THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 6

THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

GISBORNE FOLLIES TO RE-

APPEAR.

Readers will no doubt .recall with * pleasure the performances given m His ' Majesty's Theatre ;>. few weeks ago by . tho Gisborne Follies fpr the purpose of ' raising funds for the Returned Soldiers' 4 Association. As a result of the two performances, and after paying all inciden- * tall expenses, the association received * the sum of £124. Since then further < talent has been added to the Follies, < and ifc now stands as the strongest conibination possible under local conditions. Future performances will be of a unique j< character, and something entirely differ- S' ont to that, hitherto attempted by local ; , amateurs. The company has been for- ' < lunate m securing t.he co-operation and ' assistance s of Mr." M. L. Foster and his * -irchestra. jW'ith Mr. Foster as musical 4 director, a.nd with the assistance of liia jrchestra, patrons may look for that '■ •nelbdious entertainment and high de- i i «;ree of musical- accomplishment which | have always characterised the perform- 1 of this orchestra, and made it so popular with audiences m this district.

At a meeting of the members of the ( Gisborne Follies, at was decided to i'eorganise on a larger scale, amd the following officers have been duly elected: President, Mr. W. F. Coderwaffl; vicepresidents, the Mayor (Mr W. O; Sherratt). Messrs A. H. Wall\s, W. Barker, H. TCenway, G. Stock. W. A. Barton, F. W. Nolan, V. Pyke, H. White, D. J. Barry, M. B. "Mander, F. Barker, ,T. W. Bright, J; H. Ormondj G. Oman, Hnd W. Seymour ; Mr. Tom Fahey; treasurer, Mr. Howard Feildinp'; working committee, Misses- G. Pyke'ond L. Mac Donald. Messrs J. H. Cato, J. Dods, C. G. Bayliss, T. Watson, F. dimming, and J. Renwick; trustees v Messrs, W. F. CederwaU, W. t G. Sherratt, and H. H. Feilding. | As it is anticipated that the -.Gisborne Operatic Society is not l'o-formintj this year, the production . of the Follies is oarticularly timely, and will provide during the winter' months that entertainment which has. 1 previously ■ been t>tovfided by the- Operatic Society. Tho Follies will give at least four two-night nerformances at intervals of six weeks, f .he first of such performances being foed for May 30th next. The" proceeds of all performances will be devoted sole- 1 ly to patriotic, purposes, a substantial nortion being allotted to wounded sol- ' dt'ers' immediate relief fund. All , nionevs will be administered throneh j *he Gisborne Defence Committee. The funds will, of course, be m the hands"! of the trustee? above mentioned. I

The inconvenience •caused by no dyea being imported into New Zealand since I the outbreak of the war, has been remedied by a ManawaAu resident. He claims .to have found a weed which grows abundantly to .produce an ineradicable dye. A farmer m the Timaru district, Mr Walter Bain, claims to have discovered a method of making an ineradicable dye which will hold fast m color, from certain noxious weeds. The dye can. be cheaply made and blended to suitable colors, and Mr Bain is confident that his discovery will obviate tho necessity for Importing such dyea. m the future. !

A frozen produce Industry which Is newly getting established m that of fish, 500,0001 b of which is for the first time this month being served out as weekly ration to the British troops m camp m Great Britain, writes the London correspondent of the Post. Tins is an important outlet for the big Canadian lake and sea fisheries, which suffered a big check m demand at the start of the war, and the industry, once on its feet, may extend 1 and become a regular one after the' war to consumers m different parts of v Europe, it is a atrikincr fact that whereas there is a freight charge of Id per lb on halibut andjsalmon between Prince Rupert, on the Pacific coast, and Liverpool, it costs £d or more per lb to bring fish from Grimsby to London