POPPY DAY RESPONSE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 116, 12 April 1930, Page 9

POPPY DAY RESPONSE.

SALES IN PALMERSTON NORTH. The annual sale of poppies was held in Palmerston North to-<lay under the auspices of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Early indications pointed to a record number Of poppies being disposed of, and there were few refusals to the requests of the largo band of sellers to “buy a poppy;.” The organising work is in the hands of the R.S.A., who have, received the support of 20 young ladies and members of the Boy Scouts in getting the poppies sold. , Last year 3500 poppies were ordered, and as these were all disposed of by 3 p.m. the association ordered 5000 this year. On the previous occasion £2OG 13s was derived from sales, and it is anticipated that this figure will he eclipsed to-day. Mr B. J. Jacobs, president of the association, in making an appeal for public support, states: “We are told that the coming winter will be a hard one, and as the result of Poppy Day reflects largely upon the amount of good wo are able to do, I sincerely trust that our sales to-day will eclipse all past records. Every poppy sold means an hour’s pay for an unemployed man. and food and clothing for his wife and children. . The problem of unemployment is engaging the attention of the whole world, buj; each can assist to solve it locally by means of a small contribution that will scarcely be missed.” DUNEDIN COLLECTIONS. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, April . 11. Poppy Day collections in the city today total about IJISOO. Country returns and also from the surrounding districts are still to come in. Record takings are anticipated.