FLOWERS OF REMEMBRANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 12

FLOWERS OF REMEMBRANCE

POPPY DAY IN DUNEDIN EXCELLENT RETURNS FROM CITY. Once again the public of Dunedin has come forward in response to an appea on behalf of the needy, and has proved its willingness to give, and give generously, in the interests of the returned soldiers who are not in a position to maintain themselves. In spite of adverse business conditions, unbalanced budgets, and increased taxation, poppies were sold yesterday without difficulty, and the secretary of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association (Mr 0. L. Ferens) was able to announce last night that, with several returns still to come in, last year’s total for Dunedin and suburbs had already been exceeded by over £3O, the money in hand amounting to £930 ds lUd. Much of the credit for the excellent results obtained is due to Mr Ferens, who was responsible for a large share of the work of organisation. The members of the executive and all those who came forward to assist at the street stalls and in the house-to-house canvass which was conducted in the suburbs also contributed in no small measure to the success of the appeal. Though no returns have yet come to hand from the country districts, it is confidently anticipated that the poppies will have met with excellent sales there also, and it will be surprising if last year’s total is not reached. Poppies were on- sale in the streets at 7 a.ni., when between 500 and 600 collectors commenced the day’s work. In the whole of the district, 43,000 poppies were offered for sale, about 25,000 being allotted to the city and suburbs and the remainder to the country districts. An incident which should not be permitted to pass unnoticed was related by one of the collectors at a 1 north ena corner. There was a party of rehe. workers standing near her stall waiting for a bus, and, realising that they weie unemployed, the collector did not seek to sell poppies to them. She was somewhat surprised therefore when one of toe party came to her and, announcing that the men had been able to make up a shilling between them, bought a uoppy on behalt or his comrades. . . The following is a list ot the amounts taken at the- various stalls: —Jacobs s corner. £63 16s 8d; Grand Hotel corner, £4O 12s Cd; Stock Met liven s corner. L 34 13s 5(1; Bank cu New Zealand corner, £24 7s 8d; Stewart Dawsons corner, £46 os 2d; City Hotel corner, £2B 9s; Falconer’s corner, £ll 14s Id: H.B. corner. £ll ss; Strand corner, £2l 10s 9d; Sprosen’s corner, £27 18s 2d; Penrose’s corner, £2l 16s 3d: Hanover street corner. £23 10s lOd: Frederick street corner, £45 13s 6d; Duke street coiner, £ls 3s 3d; Gardens,. £22 14s; Cargill’s corner, £l6 2s Id; Y.M.C.A., £l3. The following are the returns from the various suburbs:—Mornington, £3B 2s 4d; Roslyn, £42 13s Cd; St. Hilda, £7l 10s 3d; Anderson’s Bay,’ £22 11s 3d; Gaversham, £39; Maori Hill, £2B 15s 3d; North Dunedin, £2l 9d; North-East Valley, £l7 Is; Opoho, £4; St. Clair, £3B 18s lid; Dunedin Central, £2O 18s 2d; Belleknowes, £l4 2s; Kaikorai-Wakari, £24 17s 4d; Dalmore, £8 4s. Other miscellaneous returns are as follow;—Technical School, £4 14s 6d; Macandrew Road School, £1 Is; Tainui School. 14s Id; North-East Valley School, £3 9s 9d; sundries, £1 12s lOd. APPEAL IN WELLINGTON. ' (Per United Pkess Association.) WELLINGTON, April 22. The Poppy Day appeal in Wellington city and suburbs was expected to realise £IOOO. Actually the sum of £625 was raised in the city area. CHRISTCHURCH RETURNS. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 22. The annual sale of poppies in the city and suburbs to-day resulted in the collection of £971. The return is incomplete, and it is expected that last year’s total of nearly £ISOO will be exceeded.