STREET APPEAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24009, 5 July 1941, Page 10

STREET APPEAL

ABOUT ,£7OO COLLECTED disappointment expressed VARIETY OF ATTRACTIONS The amount contributed to tbe street appeal conducted in aid ol tbe Fighting Forces Fand by groups of tb« Tighten Mother competition yesterday wi tabsiatttlally Wow tbe figure reached in the appeal made two weeks ago- The ejection yesterday yieided atawatti £7OO, while as approximate estimate i*stnight set 1 £3OO a* the amount realised bv the sale of art union tickets. Tbe last appeal realised £2500. While the bsa of money from the prohibition of quick raffles probably the figures to some extent, a® organising, official said last night thai generally the attitude ot the public yesterday w&§ one ot apathy. The result was most disappointing. He said that several banknotes were placed in tbe boxes and also a cheque wlaicb bad apparently come from a member ot the farming community. Sale el Ait Union Ticked The appeal was conducted by group* one (building trades? and six (fighting, and public wrote**, while group s*re» (drapery and hoots) confined its activities. to the selling of art union ticket*. O-rr 1000 collectors and art union ticket sellers were basy from about eight o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock last night. Ticket sellers ©a- | tin-jed ?:ntil nine o'clock. Especially I popular was a one-day art union tor I a piano and other prize*, which will j be drawn on Tuesday. A parity com- :! pleted. model house counted on _ a * motor-truck attracted considerable in- ° liefest in the streets. The builders of s the model ceased work before it was | completed to sell art anion tickets. Enjlgis With a History 5 Enthusiasm was aroused among tbe Queen Street crowds by the parade* of i the pipe band of the Auckland Com- ; pany of the Scottish Regiment. AssistI ing in the collection were firemen., who operated from an engine of the central station parked in Queen Street. A systematic tour of the streets was made by the oddly-attired ''Black Hand • Gang'' provided by commercial traveij Sc-rs.

A feature of the appeal was the appearance at a stall of one of the first White Ensigns sown in Germany when the British occupied the Rhino alter the armistice of the last "war. The flag was flown by Commander C. H. T. Palmer when he commanded a moiorlaunch during the occupation. The fttg sa* service on the Waitemata within a week of the outbreak of ibis war, when it was Sown on a patrol vessel commanded by Commander Palmer's son, lieutenant C. G. Palmer, R N.Y.R., who now commands a patrol vessel overseas.