks are due to the collectors—Mesdames D. Prime, A. McKenna, D. Murdoch, A. A. Jenkinson, J. Sullivan, T. R. Mobre, J. R. Nelson, W. A. Millar, G. Knap, F. Hayward, W. G. H. Weadon, C. S. James, J. Old, J. Fowler, C. Clune, S. Grundy and Miss L. Buchanan — who braved the storm in cheerful response to the need for helpers; also to the Borough Council for its sanction of the street appeal and to Mr A. A. Jenkinson and his staff for their assistance.