RECORD SUBSCRIPTIONS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 7

RECORD SUBSCRIPTIONS

THE Y.M.C.A. S DUNEDIN BUILDING CAMPAIGN. PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, September 13. v The campaign having for its object the mising of *217,000 in fourteen day© for the Y.M.C.A. building concluded to-night. The promoters did not succeed in accomplishing their object, but at the same time the canvass has been remarkably pucceesful, more than *215,000 having been secured. The organisers state'that Dunedin has easily established a record for giving In the southern hemisphere, and the results have more than fulfilled expectations. The previous record was held by Wellington, -where .£10,600 was donated in twenty-one days. One team of young men, comprising ten members, collected .£1126, which is a record for young men's work. Messrs Lyman Pierce and Gillandors, who organised and conducted the campaign* leave for Christchurch to-morrow, where a similar oamjraign is to be instituted. ’ Speaking to a “Times' reporter last night, Hr H. N. Holmea said.' “The result of the campaign in Dunedin Is a record'lor the •outnem hemisphere. When -we realise that Dunedin has only a population of sixty thousand, it was reaawkable to get this •urn In fourteen dayu when Sydney, with mx htmdredthousand got £15,000 in thirty days. In Ottawa ttey secured £40,000 in fourteen days, but tie surrounding American cities made thytltasier. The result here, so far away from large centres of population, is something to be proud of. It Is due to the entnzsiasm and the system which secured the co-operation of a large group of men for t definite time: and also to the remarkabl e organ i sing powers of Mr Lyman L. Pierce the national secretary for Australia aru New Zealand. He was secretary in TVaiQington for six years, and during that tero he achieved an international reputation Just at the close of his term he opened-he finest association building on the coitlnent, He has the gift of Inspiring a grnp of men with his ideals and keeping hem at work. Associated with him wereMr Gillanders and a number of the most prominent business men of the city, and 110 young business men, all of whom wcked incessantly during the campaign." „ ~ The auooe* of the Dunedin campaign should b© a-stinrulus to the friends of the association in Wellington to secure the balance necssary to open the new building her© free i debt.