PATRIOTIC APPEAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 119, 19 April 1945, Page 5

PATRIOTIC APPEAL

FURTHER DONATIONS.

Donations to the Patriotic Appeal may be left with Mr R. O. Haddon, secretary and treasurer, Bryant's Building, 2* Rangitikei Street. Further much appreciated donations have been received as follow :

Anonvnious, £7 10s: Mr Phillip E. Flood, "£7 7s: Elmar Studios, £5 10s; Mrs A. J. Sutherland. £5 ss; "Marion,"' Mr and Mrs P. B. Hurchins, Latta and . Gooding Mr aid Mrs A. E. Carrington, Mr and" Mrs K. R. Whitehead, £5 each. , The total to date is £5389 9s. The collection envelopes should only be handed to official collectors, who will be recognised by their official badge. Boy Scouts will be in uniform. Impartial observers declare there arc nd better fighters on the Allied side than the New Zealanders, indeed that they are-. second to none for initiative, stamina aiid,' dash. It can also be said there is no army better supported by its people witfi "extras" than the New Zealand Forces. . ;:;;•_'. Britain, with its strictly rationed cup-.', board, has not the articles available, whilst*; the people of other countries are in J ai. . worse plight. New Zealanders are modestly pleased with the success of their pq- J triotic work and locally arrangements are ■ in train for the annual house-to-house collection which will take place on Monday, 'April 23, between 6 and 7.30 p.m. • <

£ f. a Previously acknowledged 5112 12 0 Cooper, Rapley and Rutherfurd 50 0 0 Mr and Mrs A. E. Hansel ... 25 0 0 Mr and Mrs N. D. Stubbs ... 25 o a~ Mr and Mrs ,A,, M.> Lasee-lles. ... . 25 0 0 Misses Rae and Baker 25 0 -0 Manawatu Machinery Exchange Coy., Ltd 25 o aMr and Mrs N. Blackmore ... 25 0 0 Birnie, Coombs and Wilson ... 15 15 0 Humphreys and Andrews, Ltd 10 10 0 Dr. R. V. Hooper 10 0 0 The Catholic Presbytery 10 0 0