POPPY DAY FUND.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21022, 10 May 1930, Page 11

POPPY DAY FUND.

ANOTHER DOMINION RECORD. DETAILS OP STREET COLLECTION. It was announced yesterday by the organiser of the Poppy Day campaign (Mr C. E. Pryce) that the total amounts received and those notified as coming forward now bring' the Otago total up to almost £2500, and he expressed himself as confident that,*whcrl all the money, is in, this figure will be exceeded. Already . the Returned Soldiers’ Association is endeavouring to find work for unemployed ex-servicemen with the funds raised by the sale 1 of poppies, and a great deal more work, will be made available as arrangements are made with various local bodies. The following are the details of the amounts taken on the various stalls in the streets of Dunedin on Poppy Day, the' name of the person in charge .of each stall being given:- ' Jacobs’s Corner (Mrs MTntyre and assistants), £l3O Is 4d; Grand Hotel corner (Mrs Barningham, Mrs li. L. Paterson, -and assistants), £B9 16s 3d; Stock Exchange (Mrs W. F. Croke and 1.0.0. F. ladies), £57 18s lid; Rattray street (Mrs F. Foster and St. Vincent De Paul Society), £3O 7s fid; Bauk of New Zealand (Mrs C. de R. Andrews and Girl Guides), £33 6s 8d; Stewart Dawson’s corner (Mrs Rust and helpers, £3O 14s Hd; City Hotel (Miss Murray and First Church ladies), £29 10s lOd; Falconer’s corner, Moray place (Miss Rosevear and Y.W.C.A.), £l6 16a 9d; H.B. and Strand coriers, including Hillside Workshops (Mrs H. J. Davis, Mrs G. M. Baker, and St. John Ambulance Association), £SB 3s 6d;- Sprosen’s corner (Mrs W. Monk, Mrs J. Bissland, and assistants), £37 8s 2d; Penrose’s Corner (Salvation Army), £22 7s 8d; Hanover street'{Miss Valentine and Students’ Association), £l7 5s 3d; Frederick street (Miss Glendining and Mrs C, E. Pryce), £47 14s 8d; Duke street, Leith, and Woodhaugh, including Leith Valley School (Miss Mille Henderson, Miss J. T. Currie, and Miss Evans), £34 13s lOd; Gardens (Mrs Ferguson and assisants), £25 10s Id; Cargill’s Corner (Mr and Mrs J. Beattie), £lB 9s 9d; V.M.C.A. steps (Mr and Mrs Chapman and helpers), £4l 6s-9d. Details of the house-to-house collection in the suburbs are as follow:—Roslyn (Mrs H. L. Paterson), £52 7s 9d; Anderson's Bay (Mr T. Rosevear and Rev. Jupp), £4l ss; Dunedin West (Mrs F. Epster and Mrs Burke), £5 13s; NorthEast Valley and Opoho (Mrs F. S, Wright, Mrs J. C. Rigby, and the Rev. Willcos), £2B 16s 9d; Dalmore (Mrs D Mitchell), £ll Is; Maori Hill (Mrs J' Hogg), £2O 4s; Kaikorai and Wakari (Mrs A. R. Ellis).- £l4 18b; Bellekuowes (Mrs C. E. Pryce), £lB 5s 6d; Caversham (combined churches), £29 2s 4d; St. Clair (Mrs D, S. Buchanan and Mrs E. N. Falck), £46 Iss; St. Hilda (Mr J. Beattie and Mrs Rust), £B6 2s 8d; Morningtcn (Mrs Hook), £3B 14a; Post and Telegraph Department (per Mr S. M. Harrison, chief postmaster), £l2 15s; King Edward Technical College, £9 I4s; M'Glashan College, £5 15s; St, Hilda’s Collegiate School, £4 9s; Columba College, f 7 11s. The following additional country returns have also been received:—Milton, £46 7s 6d; Naseby (additional), £2 10s; Portobello Anzae collection, £4 10s; Cardrona (Mr E. K. Waters), £2; Galloway (Mrs R. Tolull), £2; Kaitangata, Stirling-, and Benhar (Mr J, G. Henderson), £2O 4s 6d.