HEALTH STAMPS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23054, 3 December 1936, Page 13

HEALTH STAMPS

SUCCESS OF THE CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE ALREADY IN SIGHT — '! {Special to Dailt Times) WELLINGTON, Dec. 1 “ Remarkable success has been achieved in the first month of the Health Stamp campaign,” states the Director-general. of the Post Office (Mr G. M'Namara). “The 14 health camp organisations which rely principally on the public response to the Health Stamp appeal are now almost completely assured that the £ 10,000 objective will be reached because the first month of the appeal has resulted in a total of £7409 3s lOd being received to their credit. “It is quite evident,” Mr McNamara says, “that the health stamp has become firmly established as a convenient means of making regular contributions to this good cause, for this year’s results to date are £3420 in excess on last year’s total for the corresponding period. “ The amounts added to the credit of the health camps from the respective postal • districts are now as follows: 1 s ■ Wellington .. .. .. £lsll Auckland ...... 1116 Christchurch ; .. . < 832 Dunedin ;. .. .. .. 640 Wanganui 528 Napier .. 343 Palmerston North .. 328 Nelson ........ 298 Invercargill ...... 294 New Plymouth .. 230 Timaru .. . 226 Oamaru .. 204 , Hamilton .... .. .. 182 Thames 172 Blenheim 93 Gisborne 72 Greymouth ...... 55 Westport ........ 16 G.P.O. Wellington .. 261

‘ The total of .£7,409 3s lOd is made up by £3,427 4s 4d in donations and £3,981 19s 6d from health stamp receipts,” says Mr M‘Namara. “ The latter figure shows that, 447,000 more health stamps were sold in the first month of this year’s campaign than in 1935, indicating what 'a large proportion of those who use the mails, both for inland and overseas destinations, are carrying out the slogan ‘A penny for postage and a penny for health.’ Maintenance of this generous plan on the present scale should enable the health camp workers to receive before Christmas the practical encouragement of public endorsement of their work through the objective of £IO,OOO being so expeditiously reached. Two more health camps are being organised this year, one in South Otago and another to serve some of the children from the east coast of the North Island.”

MEETING OF DISTRICT EXECUTIVE At a meeting of the District Executive of the Health Stamp campaign, held on Tuesday, the following members were present: Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Grant, Sister Lenna, Mr J. J. Marlow (chairman), the Rev. E. T. Cox, and Messrs J. S. Skinner, C, Parr, H. Halliday and A. A.'Noble, secretary. An apology for the non-attendance of Lady Ferguson was received. A welcome to the executive was then extended by the chairman to Mr Halliday. The chairman mentioned that, by courtesy of Mr S. H. Craig, general manager for New Zealand of Paramount Pictures, the J. C. Williamson Picture Corporation, Ltd., and the Regent Theatre Company, Ltd., the Regent Theatre had been offered to the executive, free of all charge, for the showing of pictures for school children on December 12. A specially selected programme was available for two screenings, one at 9.30 a.m. and the other at 11.15 a.m. At this stage Mr Bennell, manager of the Regent Theatre, entered the meeting, by invitation, and outlined the arrangements made. He stated that the staff of the Regent Theatre were prepared to give their services free for the children and that the total gross proceeds of the two screenings would therefore be available to the Children’s Health Stamp Campaign. With a view to publicity being given to the matinees, Mr Bennell stated that a slide advertising the screening was being shown daily at the Regent Theatre, and the secretary reported that the co-operation of “Big Brother Bill” during the children’s hour had also been in-

vited. Mr Jrarr mentioned mat at a recent meeting of the' Headmasters’ Association, he had informed the members that this picture project was likely to eventuate, and he stated that the headmasters were entirely sympathetic towards the proposal. It was decided that members of. the executive should interview headmasters of the schools in Dunedin, and the following allotment of schools was made: —

- Mrs Kennedy.—Otago Girls’ High School, St. Hilda’s. Archerfield and M'Glashan Colleges. Sister Lenna.—Kaikorai, Arthur Street, and Macandrew Road Schools.

Mr Marlow.—Musselburgh, Christian Brothers, Forbury and Kensington Schools, King Edward Technical Collage, and Dominican Convent and South Dunedin Catholic Schools. The Rev. E. T. Cox.—Otago Boys’ High School and King’s High School. Mr J. S. Skinner.—High Street and Momington Schools. Mr Parr.—North-East Valley, Maori Hill, Intermediate and Normal Schools.

Mr Halliday.—Anderson’s Bay, Tainui, St. Clair and Caversham Schools, and Columba College. The chairman reported that the printing of the tickets, which would be sold at sixpence each, was being undertaken, free of cost, by Messrs Cadbury Fry, Hudson, Ltd., and it was left to the secretary to arrange for the distribution of the tickets to the various schools prior to members’ visits.

The chairman expressed the appreciation of the executive to Mr Bennell for the very generous arrangements made and particularly for his personal interest in the matter.

It was decided that a further meeting should be held on December 8, so that the number of tickets sold could be ascertained and further necessary arrangements made.