THE COPPER TRAIL.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 14173, 15 July 1918, Page 3

THE COPPER TRAIL.

.- * ii r * TEEMS OF THE CHALLENGE 'lhe iollowing is the challenge winch '•\a a sent br the Canterbury Branch of the Bed Cross bocipty lo Otago, and ninth has been accepted--We, Edini} Eo\lc, piesulenl oi the Women's Executive Committee, and James Ailhui I'lcsliei, chairman of the Centre Executive Committee, loi and on behalf ol the Canteibun, Nelson, Marlboiough, and Westland Centie, heicb\ ihalk'iigc the Otago Centie of the New Zealand Bunch of the Bntish Red Clots Society and tin Ortlci of St John lo a lonicst foi the puiposc of raising hinds loi Bed (Jiov> purposes, upon the following conditions.— 1 The ilialkngc shall be known as the Cantcrbun Coppci Tiail Challenge to Otago for the puiposc of laving a line of pennies fiom Panidsus to In\ereaigill. 2. All tciutoij loiupiiscd within the Otago inihtaij distucl shall be the Otago fighting aiea, and all tcuiton in the Cantcibui) militaiv distuct shall be the Cantcibui} lighting ana. o. The Canteibun Centie will en dcavour to co\ci the main mlwaj line from Paina=sus to Waitaki, anil the Otago Centie the main inilwaj line fiom Inveiiaigill to Waitaki. I Poi the puiposc of Ihe challenge eight pennies shall go to the foot, or 2s to the}aid. '

o. The contest shall (oimiieiice on Au gust 1 and close on Octobci 18, oi at such time as cithci paity shall tovcr the section of line assigned to it (). On the Satuulay oi each week each paih shall publu-h annonncc v\hat mileage of'the hue in its, dish id has been'covered and the phec 1 cached. 7. The funds mised bv the'Caitei buiy Centie shall be applud'as follons: -75 pei cent, thcicot up to 1 £22,ooo*in or towards thVeahslaition ot 'the ,ientie's shaie of the. pioposcd New Zealand contribution to the "Oui Day" Fund, and the lemainder shall be de voted to'such Bed Cross put poses as the tentie's executive shall decide. '