WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18225, 19 October 1922, Page 9

WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM

THE PERSONAL CANVASS.

FIRST WEEK YIELDS £9000

GENERAL APPEAL POSTPONED.

The Citizens' War Memorial Museum Committee met yesterday afternoon, the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunson, presiding. There was a good attendance.

It was reported that the result of the personal canvass which has been in progress for a week was a sum of about £9000 in promises and donations, with several returns still to come ux. The chairman stated that he favoured the continuation of the personal appeal, and the postponement of the public appeal until it bad concluded. His idea was to widen the field of collection under the present campaign and to obtain additional collectors.

After some discussion it was decided that the proposed public appeal and general canvass, with the exception of a sports meeting being organised by the arrangements committee, should be postponed until early in the New Year, the actual dato to be decided later; and that the personal special canvass by the present collectors be energetically carried on, the lists to be revised and extended at next meeting. The chairman reported that the Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association had, in response to an appeal made by him personally on Saturday evening, agreed to underwrite any balance ot the £200.000 objective which may be required after the Auckland appeal? have closed. This meant that if the committee found itslf short of say £10.000 or £15,000 at the end of its efforts the association would undertake to collect the sum in the province. This generous offer of co-operation was accepted with thanks. Those acting as collectors in the present campaign were all added to the Citizens Committee. Mr. C. A. Lee was also added as representing the Master Builders* Association. , , An offer from the Auckland Advertising Club to donate £100 worth of publicity service was gratefully accepted. Some valuable suggestions from the same source in recrard to the pending public appea for funds were referred to the General Appeal Committee. On behalf of local architects Mr. W. A. Cumming acknowledged the manner in which the conditions of the designs competition had been presented and carried ouk The arrangements had, he said, given universal satisfaction in the profession. In reply the chairman remarked that without the co-operation the committee had received from the architects the competition could not have reached its successful conclusion. Mr. C. V. Houghton was appointed assistant treasurer. The matter of fixine the date of the next meeting was left to the executive.