OVER £450 COLLECTED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19023, 25 May 1936, Page 13

OVER £450 COLLECTED

LOCAL PLUNKET SOCIETY RECENT EXHIBITION SATISFACTORY RESULT

The. highly satisfactory net total of slightly over £4t>o was "collected as a result 'of the Gisborne i'hmket Society's oeautil'ul baby photographic exhibition that concluded on Saturday in -Messrs. Hetties' lounge. This represents, in comparison with the number of photographs on exhibit over £1 per photograph. i'be Auckland I'luii.ket Society, in _ a .similar campaign, collected only 8s for jacli photograph iu its. exhibition. The total number of votes recorded in die exhibition was 110,858. They were divided in the section.-: as follow :—Class A. 17.457 votes; Class B, 1:9.395; Class C, 2,7,746; Class 1). 22.591; Class E, Jol3, Class 1-', 4156. On behalf of the committee, the actingpresident, -Mrs. J. Blair, expressed a A'isii to thank every section of the community for the assistance that they nail given to the society. liven the smallest contributor had shown his or uer interest in the work of the society .Hid had helped to swell the amount collected by the sale of votes. The committee hoped that, the people would continue to display as much interest in the society as they had done in the past fortnight. Mis. ;Blair also /dianlted Messrs. I'etties. Limited, for the use of their lounge and mentioned that tin facilities that bad been placed at their disposal made conditions lor the working committee very comfortable. Mothers will be able to collect their photographs at the Plunkel rooms, and those to whom the prize-winning babies belong will be able to collect their prizes from the Hunkef rooms any time after Wednesday. Messrs. Potties' special prize, awarded to the. baby iu the. exhibition with the most votes," was won by Gillian File, in lass B. with a total of 9238. lan.McIldowie was the runner-up with 6589. The value of the votes cast on these two baliies alone amounted to £66 3s Id.